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Seattle, Washington, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Technologies: Node.js (including nunjucks and bookshelf), Ruby, and Ruby on Rails, Rust, React, Elm, Postgres (10 and 11), AWS, Terraform, GitlabPersonal Experience:We continued to work on our legacy node.js system, troubleshooting and updating areas as needed. I worked on spiking out a text-to-pay solution with Twilio. We also began a rewrite of our entire stack. We created microservices in Rails with a React / Redux front-end. We made heavy usage of Postgres schemas and partitioning.

Milpitas, California, Us

Technologies: NLP (Natural Language Processing with spaCy), React, Redux, Rails, Postgres, AWS, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Github EnterprisePersonal Experience: I worked on the team as a Ruby and Rails developer as the API layer and JavaScript and Redux. While on the team, we implemented a NLP solution for our advanced search that helped advanced users more easily navigate our applications and included advanced suggestions.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Github, HerokuPersonal Experience: I taught a part-time bootcamp class and advanced Rails course. The curriculum was object oriented development, web development, and deploying applications via Heroku designed specifically for adults looking for a career change. The advanced class began the introduction of SOLID principles as well as API usage and development. I also mentored some of the exceptional students in my freetime.

Since departing Neo, I've been consulting with companies who need to structure their teams for growth as well as those who are looking to build a team from scratch. I've also been doing development in Ruby, Ruby on Rails and JavaScript (mainly in React and JQuery).Project [Name Redacted] - (Direct contract) 3 MonthsTechnologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, React, Redux, AWS (including Lambda), GithubPersonal Experience:I helped a startup create and deploy an MVP in the educational sector. This included near-real time processing and streaming of large quantities of data. Project [Name Redacted] (Sub-Contract Programmer through Centric Consulting) 6 MonthsTechnologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Node, Lambda, Ansible, Terraform, AWS (including Lambda), GithubPersonal Experience: Two of us worked to help a startup bring a critical piece of infrastructure in house. This software was in charge of monitoring online pricing for various items including dealing with proxy servers. We also created a stable devops pipeline that allowed for continuous delivery. Project [Name Redacted] (Sub-Contract Programmer with Pomiet Consulting) 9 Months (2014-2015)Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Chef, JQuery, AWS, Postgres, Heroku, GithubPersonal Experience: I worked on a team that was in charge of building a registration system for a major insurance company. This system connected to the FFM (Federally Facilitated Marketplace) in order to allow users to get healthcare through the federal marketplace. Challenges including integrating with the marketplace (which was notorious for being difficult and often down). We designed, architected, and implemented the solution for them.

Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Ansible, AWS, Postgres, GithubPersonal Experience: I was a technical cofounder who helped plan, design, and implement an application that would allow high school students to search and connect with colleges. I was in charge of all aspects of tech including hiring, developing, and working with students to gather and respond to feedback. On the DevOps side, I created Ansible configurations to create and maintain servers to handle production loads.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

After the acquisition of EdgeCase, I grew and partnered with other great companies to form Neo the premier Lean Innovation Company. With our partner, Eric Reiss, we took the Lean Startup ideas to companies who were looking for innovation and technical implementation expertise.

I founded a 40 person consulting company specializing in large scale web application development. We have offices in Columbus Ohio, Cincinnati Ohio and Edinburgh UK. We offer both training and application development. We specialize in Ruby and Ruby on Rails development. We provide an iterative style development that provides transparency and continual feedback. I personally have been a developer, coach, trainer, business analyst, project manager and jack of all trades while forming EdgeCase. My primary responsibilities currently focus on training and business development.

Chicago, Il, Us

Worked as an onsite Senior Developer for companies such as Caterpillar, OnStar and Barclays Bank. Worked mainly on J2EE (JEE) projects. Last project was in Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Project preceding that was a pure SOA implementation.

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Onsite developer for local consulting company. Implemented a document processing library in Perl for one client. Also was a fullstack J2EE developer for another client.

Colombo, Western, Lk

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