Andre Lewis

Technologist, Author, & Entrepreneur

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Owner at Earthcode Studios
  • Partner at Highgroove Studios
Past
Education
  • University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Connections
138 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Andre Lewis’s Summary

I am available for consulting and training. I focus on Ruby on Rails and Ajax, although I'm well versed in many technologies. I have a particular interest in geospatial web applications, and my book is Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax, available from Apress (ISBN: 1-59059-787-7).

Andre Lewis’s Specialties:

Technically, I currently focus on Ruby on Rails, Ajax, and geospatial technologies. Lots of experience in Enterprise-level multi-tier architectures, Java Enterprise, Object-Oriented design and development, datamodeling, algorithms, SQL stored procs, full-text search technologies (primarily Verity K2 search)


Andre Lewis’s Experience

  • Owner

    Earthcode Studios

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    July 2006Present (2 years 6 months)

  • Partner

    Highgroove Studios

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    February 2006Present (2 years 11 months)

    Our accomplished team does consulting, development, and training focused on Ruby on Rails, Ajax, and mapping. We also walk the walk with cutting-edge products coming out of our Innovation Labs.

  • Director of Product Development

    SV Technology

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    2003February 2006 (3 years)

    - Improved release timeliness and predictability; delivered all three major releases on schedule.
    - Reformulated teams to better align with business demands.
    - Managed a team of 8 engineers.
    - Instituted improved design and product specifications process.

  • Engineering Lead

    Colarity (Centerwheel Corp)

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    19992002 (3 years)

    - Lead teams of developers (up to 10) to consistently meet deadlines with outstanding quality
    - Designed and built major portions of Colarity’s web application in Java, Cold Fusion, and Microsoft SQL Server
    - Designed and built a caching architecture that increased Colarity’s web application capacity by 4X and decreased average page response time by 75%. Application supported 1.5 million pageviews/day with 1 million registered users

  • Consultant

    Accenture (Andersen Consulting)

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19971999 (2 years)

    - Provided technical consulting for large Telecoms -- Pacific Bell, AT&T Wireless, Iridium, Celcom Malaysia
    - PacBell: Implemented Netcool network monitoring package to facilitate fault level management of PacBell’s 911 and FastPacket data networks.
    - Iridium LLC: Built components of Message Processing System for world’s first satellite-based wireless service provider. Team lead & developer.
    - Celcom Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur). Customized Message Processing asset for leading Malaysian wireless service provider. Roles included data architect, technical architect for UCT middleware, and coordinator for system rollout plan.

  • Consultant

    Accenture

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    19971999 (2 years)


Andre Lewis’s Education

  • University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

    BS,BA, Computer Science, Philosophy, 19921996


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