Barry Hess

Barry Hess

Independent consultant in the web world

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Current
  • Prime Hacker at Iridesco
  • Prime Hacker at bjhess.com
Past
Education
  • Augustana College
Connections
64 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Barry Hess’s Summary

Barry Hess’s Specialties:

Web software as a service is my game. At heart I am a backend programmer, though I've played with my share of CSS and JavaScript. I enjoy coming up with ideas, brainstorming interfaces and solving problems.


Barry Hess’s Experience

  • Prime Hacker

    Iridesco

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    2007Present (2 years )

    Helping Harvest be all that it can be. Primary developer on Co-op. Manage Iridesco programmer outreach.

    http://getharvest.com
    http://coopapp.com
    http://github.com/iridesco

  • Prime Hacker

    bjhess.com

    (Internet industry)

    February 2007Present (2 years 11 months)

    Backend programming in Ruby on Rails, I also have a sense of design and interface. Live projects:

    http://followcost.com
    http://scrawlers.com
    http://ventorium.com
    http://gethoffed.com

  • Senior Programmer/Analyst

    Federated Insurance

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

    June 2000January 2007 (6 years 8 months)

    Enhance internally developed Struts-like Java framework. Mentor and consult with Java application developers. Educate new and existing Java developers. Support Java deployment activities. All under the title Java Language Specialist.

  • Web Developer

    Bay Technology Group, Inc.

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

    May 1998May 2000 (2 years 1 month)

    Responsible for the top to bottom operations of the web sites for Daktronics, Inc., and Bay Tech Group, Inc.


Barry Hess’s Education

  • Augustana College

    Computer Science , 19962000

    Math minor.

    Activities and Societies:
    Symphonic Band, Brass Choir

Additional Information

Barry Hess’s Websites:

Barry Hess’s Interests:

Hacking, reading, writing (@ http://scrawlers.com natch), and hopefully being more creative than not.

Barry Hess’s Groups:

RUM, MinneBar, MinneDemo

  •    Ruby on Rails
  •    Ruby Users of Minnesota
  •    Rubyists
  •    Augustana Alumni - Sioux Falls, SD
  •    Microfiction Authors

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