SUMMARY:

• Self - taught professional with a successful track record of full stack engineering and implementation of various technologies: Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, jQuery, Linux, CSS3, HTML5, audio, VoIP, and video streaming.
• Adapting to dependent technologies to reach objectives.
• Solid, honest and reliable deliveries of software development to achieve company goals.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Computer Proficiencies and Specialized Skills: Usage 9+ years: Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, Linux, Photoshop 10+ years: Facebook Apps, Confidential APIs, Amazon Web Services, Postgres, Git, Jira, Pivotal Tracker.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Ruby on Rails consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented various full stack features and refactored four different jRuby applications spanning from Rails 2.3 to 4.2.
• Supporting legacy codebase with rSpec.
• Front end design for mobile and web UI using jQuery/Javascript and Google APIs.
• Integrated Swift datastore to connect with Ruby Sinatra to upload and sort photos.

Confidential, Fremont, CA

Responsibilities:

• Architecture for scaling with Amazon Web Services: DynamoDB, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, Route 53, EC2, Cloudfront, and S3.
• Implemented API platforms from Google, YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Instagram,and Confidential .
• CSS3, HTML5, and jQuery to create a user faced program to create slideshows in their browser.
• Rails 4.2.2, ruby 2.2.2, Puma, NGINX, Rails caching, and delayed Job as a background process.

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Rails Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a co-founder of 3COM to develop and maintain their Rails server to connect their physical sensor stakes to measure various conditions in the air and soil to save water.
• Implemented an in-depth permissions system for farmer manager and employees to access the Confidential software on Heroku.
• Helped refactor, and maintain the test driven codebase.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Rails Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Programmed Web interface with Redhat's Openshift API to manage Confidential applications in the cloud using Rails 4.
• Created a system to monitor resource consumption of Confidential applications using Ruby’s micro framework Sinatra connected to Rails.
• Developing complex authentication app for Confidential 's next innovation: the Decision Management Platform, DMP - Confidential 's SAAS in the cloud.

Confidential, CA

Senior Rails Developer

Responsibilities:

• Rails 3.2 on Unbuntu Virtual OS Windows Environment. Building user interface prototypes in JavaScript and graphing chats using Kendo UI.
• Refactored major components of “Liferisks” from previous team to bring the codebase up to Rails normal standard conventions.

Confidential, Bay Area, CA

Lead Web Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Behavior Driven Development with Rails 3.x, Ruby 1.9.2, JQuery.
• Stationed at Confidential with strict Agile web development using Pivotal Tracker.
• Brightcove Video API, Cucumber, Jasmine, rSpec, deployed with Cruise Control to Heroku.
• Streaming movies for Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, and live concerts from Austin City Limits, Michael Jackson Tribute Concert, Bob Marley's Documentary on Facebook.
• Creating innovative award winning features for Social Theater movie streaming on Facebook.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Full development life cycle, from design, database, and code for Facebook Apps Friends Survey, Love Questionnaire, with Ruby on Rails, XHTML, FBML, iFrames, CSS, and FB's Graph API, including Facebook Connect, Testing: Unit, Functional and Integration for mingle2.com, a dating site with millions of users.
• Built various Scrapers in Sinatra, custom query, throttling URL requests of all web attributes specified in Ruby Sinatra, converted to PHP's lemonade micro-framework.
• Created an automated revenue generator with Mechanize (REST APIs and scraping), Watir w/ Firewatir, and automated cron email reports daily with Ruby Sinatra.
• Various dating prototypes and converting mingle2 for mobile. Currently experimenting with Phonegap.

Confidential, CA

Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• An entry in Confidential ’s Adaptive Payments APIs contest which demonstrates a unique way for paid crowd sourcing, using parallel payments, chained commission payments, subscription based payments, customizing automated details of transactions and earnings, confirmations, and disbursements.
• Using Ruby on Rails, XHTML, Javascript, CSS, and various ruby plugins.
• Established ResumeRace.com with custom JavaScript sliders and calculations with Rails, offering a web app to share resumes with others in similar occupational disciplines.
• Using Ruby on Rails, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, and various ruby plugins.
• CollegeBanana.com RESTfully designed college website offered as an innovative mechanism to exchange notes with students and professors across numerous campuses.
• Using Ruby on Rails, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, and various ruby plugins.
• Designing, implementing and Launching Confidential .com in PHP, specialized on-campus book exchanges for 30 colleges and universities using Amazon's SOAP API services, generated 2.1 million hits in the initial offering and has resulted in becoming the #1 on campus book exchange in California with Guerilla marketing while managing college interns.
• Using Ruby on Rails 1.2.3 and Ragi plugin to Asterisk, vision and built Pazap for campus focused exchanges, programmed VolP SIP technology, designed and deployed a dial plan where students could purchase or sell books through cell phones numeric pad.
• Full stack web development and functionality, including scrapping with Hpricot gem and XPath for best priced books and marketing.
• Catalyst and leader of the 'Cell Your Books' campaign, partnership with Intel Corp and Associated Student Government Bodies at recognized colleges throughout the Bay Area.
• Confidential: Implemented unique Prototype + Scriptaculous features with RJS and Rails, build from scratch to deployment in a month and a half.
• Designed CSS layout, functioned as a Graphics Designer and marketing guru working with clients in need of business cards, flyers, posters, letterheads, post cards and sheets inspecting and fixing artwork before going to press.
• Worked with clients recommending strategies to reach targeted audience and printed all material using Photoshop.