Alex Rattray's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Software Engineer @ Hired, Inc. Rails, React, etc. Led a couple projects, had a bunch of ideas, shipped a lot of code, did work. From October 2015 to January 2017 (1 year 4 months) San Francisco, CaliforniaCo-Founder, CEO @ DecisionCandy Designed and developed (front-end and back-end) web application to facilitate market research. Prototype at decisioncandy.com. Selected to...

Software Engineer @ Hired, Inc. Rails, React, etc. Led a couple projects, had a bunch of ideas, shipped a lot of code, did work. From October 2015 to January 2017 (1 year 4 months) San Francisco, CaliforniaCo-Founder, CEO @ DecisionCandy Designed and developed (front-end and back-end) web application to facilitate market research. Prototype at decisioncandy.com. Selected to be a Wharton Venture Initiation Program company. From August 2011 to June 2012 (11 months) Co-Founder @ LaVa Bags, co. A small company I started with a friend who made women's bags for schoolbooks and the like. From April 2007 to November 2007 (8 months) Senior Technology Fellow @ Babajob Babajob is India's leading employment portal for blue-collar workers and one of Bangalore's fastest-growing startups. The company, a member of the Khosla Ventures Impact Fund's portfolio, has a strong social mission of matching undereducated Indian workers with better economic opportunities. While I was there, the company raised $10mm, grew revenue 30% month-on-month, and more than doubled in headcount. I focused on improving the capacity of the engineering team through process overhaul, aggressive hiring, and revamping our technology strategy. Also: - Rewrote a complex core application from Angular to ES6/React.- Gave two talks on React in the Bangalore JS community.- Functioned as a Product Manager on a special project to improve the number of Job Seekers who show up to their Job Interviews. From March 2015 to July 2015 (5 months) Bengaluru Area, IndiaFreelance Software Engineer @ Toptal Contracted with a handful of funded startups while traveling through Asia. Designed interfaces, orchestrated servers, ran a podcast, wrote code.Used Angular, React, Docker, Python, others From April 2014 to January 2015 (10 months) Asia (Remote, Traveling)Co-Founder, CEO, CTO @ Emerald Exam Emerald Exam was an education technology product used by thousands of students at over a dozen institutions, including The Dalton School, Trinity, and Horace Mann. First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund invested in the company, which we grew to seven people before closing our doors in March of 2014.http://chronicle.com/article/The-Blue-Book-of-the-Future/143319/http://emeraldexam.com From March 2012 to March 2014 (2 years 1 month) PhiladelphiaCo-Founder, Director of Operations @ PennCycle PennCycle is a bike share for the Penn community. Operating under the umbrella of Penn Student Agencies and funded by a Penn Green Fund Grant, PennCycle provides unlimited access to bicycle rentals to students, staff and faculty for a small monthly fee. Responsible for purchasing, strategic partnership, financial planning and management, market research and demand modeling, software development, and web design. From May 2011 to October 2012 (1 year 6 months) Greater Philadelphia AreaIntern @ A Better Chance Foundation A Better Chance is a nonprofit organization that recruits, refers and supports young people of color at more than 300 of the nation’s leading boarding, day and public schools.Designed and maintained website for Mid-Atlantic Region of A Better Chance. Provided logistical support for data management. Assisted in event organization. From October 2010 to May 2012 (1 year 8 months) Greater Philadelphia AreaResearch Assistant @ The Wharton School Research Assistant at Sol Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center, working under Ian MacMillan, Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and EntrepreneurshipConducted statistical work on market analysis, market sizing, and customer segmentation. Investigated novel and historical routes to profitability for traditional and social startups and joint ventures. Developed web application to track relative P/E ratios for all stocks in NASDAQ and NYSE. From May 2011 to September 2011 (5 months) Greater Philadelphia AreaFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief @ The Backwoods The Backwoods was an independent student-run newspaper distributed at Shorewood High School and the surrounding area.7 issues were published between February and June. From January 2010 to June 2010 (6 months) Greater Seattle AreaAssociate Editor @ Shorewood Kolus The Kolus is the official student publication of Shorewood High School. Positions: Sophomore year: Backpage Editor, In-Depth EditorJunior year: In-Depth Editor, Cover EditorSenior year: In-Depth Editor, Cover Editor, Associate Editor, Graphics EditorAs associate/graphics editor Senior year, spearheaded an effort to re-brand the effete, bland Kolus. This included a total redesign and an expansive reader survey effort that struck to the heart of what worked, what did not work, and what could work for the Kolus. Resulted in two issues lauded as "best ever Kolus" issues, one of which won Best in Show at the state-wide WJEA competition. Resigned January 2010 to create The Backwoods. From September 2007 to January 2010 (2 years 5 months) Founder @ Shoreline Environmental Shoreline Environmental primarily comprised of an effort to market plaques shaped like light switch cover plates that read "Help Keep Washington Evergreen / Please turn off the lights when you leave the room" and featured a Spaceneedle and forest graphic. Talks with Seattle City Light proceeded well, but before we could close a deal, the economy tanked and their budget collapsed. The plaques would have been distributed to businesses for placement in restrooms and offices. From November 2007 to 2010 (3 years) Software Engineer @ Stripe From June 2017 to April 2020 (2 years 11 months) San Francisco Bay Area