Lance Ennen

Current

Software Consultant at Obtiva

Past

Director of Technology XM Satellite Radio at ReachMD
Lead Ruby on Rails Software Developer at XploreU
Principal & Managing Director at Web Designs Chicago

Ruby on Rails Software Developer at Killswitch Collective
Web Designer at Cherryone
Quality Assurance Analyst at Midway Games
Remote Tech at Clear Channel

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Education

University of Advancing Technology
University of Iowa

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Industry

Computer Software

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Lance Ennen’s Summary

To obtain a team-oriented position that will challenge my analytical, creative, and professional skills in Ruby on Rails and software development.

Lance Ennen’s Specialties:

Ruby, Rails, Agile Software Development, PHP, MySQL, MVC architecture, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Prototype, RJS, Scriptaculous, AJAX, Actionscript, Unix Administration, Linux Administration, Asterisk, Apache, Git, Capistrano, Photoshop, Illustrator, Claytools, 3D Max, Maya

Lance Ennen’s Experience

Software Consultant

Obtiva

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Director of Technology XM Satellite Radio

ReachMD

(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

August 2008 — April 2009 (9 months)

Manage technology infrastructure supporting customer-facing and company-facing applications.

Providing support for four different asp.net applications while guiding a rewrite in Ruby on Rails.

Manage End User support. Improved availability and performance of revenue-generating applications.

Improved overall satisfaction with internal technology services including response/resolution time for end user support requests and performance of company-facing applications.

Actively involved in the development of ReachMD CME iPhone App featured in "What's Hot" on itunes.
Lead Ruby on Rails Software Developer

XploreU

(Computer Software industry)

March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)

Worked and trained with Obtiva and David Chelimsky.

Applying Agile methodologies to develop architecture for a secure student travel social network. Wrote rspec and storyrunner tests.

Trained a team for developing the application.

Configured secure Linux server using github, capistrano, apache, and mongrel for deployment.
Principal & Managing Director

Web Designs Chicago

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

January 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Founded Web Designs Chicago a fast growing company delivering internet solutions using Ruby on Rails

Developed one of a kind sales and marketing strategies to produce 40k net proﬁt in less than 6 months using Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails Software Developer

Killswitch Collective

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 2007 — September 2007 (6 months)

Developed and supported Ruby on Rails applications

Created and maintained custom content management systems using Restful Rails

Developed AJAX incentives for web applications
and modules
Web Designer

Cherryone

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

February 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 3 months)

Developed custom dynamic and database-driven websites for a variety of nationwide customers, ranging from individuals to large corporations

Edited and create custom graphics using Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash and various alternative software solutions

Scripted secure web forms using PHP and HTML to render dynamically generated PDF documents, suitable for print. Create designs to exact speciﬁcations by writing advanced custom CSS stylesheets for both print and web

Created dynamic and customized shopping carts using open-source PHP software Zen - Cart, to interface with a variety of shipping and payment gateways

Created, maintained, and backed up MySQL databases
Quality Assurance Analyst

Midway Games

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2005 — December 2005 (8 months)

Provided ideas and information for the game programmers and artists.

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Remote Tech

Clear Channel

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CCU; Broadcast Media industry)

January 2003 — May 2005 (2 years 5 months)

Setup Promotional Events for 4 of 8 Clear Channel stations located in Phoenix, Arizona

Served as Promotion Assistant, responsible for the plans and execution of Station Promotions, such as station artist meet and greets, on location marketing, as well as the coordination between radio stations, advertising sponsor and the station audience.

Lance Ennen’s Education

University of Advancing Technology

Bachelors , Multimedia Game Design , 2003 — 2005

At the moment my work from college is at www.ByENNEN.com

Activities and Societies:

GDC 03, 04, 05,
University of Iowa

Communications 2001 — 2003

Activities and Societies:

Pi Kappa Alpha