Application Support Engineer at Engine Yard
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Application Support Engineer at Engine Yard
- Boss at Ritirisi (Sole Proprietorship)
- System Administrator at Summitwynds Web Design
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- Web Application Architect at Tobi
- Lead Programmer at 3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.
- Project Manager at 3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.
- Web Programmer at 3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.
- Web Developer at CASA, an NSF Engineering Research Center
- Co-founder, Vice President at Hi-Score Game Development Club
- Education
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- University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Ryan Sobol’s Summary
Web Application Architect, Lead Application Engineer, System Administrator, and Project Manager for various web companies. I'm currently consulting as a Ruby on Rails developer.
Ryan Sobol’s Specialties:
CSS, HTML & XHTML, JavaScript, Mocha, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Prototype & Scriptaculous, RSpec, Ruby on Rails, SQLite, YUI Grids
apache2, aptitude, bash, capistrano, denyhosts, gems, iptables, macports, mongrel cluster, mysqld, passenger (mod_rails), ssh & sshd, yum
Firefox & Safari, git, irb, mongrel, OmniGraffle, Pixelmater, rake, ScreenFlow, subversion, Textmate, Xcode
Fedora Core 8 - FreeBSD - Mac OS X Leopard - Mac OS X Tiger Server - Ubunto Gusty 7.10
Ryan Sobol’s Experience
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Application Support Engineer
Engine Yard
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2008 — Present (7 months)
- Manage and monitor 1000+ linux-based, virtual application servers deploying a combination of the following services: Ruby on Rails & Merb running with apache or nginx + mongrel or thin, monit, memcached, sphinx, ferret, solr, ar_mailer, monit, logrotated, cron, starling + workling, Backgroundjob, BackgroundDRB, rmagick, sshd, SFTP jails, and more
http://www.engineyard.com/ -
Boss
Ritirisi (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
May 2008 — Present (8 months)
We design & develop web applications your customers will love to use, built with powerful software that is easy to maintain and scales with your business.
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System Administrator
Summitwynds Web Design
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years)
- Administer systems and networks for a company that provides web design, hosting, print and media solutions
- Upgraded their internal network from 2 to 14 nodes
- Manage this network remotely, which includes servers, printers, wireless base stations and repeaters, web cams, laptops, and desktops
- Installed and maintain their web and e-mail server which hosts over 40 sites
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Web Application Architect
Tobi
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
July 2007 — May 2008 (11 months)
- Developed a searching layer that extracts criteria from an advanced search UI into ActiveRecord procedures
- Developed a reporting framework with AJAX (Prototype) interactions, integrating with this customized searching framework, and implemented with Presenters, Decorators, and on-the-fly SQL temporary tables
- Wrote "code complete" software using iterative, test-driven development, 2-man code reviews, and in-place ruby documentation
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Lead Programmer
3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2006 — July 2007 (1 year)
- Created dynamic web applications with Ruby on Rails, PHP, MySQL, Lighttpd, Apache
- Was responsible for the training and assimilation of new programmers
- Reengineered the company’s workflow based around the subversion version control system
- Managed the development sandboxes for over 80 web applications on FreeBSD servers
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Project Manager
3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2006 — July 2007 (8 months)
- Developed web applications for a distributed company that creates custom solutions for New England based businesses
- Coordinated an international team of programmers and designers, who develop web 2.0 applications
- Integrated Ruby on Rails into the development team
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Web Programmer
3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 1 month)
- Created 25+ dynamic web applications, mostly driven with PHP, MySQL, and Apache
- Integrated our applications with 3rd party software like shopping carts, Paypal merchant services, MS Excel, forums, and newsletter generation tools -
Web Developer
CASA, an NSF Engineering Research Center
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 2 months)
- Developed two internal web applications an NSF Engineering Research Center
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Co-founder, Vice President
Hi-Score Game Development Club
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
September 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 7 months)
- Co-founded club with Ryan Sobol and Nick Rycar.
- While vice president, membership increased from 2 to 60 (30 regularly active).
- Proposed and helped start course at UMass: “The Computer Science of Multiplayer Games.”
- http://www.hsgamedev.org
Ryan Sobol’s Education
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Bachelors in Science, Computer Science, 2000 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Hi-Score Game Development club (http://www.hsgamedev.org/)
Additional Information
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Ryan Sobol’s Interests:
cycling, walking, frizing, chilling, music, movies, creating, reactabling I enjoy being warmed by the sun and breathing fresh air.
Ryan Sobol’s Groups:
East Bay Ruby Meet-up
SF Ruby Meet-up
Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group
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Tobi -
Engine Yard Community
Ryan Sobol’s Honors:
Harold Grinspoon Entrepreneurship Award Recipient - 2004
Ryan Sobol’s Contact Settings
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