Steve “Ardalis” Smith ✔ Email & Phone Number

Kent, Ohio, Us

At NimblePros, we focus on offering products and services that help organizations build better software, faster. Many teams start with training and continue the relationship with ongoing mentoring, often with NimblePros team members working side-by-side with in-house developer staff. New initiatives and acquisitions often benefit from architectural guidance and review or assessment. Our small team acts as a force multiplier, helping your team build better software, faster.

At devBetter I offer developer technical and career coaching to a group of motivated software developers at various stages in their careers. Our group includes members from all over the world seeking to build their resume, increase their personal brand, get that next promotion, or launch their independent consulting business. We meet live weekly for discussion and Q&A, and otherwise discuss using a private chat server and Stack Overflow Teams instance. All coaching sessions are recorded, with currently over 100 hours of content available to new subscribers.

Columbus, Oh, Us

I worked with fellow board members to organize the annual Stir Trek developer conference, held annually in Columbus, Ohio for currently about 2000 attendees. My responsibilities have typically included website and technology implementation, as well as assisting with speaker selection (in addition to speaking myself, frequently), and "other duties as assigned".

Draper, Ut, Us

I've published several courses on Pluralsight including Domain-Driven Design, Design Patterns, SOLID Principles of OO Design, Kanban, N-Tier development, and performance and scalability testing.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I promote ASP/ASP.NET via forums, blog, articles, user groups, books, and conference presentations.

Ardalis Services provides remote and on-site training and mentoring for teams looking to build maintainable software. Steve and his team are recognized experts in software craftsmanship, domain-drive design, and Microsoft technologies, including ASP.NET Core. Contact us today for a project assessment, team workshop, or periodic mentoring for you and/or your team.

Hudson, Ohio, Us

TechHub Hudson is a coworking community located in beautiful Hudson, Ohio. We offer a great space for remote workers to be productive and network with others. Members can enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and bottled water while utilizing our extremely fast fiber Internet connection. Private offices and shared meeting or training rooms available on request. Visit TechHubHudson.com for more info.TechHub Hudson was shuttered in late 2019 due to a single client taking over the entire space for an extended lease.

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At Falafel Software, I was responsible for providing guidance and direction on the technology of large software development projects. I worked with and advised client stakeholders and ensured our distributed team of software experts had the tools and skills needed to ensure project success. I reported directly to the CEO and managed more than half of the company's employees, while also working on multiple billable accounts.

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

Co-leading Telerik's Services organization, with Michelle Smith, consisting largely of the acquired NimblePros team. Helping Telerik's customers solve their most challenging problems using our tools and expertise.

Kent, Ohio, Us

Helping companies deliver projects on time using lean and agile software development tools and techniques combined with software craftsmanship and Microsoft technologies.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

The Code Project owns Lake Quincy Media and ASPAlliance.com, and I'm one of our senior tech guys: "Senior Architect" is the title, though I'm also back to being the CTO for LQM (technically there was a period between Nov09 and Jan10 when I stopped being CTO of LQM). The Code Project is a mega-gigantuan community of software developers, and we're dedicated to helping developers everywhere via a wide variety of resources.

Plan, manage, and implement all technical and information aspects of Lake Quincy Media business, including architecting and developing most of the core business product, AdSignia.Lake Quincy Media is a Code Project company.

Manage development, marketing, and content for AspAlliance.com, one of the top ASP and ASP.NET community websites.

Spoke at user groups across North America promoting .NET technology.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Lead platoon of 25-30 combat engineer soldiers. Oversee training and development during peacetime, accomplish combat missions during wartime deployment (2004 - Operation Iraqi Freedom). Blogged deployment experiences at http://armyadvice.org/armysteve/.

Dallas, Us

Worked at a number of clients in the Columbus, Canton, and Cleveland areas including Bank One, The Limited, and Progressive Insurance. Specialized in Active Server Pages, COM/COM+/MTS, and performance and scalability techniques.

Mba, Business Administration

Bs, Computer Science Engineering