Gregg Pollack

Current

• CTO at RailsEnvy

Past

• Director of Engineering at Halogen Guides
• CTO at Patched Software
• CTO at Absolute Healthcare Solutions

• Software Engineer at Sys Technologies
• Software Engineer at Mp3.com
• Lead Developer at Gaming Leagues (Sole Proprietorship)
• Software Engineer at 3do

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Education

• Santa Clara University

Recommended

7 people have recommended Gregg

Connections

263 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Portfolio
• Orlando Ruby Users Group

Gregg Pollack’s Summary

CTO and Lead Developer with experience in developing, deploying, and managing Ruby on Rails web applications. With 8 years in web development Gregg has experience with Java, Perl, PHP, and Cold Fusion, but he prefers to stay on the cutting edge of Ruby on Rails programming. Always interested in new projects and development opportunities.

Gregg Pollack’s Specialties:

Project management, web application development, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, CSS, HTML, MySql, Javascript.

Gregg Pollack’s Experience

• CTO

  RailsEnvy

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

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  Developing enterprise level websites using the newest proven internet technologies (Ruby on Rails). Helping educate the masses about Ruby on Rails by creating videos, podcasts, and presenting at technology events.

• Director of Engineering

  Halogen Guides

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2007 — June 2008 (8 months)

  Created cutting edge web applications in Ruby on Rails. Developed core technology for rapidly building and deploying Guide websites.

• CTO

  Patched Software

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

  October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)

  Responsible for all facets of Patched Software technology operations. Direct the technical staff and ensure timely and on-budget completion of client deliverables. Design and deploy fully featured web applications using Ruby On Rails.

• CTO

  Absolute Healthcare Solutions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 2006 — November 2006 (11 months)

  Responsible for the management and successful execution of technical projects. Developed and deployed health and diet related subscription websites, programmed with Ruby on Rails.

• Software Engineer

  Sys Technologies

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; SYS; Computer Software industry)

  July 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 5 months)

  Utilized the Java programming language for the creation of user friendly web based mapping tools for the military. Developed a secure SOAP client using Axis to query the government databases and return Google like search results. Gained experience working with Web Logic Server, Struts, Mysql, Oracle, and Portal tools in various contracted projects.

• Software Engineer

  Mp3.com

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  Initially worked with the data warehouse group, standardizing and importing consumer data into Mysql databases and creating complex queries to pull data from the Oracle data warehouse. Utilized Perl and XML to improve ECRM (Electronic Consumer Relationship Management), a web based client tool which implemented client mailing lists, registration form building, demographic consumer reports, and email statistic tracking.

• Lead Developer

  Gaming Leagues (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 7 months)

  Designed, implemented, tested, and optimized Java web applications for competitive online gamers for a ladder ranking system. Created and maintained a web server running Linux Red Hat 7.0 with Apache and Jakarta Tomcat. Used Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP), and JDBC interfaced with a MySql database to create dynamic and automated WebPages.

• Software Engineer

  3do

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)

  April 2000 — August 2000 (5 months)

  Worked with the Army Men game production team assisting with coding AI, early game testing, and level design documents. Moderated communication between engineers and production team.

Gregg Pollack’s Education

• Santa Clara University

  BS , Computer Engineering , 1995 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Minor in Theatre Arts

Additional Information

Gregg Pollack’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio
• Orlando Ruby Users Group

Gregg Pollack’s Interests:

Theatre, Dance, Computer Gaming, Sci-Fi Books

Gregg Pollack’s Groups:

Founder of the Orlando Ruby Users Group
Founder of BarCampOrlando

•    BarCampOrlando
•    Rubyists

Gregg Pollack’s Honors:

Invited to speak about Ruby on Rails as a guest speaker:

*Lone Star Ruby Conf - September 4, 2008
*Ruby Hoedown - August 8, 2008
*Agile 2008 Conference - August 5, 2008
*O'Reilly Open Source Convention - July 21, 2008
*Railsconf - May 30, 2008
*Dynamic Languages World - May 28, 2008
*Web 2.0 Expo - April 22, 2008
*SD West 2008 - March 5, 2008
*XML 2007 Conference and Expo, December 4, 2007
*Orlando Java Users Group, February 23, 2006
*Refresh Orlando, September 21, 2006
*Refresh 06 Conference, November 18, 2006

Gregg Pollack’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch