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Resume of Joe Van Dyk
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| JOE VAN DYK | |
| CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| ============================= | |
| joe@fixieconsulting.com | |
| http://fixieconsulting.com | |
| http://github.com/joevandyk | |
| http://www.workingwithrails.com/recommendation/for/person/7469-joe-van-dyk | |
| EDUCATION | |
| ============================= | |
| Seattle University | |
| 1999-2003 | |
| Bachelor of Science in Computer Science | |
| Bachelor of Arts in Management Studies | |
| SKILLS | |
| ============================= | |
| Languages: Ruby, C++, HTML, CSS, Javascript, ActionScript, MXML (Flex 3). | |
| Passing familiarity with Ada, C, Perl, Python, Scheme, Lisp, Java, Objective-C. | |
| Libraries and Frameworks and other Tools: Rails, Merb, Gtk, Prototype, HAML/SASS, | |
| Memcached, RSpec, Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3). | |
| Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL. Prefer PostgreSQL. | |
| Version Control: Git, Subversion, ClearCase, Perforce, CVS. Prefer Git. | |
| Operating Systems: Linux, Solaris, OS X. | |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
| ============================= | |
| Principal at Fixie Consulting. | |
| 2/2007 - Present | |
| Writing software (primarily Ruby) for internet-related businesses. | |
| See http://www.workingwithrails.com/recommendation/for/person/7469-joe-van-dyk for | |
| recommendations. | |
| Software Engineer at Dipiti, Inc. | |
| 3/2008 - 6/2008 | |
| Consulted for them on their Rails site. Configured Solr for the indexing, used | |
| Nutch and Mechanize for the crawling. Migrated their version control system from | |
| Subversion to Git and trained the staff on the new system. Wrote software that made | |
| website updates quick, painless, and reverseable. Added administrative tools, worked | |
| on the crawler engine, and hooked Rails up to the Solr indexer. | |
| CTO at Tanga.com LLC | |
| 1/2007 - Current | |
| Wrote majority of http://tanga.com in Ruby and Rails. Uses Postgresql | |
| database. Used to be hosted on OpenSolaris, later moved to Ubuntu Linux. | |
| Supervised two employees. Heavily uses Test Driven Development. | |
| Tanga features I wrote: | |
| * e-commerce functionality, processed over $1MM in sales in 2007. | |
| * social network | |
| * real-time games | |
| * user-contributed games and puzzles | |
| * ratings and search | |
| * comprehensive statistics | |
| * blogs, news | |
| * user profiles | |
| * user notifications and messaging | |
| * trouble ticket system | |
| * complete administrative backend, including real-time user activity | |
| * update monitoring | |
| * FedEx and Authorize.net integration | |
| Embedded Software Engineer at The Boeing Company, Integrated Defense Systems | |
| 3/2004 - 1/2007 | |
| Wrote real-time simulation software used in military systems. Languages | |
| used: primarily C++, some C and Ada. Represented my division (Integrated | |
| Defense Systems) in Boeing's Open Source Strategic Analysis Meetings. | |
| Served as technical lead on projects. | |
| Programmer at Gamefest.com | |
| 2/2002 - 3/2004 | |
| Wrote http://gamefest.com using PHP and MySql. Gamefest was a e-commerce | |
| and news site dedicated to board games. Administered FreeBSD and Linux | |
| machines. Developed hatred for web application development. Site was sold | |
| in late 2004. | |
| Owner at Van Dyk Consulting | |
| 1/1999 - 1/2007 | |
| Developed websites and custom software for local businesses. Discovered | |
| Ruby around 2004, Rails in 2005. Suddenly, web application development | |
| wasn't so bad anymore. | |
| OTHER ACTIVITIES | |
| ============================= | |
| All-American Swimmer at Seattle University | |
| Kickball Player of the Game (proof: http://www.underdogseattle.com/Kickball/teampage.asp?leaguechoice=674&teamchoice=8870) |
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| JOE VAN DYK | |
| CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| ============================= | |
| joe@fixieconsulting.com | |
| http://fixieconsulting.com | |
| http://github.com/joevandyk | |
| http://www.workingwithrails.com/recommendation/for/person/7469-joe-van-dyk | |
| EDUCATION | |
| ============================= | |
| Seattle University | |
| 1999-2003 | |
| Bachelor of Science in Computer Science | |
| Bachelor of Arts in Management Studies | |
| SKILLS | |
| ============================= | |
| Languages: Ruby, C++, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Coffeescript | |
| Passing familiarity with Ada, C, Perl, Python, Scheme, Lisp, Java, Objective-C, Haskell, ActionScript, Scala | |
| Libraries and Frameworks and other Tools: Rails, Gtk, jQuery, Haml/Sass | |
| Memcached, Redis, RSpec, Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3). | |
| Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL. Prefer PostgreSQL. | |
| Version Control: Git, Subversion, ClearCase, Perforce, CVS. Prefer Git. | |
| Operating Systems: Linux, Solaris, OS X. | |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
| ============================= | |
| CTO at Tanga.com LLC | |
| 1/2007 - Current | |
| Wrote http://www.tanga.com, http://www.lolshirts.com, and http://www.bellechic.com | |
| in Ruby and Rails. Uses Postgresql database. Used to be hosted on OpenSolaris, later | |
| moved to Ubuntu Linux on Amazon EC2. Heavily uses Test Driven Development. | |
| Tanga features I wrote: | |
| * e-commerce functionality, processed more than $15MM in sales. | |
| * social network | |
| * real-time games | |
| * user-contributed games and puzzles | |
| * ratings and search | |
| * comprehensive statistics | |
| * blogs, news | |
| * user profiles | |
| * user notifications and messaging | |
| * trouble ticket system | |
| * complete administrative backend, including real-time user activity | |
| * update monitoring | |
| * FedEx and Authorize.net integration | |
| Senior Software Engineer at Whitepages, Inc | |
| 8/2009 - 10/2010 | |
| Worked on various Rails and Javascript things at http://www.whitepages.com. | |
| Software Engineer at Dipiti, Inc. | |
| 3/2008 - 6/2008 | |
| Consulted for them on their Rails site. Configured Solr for the indexing, used | |
| Nutch and Mechanize for the crawling. Migrated their version control system from | |
| Subversion to Git and trained the staff on the new system. Wrote software that made | |
| website updates quick, painless, and reverseable. Added administrative tools, worked | |
| on the crawler engine, and hooked Rails up to the Solr indexer. | |
| Embedded Software Engineer at The Boeing Company, Integrated Defense Systems | |
| 3/2004 - 1/2007 | |
| Wrote real-time simulation software used in military systems. Languages | |
| used: primarily C++, some C and Ada. Represented my division (Integrated | |
| Defense Systems) in Boeing's Open Source Strategic Analysis Meetings. | |
| Served as technical lead on projects. | |
| Programmer at Gamefest.com | |
| 2/2002 - 3/2004 | |
| Wrote http://gamefest.com using PHP and MySql. Gamefest was a e-commerce | |
| and news site dedicated to board games. Administered FreeBSD and Linux | |
| machines. Developed hatred for web application development. Site was sold | |
| in late 2004. | |
| Owner at Van Dyk Consulting | |
| 1/1999 - 1/2007 | |
| Developed websites and custom software for local businesses. Discovered | |
| Ruby around 2004, Rails in 2005. Suddenly, web application development | |
| wasn't so bad anymore. | |
| OTHER ACTIVITIES | |
| ============================= | |
| All-American Swimmer at Seattle University | |
| Kickball Player of the Game (proof: http://www.underdogseattle.com/Kickball/teampage.asp?leaguechoice=674&teamchoice=8870) |
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