Rob Hartill

Robert Hartill (born 30 January 1969 in Pontypridd, Wales) is a computer programmer and web designer best known for his work on the Internet Movie Database website and the Apache web server and is notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web.

In 1994, Hartill moved to Los Alamos in New Mexico to work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory on the ArXiv.org e-print archive with Paul Ginsparg.

[1][2] In 1996, the Internet Movie Database was founded, and Rob returned to Ogmore-by-Sea in Wales before leaving the IMDb in 2000 and emigrating to South Australia in May 2003.

He's currently a volunteer fire-fighter with the Country Fire Service and a hobby farmer.

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