Josh Knowles

Josh Knowles

Director of Engineering

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Director of Engineering at Gilt Groupe
  • Co-Organizer at Gotham Ruby Conference
Past
Connections
244 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

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

  • Director of Engineering

    Gilt Groupe

    (Privately Held; Apparel & Fashion industry)

    July 2009Present (5 months)

  • Co-Organizer

    Gotham Ruby Conference

    (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

    October 2007Present (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 2008July 2009 (1 year 6 months)

  • Senior Developer

    Lime Wire, LLC

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

    September 2007February 2008 (6 months)

  • Lead Developer

    Integrum Technologies

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

    November 2006September 2007 (11 months)

    Lead developer for one of the largest Ruby on Rails consulting firms.

  • Agile Developement Coach

    Radsoft

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

    February 2006November 2006 (10 months)

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Next IT

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

    November 2004November 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  • Software Engineer

    World Wide Packets

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

    September 2000November 2004 (4 years 3 months)

  • Software Developer

    Webiness

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

    September 1999September 2000 (1 year 1 month)


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Josh Knowles’s Groups:

nyc.rb

  •    Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability.
  •    NYC.rb

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