Ryan Sobol

Ryan Sobol

Application Support Engineer at Engine Yard

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Application Support Engineer at Engine Yard
  • Boss at Ritirisi (Sole Proprietorship)
  • System Administrator at Summitwynds Web Design
Past
  • 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
  • University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Connections
104 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

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

  • Application Support Engineer

    Engine Yard

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    June 2008Present (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 2008Present (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.

  • System Administrator

    Summitwynds Web Design

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2004Present (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
    - http://www.summitwynds.com/

  • Web Application Architect

    Tobi

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

    July 2007May 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
    - http://www.tobi.com

  • Lead Programmer

    3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.

    (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2006July 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; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    December 2006July 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
    - http://www.3mediaweb.com/

  • Web Programmer

    3 Media Web Solutions, Inc.

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

    August 2005August 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 2004July 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

    (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

    September 2003March 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

  • University of Massachusetts at Amherst

    Bachelors in Science, Computer Science, 20002005

    Activities and Societies:
    Hi-Score Game Development club (http://www.hsgamedev.org/)

Additional Information

Ryan Sobol’s Websites:

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

  •    Ruby on Rails
  •    University of Massachusetts at Amherst Alumni
  •    Engine Yard
  •    Tobi
  •    Engine Yard Community

Ryan Sobol’s Honors:

Harold Grinspoon Entrepreneurship Award Recipient - 2004


Ryan Sobol’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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