Dave Hoover

Current

• Chief Craftsman, Principal at Obtiva

Past

• Software Developer at ThoughtWorks
• Senior Application Developer at American Medical Association
• Web Developer at Edventions, LLC

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Education

• Seattle Pacific University
• Wheaton College

Connections

228 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Dave Hoover’s Summary

I am a Software Craftsman living in in Wheaton, Illinois, USA. I enjoy developing software developers while developing software.

Dave Hoover’s Specialties:

Agile Software Development, Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, Java, Perl, SQL

Dave Hoover’s Experience

• Chief Craftsman, Principal

  Obtiva

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

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

  After pioneering our Ruby competency, I founded our Software Studio in Chicago. In my role as Obtiva's Chief Craftsman, I get to learn all sorts of stuff as I solve problems for our clients.

• Software Developer

  ThoughtWorks

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — April 2006 (2 years 2 months)

• Senior Application Developer

  American Medical Association

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Medical Practice industry)

  April 2001 — March 2004 (3 years )

• Web Developer

  Edventions, LLC

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

  April 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 1 month)

Dave Hoover’s Education

• Seattle Pacific University

  MS , Marriage and Family Therapy , September 1997 — June 1999

  Emphasis on Narrative Therapy

• Wheaton College

  BA , Psychology , August 1992 — May 1996

  Emphasis on American Football

Additional Information

Dave Hoover’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Dave Hoover’s Groups:

•    Ruby on Rails
•    TWAlum
•    Open Source Universe
•    SHAPE Alumni
•    Prototype Community
•    Rubyists
•    Agile 200x
•    eXtreme Programming (XP)
•    Test Driven Development
•    Estrategias de Marketing Online - Jose Maria Gil
•    AWTA 2009
•    Software Craftsmanship
•    End to End Web Developers

Dave Hoover’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch