- email: amos@binarynoggin.com
- phone: 573.263.2278
Agile software developer with 10+ years of success working with and leading teams to develop quality software under changing requirements. Able to rapidly utilize new, leading edge technologies. Proven track record in developing trust with customers and within teams.
...natural mentor and leader, and I feel honored to have learned from
him. - Leah Russel
...humble and approachable...invests time in making me better at
my job - Martina Vassileva
I also value his ideas for working as a team and for great
communication. Our conversations motivate me to be a better coder
and a better person, and provide the tools to do so. - Melch Chun
...energetic...passionate...leadership role in both technical issues
and meetings - Paul Altimonte
Amos is an inspiring leader and exceptional personal contributor. -
Oz DiGennro
Working closely with customers in agile coaching, product development, and team augmentation. We believe in building amazing software through an understanding of the “why” in the product. We find this “why” through constant communication and trust. Using test driven development and continuous delivery of working software that exceeds expectations and provides constant value is our priority.
- Built and tested open source component to generate PowerPoint files
- Mentored on Agile development practices
- tech: Ruby, RSpec
- Contributed to subsystems of large construction management platform
- Championed Agile Efforts
- Mentored Developers across the company
- Mentored QA
- tech: Ruby, Rails, Resque, SideKiq, RSpec, Elixir, PrincePDF, PostgreSQL
- Contributed to rewrite of hospital/clinic patient portal
- Maintained legacy patient portal
- Wrote provider directory application for patients to find doctors
- Championed better development practices
- Championed efforts to improve teams Agile practices
- tech: Ruby, Rails, Node, Angular, Java, Spring Roo, CoffeeScript
- Planned and developed SCADA monitoring for water and power
- Connected to proprietary database system through native interfaces with little to no documentation
- tech: Ruby, FFI, Slim, RSpec
- Championed Agile Development Practices
- Managed a team of five subcontractors leading to successful multi-year contract
- Improved and re-architected complex, legacy application
- tech: Ruby, Rails, RabbitMQ, RSpec, Capybara, PostgreSQL, HAML, jQuery, Resque
- Championed better development practices
- tech: Ruby, Rails, MySQL, Vagrant, Chef, SASS, HAML, Bootstrap, Bourbon, Neat, and more
- Developed OS for micro computer
- Championed Good Technical Practices
- tech: Ruby, Rails, Python, GTK, Webkit
- Pitched and Implemented
- Implemented program with first apprentice
- Technical Lead
- tech: Ruby, Rails, MongoDB, HAML, SASS, RSpec, Cucumber, and many other tools
- Integrated with other contractors
- Designed and developed RAmos a validation programming language
- Guided team members on military protocols to ensure successful relationship to customers
- tech: jQuery, Spring MVC Portlet, Liferay, Java
- Built UAT framework utilizing Cucumber
- Build data migration framework
- updated activerecord-jdbc-adapter to support
- tech: Sprign MVC, JS, Java, JRuby, Cucumber, activerecord-jdbc-adapter
- Helped design and implement large, complex agile management software
- championed a rewrite of PTO portion increasing performance and reliability
- tech: Oracle, MySQL, TestUnit, Shoula, Webrat, Javascript
- Championed one hour pair switching
- Supported multiple chat protocols
- Helped design and implement Mako protocol
- Helped develop both server and client
- Customer Liason and software tester on board
- USS Rodney M Davis - frigate 2008
- USS Alexandria - Nuclear Fast Attack Submarine 2009
- tech: Java, Mina, Eclipse RCP
- Managed Staff
- Produced trainging materials
- Installed and Managed Equipment
- Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom April 2003 - August 2003
- Ground Radio and Satellite Communications Technician
- University Of Missouri - Rolla — BS Computer Science, Minor Mathematics 2006
- Missouri Commendation Medal
- Air Force Commendation Medal x 2
- 2006 Time Person of the Year
- Maintainer
- GrovePi - Elixir hardware library
- backpack-ht16k33 - JS library for LED matrix for Tessel
- Riposte - rubygem
- Contributor
- Elixir
- ElixirALE
- Phoenix
- Rubygems
- Rails
- Git
- Github
- Blog: Dirty Information
- Podcast: This Agile Life
- Business: Binary Noggin