Engineering Manager & Head of Customer Products Team @ ZeroCater (YC W11)
Principal Full-Stack Software Engineer @ Big Bad Goose
Education:
Master of Business Administration @
The University of Texas at Dallas - MBA
About:
I have worked primarily with Ruby on Rails and Python Django with a some interludes to Node.JS, Lua, & Go. With several projects over the years, I have gathered the requirements, generated specs and estimates, crafted the system architecture, built the application from the ground up, and, most importantly, launched.
Specialties: HTML5, Python / Django, Node.js, Ruby
I have worked primarily with Ruby on Rails and Python Django with a some interludes to Node.JS, Lua, & Go. With several projects over the years, I have gathered the requirements, generated specs and estimates, crafted the system architecture, built the application from the ground up, and, most importantly, launched.
Specialties: HTML5, Python / Django, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Amazon Web Services, Heroku
Principal Engineer @ Project Lead
Principal Software Engineer
Web Development - www.guidevine.com
- Built the web app using Ruby on Rails
- Implemented a personalized financial advisor matching system to make highly targeted recommendations to new users based on their preferences and the advisors specialties
- Launched directories for 4 major cities successfully
- Supported and built new features for the app as the base of subscribed financial advisors grew from 0 to 250
iPad Book Reader App / Story Illustrator Tool - www.putmeinthestory.com
- Created a REST API to retrieve book assets using Ruby on Rails
- Built a story creation tool with Backbone.js that automatically synced with
the backend
- Created an iPad using the Corona SDK to purchase & view the animated stories From 2012 to Present (3 years) San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Software Engineer @ Web Development / Optimization - www.sprint.ly
- Implemented new features using Python Django
- Built a profiling micro-framework to quickly identify api endpoints & code
that should be optimized
Web Development - www.dishcrawl.com
- Implemented new features using Python Django
- Created a real-time search feature to quickly match any location with the
nearest events being hosted
Web Development - www.foundersnetwork.com
- Implemented new features using Python Django
- Added hundreds of test to implement TDD and improve reliability of the site
Web Development - www.rockyourheadshot.com
- Created the web application using Python Django
- Implemented a complete and highly-customized eCommerce solution - catalog,
order form, shopping cart, and checkout
- Added a light-weight CMS backend to allow the client to independtly make
updates to the site
- Built a flexible url-based coupon system that allows quick & easy use by
consumers From 2011 to Present (4 years) San Francisco Bay AreaFounder @ - Developed a REST API to send and receive email using JSON
- Programmed in Python with the Django framework for the project
- Setup Postfix email server to send and receive email
- Included Memcached and Beanstalk work queues to facilitate scaling
- Applied exception handling to provide HTTP response codes
- Wrote extensive documentation to enable others to work with the API
- Used Mercurial branches to develop new features
- Tracked timelines, features, and bugs using the Fogbugz suite
- Gained experience using memory-based caching, work queues, email servers, distributed source control, bug tracking software, server side development, and API design / documentation From 2010 to Present (5 years) . @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) Engineer @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) Founder @ - Developed a web-based group collaboration tool for students
- Programmed in Python with the Django framework for the project
- Applied AJAX when appropriate to speed application response times
- Wrote jQuery plugins to expedite common tasks
- Employed a CSS grid framework to ease cross-browser design
- Combined and minified css / js files to improve HTTP performance
- Gained experience in front-end design, AJAX, javascript, and CSS From 2009 to 2009 (less than a year) Co-Founder @ - Developed a Content Management System for small communities using Coldfusion
- Hacked together an ajax-like async update system 2 years before AJAX came to prominence From 2003 to 2006 (3 years) Network Admin, Aerospace Department @ - Set up Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controllers and Exchange
- Developed Group Policy rulesets that governed 500+ users
- Trained and supervised 2 student workers
- Gained experience managing the disparate priorities of the different members of the faculty, and staff From 2002 to 2006 (4 years)
Master of Business Administration, Business Operations & Entrepreneurship @ The University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management From 2009 to 2011 Bachelor's, Computer Science & Software Engineering @ The University of Texas at Dallas From 2006 to 2009 Robert Adams is skilled in: Python, CSS, Mac OS X, JavaScript, MySQL, Java, HTML, Django, jQuery, Ubuntu, Windows, Subversion, Memcached, Web Development, Node.js
Websites:
http://emailyak.com
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