Director of Operations at Black Collar, LLC
Lexington, Kentucky Area
- Current
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- Director of Operations at Black Collar, LLC
- Technical Lead, Founder at FlowMingle.com
- Past
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- Consultant at Braintree Payment Solutions
- Process Engineering Consultant at HP
- Freelance Consultant at Ben Vandgrift
- Project Consultant at Rosetta Stone
- Senior Software Developer at WhyGoSolo
- Director of Information Technology at 9up 3down
- Software Architect at Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
- Consultant at Voltaic Commerce
- Architecture Consultant at Kentucky Cabinet for Workforce Development
- Senior Architect at Arthur Andersen
- Consultant at eCorporation
- Software Development Consultant at Lexmark
- Education
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- University of Kentucky
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Ben Vandgrift’s Summary
Close to 15 years experience in the IT industry, developing and managing web-facing applications, lately focusing on ruby framwork apps (rails, sinatra, merb, camping, etc.) social networking apps, and the difficulties of large-scale deployments.
Currently at the point in my career where rather than have creative small side projects, I'd like provide creative direction in my primary employment.
Ben Vandgrift’s Specialties:
Social Networking, Deployment, Build Processes, Payroll Systems, RubyOnRails, Ruby, Content Management Systems, eCommerce and Payment Processing.
Ben Vandgrift’s Experience
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Director of Operations
Black Collar, LLC
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Graphic and Application Design, Internet Advocacy, Ruby Development and Contracting
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Technical Lead, Founder
FlowMingle.com
(Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
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Consultant
Braintree Payment Solutions
(Financial Services industry)
September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)
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Process Engineering Consultant
HP
(Public Company; HPQ; Computer Hardware industry)
January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)
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Freelance Consultant
Ben Vandgrift
(Computer Software industry)
1998 — 2009 (11 years )
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Project Consultant
Rosetta Stone
(Public Company; RST; Computer Software industry)
April 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 5 months)
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Senior Software Developer
WhyGoSolo
(Computer Software industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
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Director of Information Technology
9up 3down
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
December 2006 — May 2007 (6 months)
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Software Architect
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACS; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 9 months)
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Consultant
Voltaic Commerce
(Computer Software industry)
2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
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Architecture Consultant
Kentucky Cabinet for Workforce Development
(Government Administration industry)
May 2001 — April 2005 (4 years )
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Senior Architect
Arthur Andersen
(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2000 — April 2001 (9 months)
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Consultant
eCorporation
(Computer Software industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
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Software Development Consultant
Lexmark
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 4 months)
Ben Vandgrift’s Education
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University of Kentucky
BS , Computer Science , 1992 — 1997
Additional Information
Ben Vandgrift’s Interests:
small fast companies, elegance in agile software, the outdoors, local music, beaches
Ben Vandgrift’s Groups:
University of Kentucky Computer Science Dept, ACM, ShRUG
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Ben Vandgrift’s Contact Settings
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