Application Support Engineer at Engine Yard
Greater Salt Lake City Area
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- Application Support Engineer at Engine Yard
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- Web Developer at Think Partnership
- Software Engineer at Interhub Solutions
- Web Developer at Priority Dispatch
- Technical Support - contract position at Computer Task Group
- Jack of All Trades at Kelly Temporary Services
- Education
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- University of Utah
- Salt Lake Community College
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Tyler Bird’s Summary
My top 5 strengths identified by the book Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath can give you an idea of who I am and what I can do.
1. Strategic - I love to take new input and use my previous experience and my passion to learn to come up with options and choose the best option at that place and time. I can also step back and look at the bigger picture to see the moving parts and identify obstacles.
2. Futuristic - "What if?" is one of the most amazing questions of all time. As a writer I use this often to explore ideas for a story I want to tell. In the field of technology I always seem to find myself searching out information about what lies ahead.
3. Learner - I have an insatiable curiosity about things that spark my imagination. I constantly strive to find new and interesting things to learn about and integrate into myself so I can be a better, more effective person.
4. Ideation - "I'm an ideas man." I believe in the power of brainstorming to a large quantity of ideas, so that the quality ideas can be found in the process. I can then use my strategic ability to weigh each idea to use them the right way.
5. Activator - When I decide to do something it creates an energy and enthusiasm needed to fill the gap between knowing what needs to get done and doing those things. My energy is contagious to teammates and they want to charge in after me.
Tyler Bird’s Specialties:
Problem solver, extreme creativity, solution generation, technical documentation.
Tyler Bird’s Experience
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Application Support Engineer
Engine Yard
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
We lead the way with managed Rails hosting for the enterprise! Engine Yard provides stellar support, rapid scalability, and proven reliability to all customers both large and small.
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Web Developer
Think Partnership
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; THK; Internet industry)
July 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Successfully migrated archive-reporting databases from previous servers to new servers with 0 public downtime. Responsible for deploying and developing new features for an existing web advertising network using Rails, MySQL Cluster and MySQL Replication.
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Software Engineer
Interhub Solutions
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — June 2007 (4 months)
Building custom software solutions for clients using Ruby on Rails, Linux Server and MySQL.
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Web Developer
Priority Dispatch
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Public Safety industry)
December 1999 — March 2007 (7 years 4 months)
Web application development for an international member base of over 70,000 emergency dispatch personnel.
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Technical Support - contract position
Computer Task Group
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CTGX; Computer & Network Security industry)
March 1999 — December 1999 (10 months)
Telephone and remote support for First Security bank (now Wells Fargo) branches in 9 western states.
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Jack of All Trades
Kelly Temporary Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; KELYA; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 1996 — March 1999 (3 years 3 months)
Worked a varied of jobs over a three year period, gained the skill to adapt to new situations quickly.
Tyler Bird’s Education
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University of Utah
BA , Film Studies , 2004 — 2007
Screenwriting emphasis, skilled in cinematography, producing, directing and editing.
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Salt Lake Community College
AS , General Studies , 2001 — 2003
Additional Information
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Tyler Bird’s Interests:
family, ruby (on rails or otherwise), ajax, gadgets (james bond style), film, sketch comedy
Tyler Bird’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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