Engineer Software

Brian Case

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Objective

Senior software engineer, application architect and team manager with over 18 years

experience designing and creating interactive, educational and ecommerce web applications.

Technical Skills

Languages/Technologies

Ruby (Rails 3.2+), Perl, MySQL, JavaScript (jQuery), Ajax/JSON, HTML5, Haml, Sass/Scss

Testing

RSpec-2, Jasmine, Capybara, Selenium

Systems

Ubuntu Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, WindowsExperience

Ruby on Rails Engineer6/2012 - presenteverlane.com San Francisco, CA

Full-stack engineer working with small team to support fashion start-up, Everlane.

Ruby on Rails programming, jQuery interactive design and technical documentation.

Software Engineering Consultant6/2011 - 9/2011H & L Inc. San Francisco, CA

Work with growing team of engineers on launch product for Menlo Ventures funded start-up.

Ruby on Rails programming, RSpec-2/Jasmine test coverage, Haml/Scss/jQuery interactive

design and technical documentation.

Defined initial spec/story process and aligned team to push productivity forward by

establishing clear agreements on feature goals.

Senior Technology Lead9/2003 - 6/2012WestEd Interactive San Francisco, CA

Manage, direct and inspire a strong development team to deliver large-scale technology

solutions for city, state and federal departments.

Leading new development efforts for both new independent Ruby on Rails applications and

new Rails features integrated into legacy systems.

Mentoring and training new developers on best practice solutions and techniques.

Researching and recommending technology solutions for client systems.

Managing development team and ensuring that all projects are staffed and scheduled.

Front End Engineer work. Recently implemented jQuery-based, Ajax-heavy threaded messaging

system with dynamic caching for an internal product hosting multiple conversations.

Technology Consultant1/1999 - current

Advise, identify and recommend technology needs and solutions for a variety of

independent clients ranging from Fortune 500 publishing companies to Bay Area busisnesses

and non-profits.

Developed interactive components and coded/structured blog network, Truth.Travel, of

Conde Nast Traveler.

Built custom CMS and shopping cart for Lamborn Family Vineyards

Created technology map and growth plan for Archbishop Riordan High School

Developed ecommerce registration systems for O Reilly Networks

Director of Technology and Product Development 2000

Everything Fabulous San Francisco, CA

Directed creative and technical development for the interactive game/ecommerce site,

eFlings.com.

Founder and Editor of Gamasutra.com 1997 - 1999CMP Media LLC San Francisco, CA

Co-founded the premiere online news and community website for game industry

professionals, Gamasutra.com. Fostered site s growth to over a million page views per

month. Led site redesign resulting in Webby award nomination.

Online Producer1997 - 1999CMP Media LLC San Francisco, CA

Produced multiple technical conference websites, ecommerce systems and online in-

conference magazines.

Education

Music Composition & Theory 1993

Principia College Elsah, IL

Awards: Phi Alpha Eta Honor Society, Dean s List

Digital Directions Certificate 2004

Bay Area Video Coalition San Francisco, CA

Awards: Full Fellowship

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