Rob Larsen

Rob is an experienced front end engineer, author and open-source contributor.

Rob is an active writer on web technology with a special focus on emerging standards like HTML5, CSS3 and the ongoing evolution of the JavaScript programming language. He is co-author of Professional jQuery, the author of Beginning HTML and CSS, the author of The Uncertain Web, from O’Reilly, the author of Mastering SVG and co-author of The HTML and CSS Workshop.

A long-time open source contributor, Rob currently maintains HTML5-Boilerplate and administers the H5BP organization on GitHub.

Rob currently works as a software architect, leading an international team in the financial services industry. In his career Rob has spent time at Sapient Global Markets, Isobar, The Brand Experience, Cramer and as an independent consultant. Over the course of his career Rob has solved unique problems for clients like Samsung, Motorola, IBM, Philips, Gillette, Boston’s Museum of Science, and Harvard Kennedy School.