Director of Engineering
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Director of Engineering at Gilt Groupe
- Co-Organizer at Gotham Ruby Conference
- Past
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- Director of Engineering at weplay
- Senior Developer at Lime Wire, LLC
- Lead Developer at Integrum Technologies
- Agile Developement Coach at Radsoft
- Senior Software Engineer at Next IT
- Software Engineer at World Wide Packets
- Software Developer at Webiness
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Josh Knowles’s Summary
Well rounded Professional Software Developer with over 10 years of professional experience developing and maintaining a wide variety of systems for both small startups to Fortune 100 international corporations. Experienced in leading and mentoring teams using Agile Development Techniques including Test-Driven-Development. Specialized in working with business customers to extract market requirements and deliver quality software in short iterations.
Josh Knowles’s Specialties:
Agile Development, Web Development, Ruby on Rails
Josh Knowles’s Experience
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Director of Engineering
Gilt Groupe
(Privately Held; Apparel & Fashion industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
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Co-Organizer
Gotham Ruby Conference
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Co-organizer of the Gotham Ruby Conference (GoRuCo), New York's premier regional Ruby conference.
* Member of the program committee in 2008
* Led the sponsorship committee for both 2008 and 2009 -
Director of Engineering
weplay
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 6 months)
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Senior Developer
Lime Wire, LLC
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
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Lead Developer
Integrum Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2006 — September 2007 (11 months)
Lead developer for one of the largest Ruby on Rails consulting firms.
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Agile Developement Coach
Radsoft
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — November 2006 (10 months)
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Senior Software Engineer
Next IT
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
November 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 1 month)
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Software Engineer
World Wide Packets
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
September 2000 — November 2004 (4 years 3 months)
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Software Developer
Webiness
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Additional Information
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Josh Knowles’s Groups:
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Josh Knowles’s Contact Settings
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