I am a technology executive with 20+ years experience focusing on building and scaling engineering teams and companies. While I am relatively platform-agnostic, I have a bent for open-source over proprietary technologies, mobile and web over enterprise software, and cloud-based abstraction over dedicated, vertically-scaled resources. I also enjoy public speaking, travel, and engaging with customers face-to-face. I am currently happily engaged as the VP of Engineering at Vadio, Inc. in Portland, Oregon. Vadio powers online video experiences for partners around the world on mobile, web, and other platforms.

Head of Labs Technology @ Hiring, mentorship, and hands-on technical leadership for Zappos innovation R&D office. Introduced agile development and architected Amazon AWS cloud-based DevOps systems for high-availability and scalability. Hands-on Ruby on Rails, node.js, iOS, and client-side Javascript development. From June 2011 to August 2014 (3 years 3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaConsultant: Director of Paid Search Marketing @ Reduce cost-per-click of PPC campaigns by more than 50% while increasing budget over 400% over the development of the PPC function from its inception at NYT. Custom tools for bid management and analytics. From June 2002 to April 2009 (6 years 11 months) San Francisco Bay AreaPresident/Principal Consultant @ Managed all aspects of projects, human resources, finance, and sales of mid-sized creative and technical services agency providing paid search marketing and web site development and maintenance services. From July 1997 to May 2002 (4 years 11 months) San Francisco Bay Area

MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies @ Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessBEE, Electrical Engineering @ University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Rian Schmidt is skilled in: Ruby on Rails, node.js, MongoDB, noSQL, RSpec, Testing, Puppet, coffeescript, Capistrano, api design and..., SQL, MySQL, Linux, Cloud Computing, EC2, jQuery, SASS, JavaScript, Deployment, Git, PHP, API, Staff Mentoring, REST, Scrum, Agile Methodologies, Varnish, APIs, Node.js, Amazon EC2, Comedy, Mobile Applications, User Experience, SEO, Ruby, Software Engineering, Scalability, Software Design, Apache, E-commerce, Start-ups, Analytics