Working with an internal tools team, I implement and recommend technologies for the application website, including database design and optimization, Ruby/Rails code organization and testing techniques, and Docker infrastructure implementation.

Staff Software Engineer

Throtl.com - Modified Car Enthusiasts Marketplace With over 50,000 members, users go to Throtl.com every day to buy and sell custom parts for their performance automotive projects Responsibilities # Design and implement back-end scanner that reads over 1000 web sites for new buy/sell listings every 10 minutes. # Implement elasticsearch indexing of listings for improved search performance and search terms handling. # Implement optimization updates to code and infrastructure to allow website and scanner to perform at-scale.

Senior Software Engineer

Team lead to 8 developers. Architect and lead implementation of major features to automated package routing, package tracking, and operations monitoring. Responsibilities # Team lead to 8 developer team, including remote-located members. Provided onboarding to 7 Sr. Developers. # Implemented automated routing system, including search across airline scheduling database for candidate flights per shipment, including ETL for ingest of 10MM flight records into searchable indexed tables. # Implemented integrtion of distributed sensor to provide real-time location updates of package location - AirTrace # Architected, Designed, and Implemented changes to multiple-application system for at-scale operations from prototype implementation # Devops : Migrated 3 production applications + db from AWS Opsworks/ElasticBeanstalk/RDS into Heroku stack + Postgresql # Implemented continuous integration + static code analysis to assist management of deployment pipeline. # Implemented continouous-deployment strategy to development and testing services on Heroku stack # Defined hardware requirements for next-generation location sensor - AirTrace # Provided Project-Management duties for team, including regular meeting with Business Liason for agile task prioritization

Senior Software Engineer Team Lead

Supported software implementation for Live Community features and production deployments

# Analyzed and Developed solutions for MyRoundPro.com website and API # Maintained and enhanced internal web-based golf course metadata editor and data importer # Assisted in monitoring and maintenance of AmazonWebService based server deployments and configurations.

Sr. Software Engineer

# Implemented features, refactoring, and fixes to Python + QT desktop administration application, including QT messaging using Signal/Slot mechanism for long-running processes. # Recommended, designed, implemented REST API application with Python / WSGI, using CouchDB database and RabbitMQ/AMQP messaging for long-running processes. # Mentor internship students on construction of AngularJS application using Twitter Bootstrap templates, including automated testing with Karma/Sinon/Chai. # Implemented AngularJS + Twitter Bootstrap application for administration of data-analysis application. # Updated Python Fabric server-deployment tool for maintenance of Redhat 6.5 target servers. # Refactored Python custom-build tool from Bash to Python to facilitate update and maintenance of custom Python builds.

Software Engineer

Design, Implement, Assist Architecture for Digital Subscription Service registration system for newspaper sites. This Javascript/Ruby-Rails system will enforce registration to 1 Million users. Architect, Design, Implmement Rendering application for all Tribune newspaper websites. Deployment of this application is in cloud-based multi-datacenter, multi- server environment. Using MongoDB(mongoid), REST client to other Tribune SOA services for conent data. Research and document evaluation of MongoDB, PostgreSql as options for multi- datacenter master-master redundant data stores for application configuration and newspaper-content databases. Newspaper content “archive” db holds 80Tb of data from digitized historical archives of Tribune newspapers.

- Architect, Design, Implement, Maintain production administrative webservices with Ruby/Rails using MySql,SqlServer rdbms. - Mentor team in use of Test-first development, continuous-integration, pair-programming. - Implement migration of VCS from Subversion to GIT - Mentor new developers on learning of Ruby/Rails and developer environment tools (GIt, VIM, T-SQL)

Sr. Software Eng

Provide detailed analysis of Microsoft Silverlight, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, Perl/Catalyst capabilities and features Mentor 2 developers in self-study of Ruby language and Rails framework Mentor 2 developers in agile short-iteration process and procedures and theory Implement Rspec based Behaviour-Driven Development and mentor developers in its use

Implement test-driven development support utilities and software framework in PERL for testing Catalyst webserver Implement software solutions for REST web services requirements in PERL for Catalyst webserver Email-sending module, incorporating requirements of IETF RFC 822 “Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages”

Implement test-driven design of Excel Upload to data warehoust staging tables and implement staging-to- cube loading process for uploaded data Perform modification of daily data warehouse loading process according to new process requirements and business rules. Modifications include refactoring all steps of load process to allow automated repeatable loading of the data warehouse cube data Document technology changes for various levels of understanding including business logic design, datawarehouse implementation, system configuration, end-user documentation

Led application creation, design, implementation, deployment, continued maintenance and modification of corporate-wide business applications for Sales, Purchasing, Accounting, and Field Construction departments at Lakewood Homes, Inc. Desktop application solutions for Windows clients using Visual Basic, C# 2005, MS Access and SQL Server Web-based customer service portal using Ruby on Rails, SQL Server. Corporate-wide data storage using SQL Server, including multi-database synchronization using T-SQL procedures, SQL Server DTS, Ruby on Rails

Developed web-based Airline business analysis application using J2EE/JBoss architecture Led organization of team development using CVS and branched check-in/merge Implemented, deployed, and maintained desktop application for International Rate Services tracking using Visual Basic, SQL Server

Implemented and deployed Oilfield Maintenance Scheduling application using Visual Basic, Oracle, PL/SQL

Software Developer

Developed CRM/Sales application for sale/distribution to client corporations. Worked in team environment to build Visual Basic, Access 2000, SQL Server desktop/distributed application Designed SQL Server database implementation and multi-database synchronization using T-SQL procedures and Visual Basic Deployed application instances to client customers at field locations Provided customer service and help desk assistance to client customers

Developed user interface and machinery automation for fabrication machinery in computer-chip fabrication plants Worked in team environment to define API requirements, factory operations requirements, and end-user needs for each automation system Ported unix-based C++ automation framework to Linux (Slakware) Deployed completed applications to factory workstations, including installation of all required networking, hardware, and factor machinery interface connections Provided end-user support for start-up and initial training of each installation

Rails has a strong opinion about how websites work.  Your business has it's own strong opinion and view of the world.  Marrying these two opinionated forces can be really tough at times!  You're looking for some guidance, a place to break-through the sea of Models, Views, and Controllers and pin down the code that's causing your site to be slow or intermittently broken.  I'm ready to guide your team in regaining control and leveling-up their expertise in test-driven development, modularization, and database design, all in the goal of making your end-users feel like their doing an awesome job!

Has your development team been working extra hours, yet falling behind in expected features, all the while chasing an increasing list of bugs?  Meanwhile as business leader, the market forces are changing under your feet and you can't seem to control the development of your application to meet those needs.  I can  coach your team in the practice of the agile and scrum processes, and  on how the parts of the agile methodology fit together to form an effective communication channel between the business owners and your development efforts. 

I am a git evangelist of sorts.  I have performed several conversions of "old school" version-control systems (SVN) to git.  I am ready to help your team perfect your "flow" around how you use version control, how you use branches and perform merges, and ultimately how you control your "master" trunk version of the code to provide an effective history and "what's new" for your application.

Peter Fitzgibbons

Shoes.rb is a desktop-application programming environment, written in Ruby.  It's original creation was an effort to support Hackety-Hack, an application to teach kids to program Ruby language.

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