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Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Git, MySQL, Shoulda, Integrity, metric_fu

Made several major contributions to open source projects such as Factory Girl and Shoulda. Created new projects to ease development such as enforcer, a way to manage permissions on GitHub, and report_card, a metrics generator that hooks into Integrity and metric_fu. Developed new features and performed maintenance for Thoughtbot's products such as Hoptoad and ThunderThimble.

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Git, MySQL, Apache, Passenger (mod_rails), RSpec

Developed a Ruby on Rails application for a local startup that delivers news and reviews about cars targeted at the college student market. Practicing BDD using RSpec and using Cucumber for user stories in conjunction with major stakeholders. Also responsible for overseeing all of the technical operations in the company, including managing servers and various infrastructure apps such as Lighthouse, Google Apps, and Basecamp.

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Git, SVN, MySQL, Apache, Passenger (mod_rails), Mongrel. Shoulda

Worked on Rails sites for several clients, performing a wide range of tasks such creating sites from the ground up, adding features to existing sites, and debugging problems. Refactoring using TDD practices and the Shoulda framework to ensure quality and stability of the clients' applications. Also administrating servers, which has involved activities such as configuring the Rails environment on new hardware.

Technologies: .NET 2.0, C#, Microsoft Access, SQL, ClearCase

Designed and built an application to manage content for Kodak's Picture Maker Kiosk. Worked with my mentor and the existing architecture of the product to create a utility that proved to be useful to my coworkers before my internship ended. Incorporated requests from several stakeholders of the project as well as prepared the product for maintenance and future extension.

Technologies: ASP.NET, AJAX.ASP.NET, .NET 2.0, C#, VB.NET, CSS, T-SQL, HTML, JavaScript, SVN

Developed two user-generated content ASP.NET websites: JoeUser.com and PoliticalMachine.com. Formulated requirements, designed mockups, created functional prototypes, released a closed beta, and deployed the websites to the public.

Created the PoliticalMachine site based Stardock's existing infrastructure, and developed the user dashboard section for JoeUser. Built a library using open source components in .NET 2.0/C# for secure downloading of content through Stardock's Impulse application.

Technologies: ASP, SQL, Microsoft Access, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Performed maintenance and added features to a course management system written in ASP.  Developed a blogging/journal system for students to use based off of legacy code. Designed and implemented a new SQL/Microsoft Access backend for a student advisory system. Gained experience using the Java Media Framework while adding features to a video conferencing system for the deaf.