The Bay Islands Foundation is a US-based 501(c)(3) Charitable Foundation whose primary mission is to support the People of the Bay Islands, Honduras. We do this by accepting direct donations as well as managing an endownment fund. Non-profits, NGO's, and Honduran Charitable Organizations may apply for grants at www.bayislands.fund/apply. Please consider donating today and support our mission and fund-raising goals at https://www.bayislands.fund/donate

At Pure Coastal, we develop a cloud-based software platform employing 90 years of combined experience simplifying and automating service business operations with simple, easy-to-use technology.As entrepreneurs, real estate investors, and regular consumers of RISC™ (Regular Interval Service Companies) services, we understand both sides of the business coin. We continue to use our experience and expertise to bring automation and empathetic innovation to field service businesses across the United States.

At Rails Agency, we create modern software solutions for companies seeking to modernize or create the next disruptive technology. We partner with companies of any size, from Fortune 500 to startups and everyone in between.Technologies we are passionate about include Ruby on Rails, Phoenix/Elixir, React, and React Native!

Daniel Rice is a Senior Consultant within the High Tech, Entertainment, & Communications practice of Capgemini with experience as a technical lead delivering software on time and on budget. Prior to joining Capgemini, Daniel acted as a software project team lead for companies ranging in size from Startup to Global Fortune 500 at an Atlanta based consulting firm. Daniel enabled clients to reach their ROI targets by utilizing open source stacks (Ruby on Rails), cloud-­based hosting providers, and Agile methodology.Daniel’s strengths include a strong technical consulting experience building SaaS solutions with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and associated technologies. In addition to a consulting background, Daniel has experience across the application life cycle, including requirements gathering, functional/technical design, development, testing, release, and ongoing support.In collaboration with his clients, Daniel has led development teams in defining and understanding the scope of work, in developing project time lines and milestones, and in maintaining a sustainable development pace through the use of best practices. Overall, Daniel is recognized as a strong leader to design & deliver solutions that meet both business and technology objectives.

The Big Nerd Ranch is a software development and mobile platform training company located in Atlanta, GA. We're a bonafide Results Only Work Environment (www.culturerx.com)* Fortune 500 customer facing consulting role involving end-to-end requirements analysis, architecture, development, and automated Quality Assurance testing of large-scale database driven, Ruby on Rails web applications and related backend services. * Perform technical audits during pre-sales process to determine scope of work for pre-existing applications. * Technical liaison between Sales Team and Developers.* Attend Weekly “Sales Huddle” with the CEO and Director of Sales to review incoming leads and to discuss technical details of Qualified Opportunities.* Provide Director of Sales with pre-sales project estimations* Review Statements of Work for accuracy* Relational Database design using PostgreSQL, MySQL* Write Blog posts on technical topics relevant to the software industry* Conduct Technical Demos exhibiting new technology and process improvementsSoftware/Programming: Ruby on Rails, Ruby, jQuery, SQL, Rspec, GitInfrastructure: Heroku, EngineYard, Red Hat Enterprise, Ubuntu, Windows Servers, Apache/Lucene Solr, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, IIS

* International and US customer facing role specializing in telephony software consulting for major US and International Fortune 500 corporations.* Review and audit technical specifications for feasibility and completeness* Managed the implementation of strategic accounts totalling over $1M in sales revenue.* Engaged with Account Executives on proof of concept and pre-sales deployment discussions.* Provided on-site support to ensure new installations were setup properly and transitioned smoothly from Pre-Sales to Support.* Provide Customer Feedback to Product Management regarding market trends, customer needs, and overall product satisfaction.

Worked with Fortune 500 Enterprise Accounts to solve day to day problems not limited to installation, basic usage, and technical analysis due to configuration errors, software bugs, or Production outages.Assigned Support Representative for one of the largest Strategic Accounts.Provided Pre-Sales support whenever requested.Authored several step-by-step tutorials that complemented the existing documentation.Authored multiple customer facing and internal Ruby on Rails web applications that provides critical process improvement and strategic leverage.

IT Administration, Software Project Management