Alexander Clark
Qualifications
- Six years professional experience building MVC-based web applications
- Three years using Ruby on Rails
- Nine years in the IT industry
- Eleven years using Linux and MySQL
- Sixteen years of writing code
Technical Skills:
Adept: Ruby, Rails, Javascript (esp. jQuery), HTML, SASS, CSS, Git, RSpec, Apache, Linux
Practiced: sql (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite), Capistrano, Phusion Passenger, BASH scripting, PHP, Subversion
Dabbled-in: Heroku, AWS EC2, Ember.js, ObjectiveC, Scheme, C, C++, Java, Python, Postfix, BIND, LaTeX
Professional Experience:
Jun 2014 – Present
Ruby Developer
Bypass Mobile, LLC
Austin, Texas
Build web applications and APIs powering a mobile point of sale system targeted to sports and entertainment venues
Apr 2013 – Jun 2014
Senior Web Developer
Infront Webworks, Inc
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Develop and maintain the SiteWorks CMS (a Rails engine-based plugin) and related software, assess client needs and craft custom solutions to work in tandem with SiteWorks
Jun 2011 – Present
Developer/Project Manager
{You} Creative, LLC
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Transform static design assets into well-crafted, semantic markup and interactive CMS themes; provide recommendations on and assistance in implementing security, SEO, and UX best practices; manage digital creative projects, monitoring progress in all areas and ensuring timely delivery
Sep 2008 – Jan 2013
Digital Media Developer-Analyst
WAY Media Inc
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Communicate with internal stakeholders to determine software require-
ments; design, implement, test and deploy web software solutions in a
LAMP environment; manage development projects, coordinating with in-
terns and third-party contractors; oversee ongoing maintenance of ex-
isting software packages; build, configure, and maintain physical and
cloud-based virtual Linux servers
Professional Affiliations:
Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Open Source:
ActsAsStarrable – Gem for adding ratings to Rails apps – creator
RSpec – Ruby testing framework – occasional contributor
Around the Web:
http://alexander-clark.com/
http://github.com/alexander-clark
http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderdclark
http://careers.stackoverflow.com/cv/employer/201949
http://twitter.com/atheclark
Education:
2004 – 2007
Bachelor of Arts, Theology
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, California