Brian Ruby Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

• Administrate all production related efforts for a local storefront theatre company.
• Hire and manage design staff.
• Foster cooperation between team members while ensuring deadlines are met.
• Manage cashflow and allocation of budgetary needs for production teams.
• Supervised storefront performance space while acting as liaison to renters, as well as coordinated the company transaction to itinerate status.

San Jose, CA, US

Project Management and payments industry thought leadership surrounding PayPal's Braintree Gateway including fee categorization and management, processing partnerships, feature deprecations, and general product operations. * Ensured financial accuracy and integrity by building and managing a process for reconciliation of financial adjustments originating.

San Jose, CA, US

Providing front-end data/analytics, managing reporting needs, assisting in processing optimization, and imparting payment industry expertise to some of the largest/most strategic merchants in the PayPal portfolio, processing over $50 billion in volume annually. * Served as interim team manager for 10 months, overseeing team growth, strategy, expansion, and.

San Jose, CA, US

• Furnishing payment solutions and knowledge to Mega-Mid Market/Large Enterprise merchants through strategic advice, data-analysis, and industry expertise.
• Performing analysis of merchant processing habits including interchange rates, fraud trends, acceptance/decline rates
• Aiding in reconciliation through the use of Braintree reporting tools.
• Advising merchants on expansion via international processing and additional payment method acceptance.
• Leveraging cross-organizational relationships to address and anticipate strategic merchants' needs

San Jose, CA, US

Provided frontline assistance to merchants and developers integrating Braintree products into their commerce environment, and troubleshot issues as they arose. * Supplied white-glove technical support to merchants, maintaining the high level of service satisfaction for which Braintree is known.* Grew the support organization by performing initial phone.

• House Manager/Bartender/Artist Liaison
• Performing various tasks as needed for a seasoned arts non-profit which manages 4 performance spaces and provides office/rehearsal space to dozens of local arts organizations.

US

• Given full responsibility to interview and hire designers/freelance artists, schedule and oversee all production meetings, and ensure the completion of all technical elements for productions, Facilitated communication.
• Grew the audience participation from support for 2-week runs on ‘off nights’ to 4-week runs on ‘on nights’.
• Improved technical aspects of production by enhancing communications among company members.
• Taught company members basic scenic construction and painting skills.

Chicago, IL, US

• Troubleshoot and repair computers and attached peripherals. Work one on one with teachers and staff to implement computer programs into curriculum.
• Instituted a new system for the reservation, care, and delivery of the mobile laptop carts.
• Assisted in the training of additional support staff.
• Organized and labeled reserves supplies of equipment.

Managed and oversaw all technical elements for company productions, hiring of additional design staff, facilitating cooperation between the members of the design team and troubleshooting any technical problems arising prior to or during performance runs. Initiated a new fund raising technique through partnerships with profit sharing websites such as.

Designed and constructed all scenic elements for the summer camp theatrical production. Designed and built the set for the Summer Camp production of Secret Garden attended by children and parents. Oversaw construction staff of high school age interns.

Recruited for multiple roles: 1) built sets and hung and repaired lighting for shows in both the Festival Playhouse and the smaller Dungeon Theatre, 2) led student workers to plan and implement production concepts and 3) budgeted the production and ordered materials and supplies. Selected as the de facto manager and point of contact for the Scenic Shop.

Founded and ran not-for-profit theater company handling both directorial and design aspects of two full theatrical summer productions at the Bay City Players. Managed all business aspects involved with running a small theatre company including audience development, ad sales, marketing, space procurement, casting, and technical production.  Directed and.

Ba, Theatre Arts, Philosophy

Theatre