Ryan Sobol

Ryan Sobol

Ruby and Rails Guru

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Owner at Ritirisi
  • System Administrator at Summitwynds Web Design
Past

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Education
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Industry
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Ryan Sobol’s Summary

I yearn to work with people-centric organizations. I believe that listening to customers and colleagues fosters personal, professional, and profit growth.

Recent APIs:
* CSS & YUI Grids
* HTML & XHTML
* JavaScript, Prototype, & Scriptaculous
* MySQL, PostgreSQL, & SQLite
* RSpec
* Ruby & Rails

Recent Server Software:
* apache2 & nginx
* aptitude & emerge
* bash
* capistrano
* cron
* denyhosts & iptables
* ferret, sphinx, & solr
* memcached
* merb
* mongrel cluster
* monit
* mysqld
* passenger (mod_rails)
* rmagick
* rubygems
* SFTP jails
* ssh & sshd
* starling & workling

Recent Dev Tools:
* Firefox & Safari
* git
* irb
* OmniGraffle
* Pixelmater
* rake
* ScreenFlow
* subversion
* Textmate
* Xcode

Recent OSs:
* Gentoo 1.12.11
* Mac OS X Leopard
* Mac OS X Tiger Server
* Ubunto Gusty 7.10

Ryan Sobol’s Specialties:

In-depth knowledge of the design, development, and deployment of dynamic web-based, Ruby on Rails applications

Ryan Sobol’s Experience

  • Owner

    Ritirisi

    (Computer Software industry)

    May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

    * Design, develop, & deploy web applications that customers will love to use, built with powerful software that is easy to maintain and scales with business

    * http://www.ritirisi.com

  • System Administrator

    Summitwynds Web Design

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

    * 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

    * http://www.summitwynds.com/

  • Application Support Engineer

    Engine Yard

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    June 2008 — January 2009 (8 months)

    * Deployed dozens of Ruby on Rails & Merb web applications that integrate a wide range of services: web, application, & mail servers; database, caching, & searching services; monitoring, scheduling, & custom data processing daemons; source code & user account management

    * Managed and monitored 1500+ virtualized, linux-based, web application production and staging servers, juggling multiple high-priority cases simultaneously

    * Trained and collaborated with a global, 30-man team of highly skilled engineering professionals

    * Delivered high-quality customer support to nearly 400 customers ranging from independents & web 2.0 start-ups to consulting studios & multi-national corporations

    * Wrote over 30 internal & customer-facing technology support articles on the company’s complete Ruby on Rails deployment stack

    * http://www.engineyard.com

  • Web Application Architect

    Tobi

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    July 2007 — May 2008 (11 months)

    * Developed a searching layer that extracts criteria from an advanced search UI into ActiveRecord
    procedures drastically improving the speed, maintainability, & scalability of the code-base

    * Developed a reporting framework with AJAX (Prototype) interactions, integrating with the customized searching framework, and implemented with Presenters, Decorators, and on-the-fly SQL temporary tables. Together, these improvements brought page load times down from 30 minutes to 2 seconds.

    * Wrote "code complete" software with a 7-person engineering team using iterative, test-driven development, 2-man code reviews, and in-place Ruby documentation

    * http://www.tobi.com

  • Lead Programmer

    3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet 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

    * Configured and maintained productions servers for our web applications

  • Project Manager

    3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    December 2006 — July 2007 (8 months)

    * Interacted with clients daily, by phone and in person, alleviating fears, designing features, allocating resources, planning milestones, & providing data migration support

    * Coordinated the development and training of web 2.0, Ruby on Rails applications for an international, 3-person team of programmers and designers

    * http://www.3mediaweb.com

  • Web Programmer

    3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet 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

    (Computer Software industry)

    June 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 2 months)

    * Developed two internal web applications an NSF Engineering Research Center

    * Deployed these with PHP, MySQL, Apache, and Linux

  • Co-founder, Vice President

    Hi-Score Game Development Club

    (Computer Games industry)

    September 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 7 months)

    * Co-founded club with Dan Roy 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.”

Ryan Sobol’s Education

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    Bachelors in Science , Computer Science , 2000 — 2005

    Graduated with a 3.4 cumulative GPA

    Activities and Societies:
    Hi-Score Game Development Club

Additional Information

Ryan Sobol’s Websites:

Ryan Sobol’s Interests:

cycling, hiking, frisbee, chilling, music, movies, inventing 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

  •    Ruby on Rails
  •    University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Alumni
  •    iPhone Developers - www.iPhoneintouch.com
  •    Mac Developer Jobs
  •    Tobi
  •    Cocoa and Cocoa Touch Developers
  •    Engine Yard Community

Ryan Sobol’s Honors:

Harold Grinspoon Entrepreneurship Award Recipient - 2004

Ryan Sobol’s Contact Settings

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  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
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