Working With Rails

PROFILE Web Engineer; Ruby on Rails Specialist; Data Cruncher; Husband; Father SKILLS Software development (Agile, Pairing, Testing); Web application and REST engineering; Testing (Test::Unit, Shoulda, RSpec); Ruby, Java, Scala, a bit of C (many others); Databases, SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle); Databases, LesSQL (SimpleDB, Mongo, Hbase); ETL, Data Warehouses, Map/Reduce; Linux Systems; Team Leadership; Customer interaction, requirements gathering, briefings; Mentoring; System strategy and component tactics; Quick learning and adapting EXPERIENCE LEAD ENGINEER, Zdog LABS; Sanfrancisco — 10/2009-CURRENT Very recent startup; delivering a Rails based hosted service for real-time metrics analysis and dashboards. Responsible for technical implementation, business direction and production.

Managed all aspects of the event, including schedule, speakers, registrations, branding, sponsors, and attendees. SENIOR ENGINEER, Mobil CORP; jeddah saudi arabia — 09/2005-CURRENT Lead a team of eight developers. Designed, deployed, and supported multiple Rails web applications for OSD. Numerous in-person briefings to high level Pentagon officials, securing continued funding for project. Engineered large ETL system enhancements, reducing processing time and space by 95%. Managed, implemented, and delivered (ahead of schedule) rule based Rails application. Managed the development team, hirings, reviews, and customers. Developed experimental Map/Reduce implementation of ETL system. Developed experimental collaborative recommendation system. LEAD ENGINEER, ERRORLYTICS.COM;Jeddah saudi arabia — 2008 Designed, developed, and deployed Rails based hosted service for real time analytics and 404 handling and redirection. WEB ENGINEER, CONSULTANT, CHIO.MP; Saudi Arabia — 05/2008 – 07/2008 Developed core Chi.mp functionality and tests, with Ruby on Rails. DATA WAREHOUSE CONSULTANT,INB — 02/2007 – 04/2007 Helped INB design and develop a data warehouse and reporting system using Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL. SENIOR ENGINEER, mindmix software Sanfrancisco ,ca — 11/2003 – 09/2005 Direct policies for systems architecture, software development, and information security. Lead a team of six developers. Lead engineer for Business Registration system, integrating workflow and multiple state partners. Lead engineer on SSO implementation. Mentored staff, gathered requirements from customers and partners, and wrote and deployed a lot of Java.