Thadd Selden

Current

• Ruby on Rails Developer at No-Company
• Senior Software Engineer at Raytheon
• Volunteer programmer at New Hope Housing

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Past

• Scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center

Education

• Randolph-Macon College

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Defense & Space

Thadd Selden’s Summary

Certified ScrumMaster.

Expert programmer and software architect with a special talent for managing agile teams. Speak a wide variety of programming languages fluently. Excellent at interacting with customers and building strong working relationships. Knows how to get a team of developers working together towards a common goal.

Spends free time building the Next Great Thing™ in Ruby on Rails.

Thadd Selden’s Specialties:

Agile development with Scrum, unmanned vehicles, web development

Thadd Selden’s Experience

• Ruby on Rails Developer

  No-Company

  (Internet industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Freelance Ruby on Rails web development.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Raytheon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

  November 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)

• Volunteer programmer

  New Hope Housing

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

  Provided customized, web-based applications to support fundraising events.

• Scientist

  Naval Surface Warfare Center

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years )

Thadd Selden’s Education

• Randolph-Macon College

  1997 — 2001

Additional Information

Thadd Selden’s Interests:

sailing, ruby on rails, web development, unmanned systems, sustainable energy, green technology, agile, scrum

Thadd Selden’s Groups:

Scrum Alliance

•    Naval Sea Systems Command Network

Thadd Selden’s Honors:

Raytheon Excellence in Technology Award, for work on the Cobra Umanned Aircraft System, April 2007

Thadd Selden’s Contact Settings

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