Zach Hale

Current

• CTO at Mavenry
• The Guy at Zach Hale

Past

• Web Developer at HelpHive
• Web Development at MealStork
• Code-fu at Decider Technologies

• Co-Founder at skillbit
• Webmaster at University of Washington Information School
• Web Development at UW Undergraduate Scholarship Office
• Technical Manager at Rainydawg Radio
• Systems Administrator Intern/Web Developer at Practice Partner

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Education

• University of Washington

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Zach Hale’s Summary

I'm a web application designer and developer specializing in Ruby and Rails. I primarily do freelance and contract web development for small companies and startups.

I love the web and building for it. I prefer working with Ruby and Rails and am well versed in front end development with HTML, CSS, and Javascript. I have experience deploying to both Linux and Windows environments and comfortable with a variety of programming languages, application frameworks, databases, and servers which are outlined in the work I've listed on my profile. I have built and maintained linux servers both personally and professionally including a 7 server production environment for a 24/7 internet radio station.

Zach Hale’s Specialties:

Web application design and development, Ruby and Rails, practical use of web standards and accessibility best practices, database design, Linux deployment and administration

Zach Hale’s Experience

• CTO

  Mavenry

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Built a web application to help Small Businesses gather actionable insight on how their business is doing financially while providing simple tools for learning about issues with their financial stability and for budgeting for the future.
  
  Web application design and development, Server planning and administration, Brand development. Working with Rails, MySQL, Memcached, Capistrano, Mongrel+Nginx, Apache+Passenger, Background processing, EC2, S3, and Linux.

• The Guy

  Zach Hale

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)

  Web design and development for primarily small personal and business websites and blogs including server administration, IT consulting. Working primarily with PHP, Rails, MySQL, WordPress, RadiantCMS.

• Web Developer

  HelpHive

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — October 2009 (4 months)

  Helped build out premium services including developing custom integration with Authorize.Net's CIM and payment APIs for automated billing, IVR development with Twilio, javascript improvements including making their rich AJAX-based search interface persistant, and other improvements to their front end and background services. Developed with Ruby on Rails.

• Web Development

  MealStork

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)

  Rails development and networked vending machine integration for a local stealth startup.
  
  Development was primarily Ruby and Rails developing a custom CMS, inventory, and management tools on the web. Was brought in primarily to develop a server for connecting to remote networked vending machines using a multi-step authentication and transaction API built for C data structures which I integrated with their inventory system and Rails application.

• Code-fu

  Decider Technologies

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2009 — February 2009 (1 month)

  Developed out of Seattle Startup Weekend 2, obeythedecider.com exists for you to OBEY in times when you need to make a decision as to where to go in your neighborhood.
  
  Lead development in PHP with the CodeIgniter framework using MySQL and the Yelp API.

• Co-Founder

  skillbit

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2008 — January 2008 (1 month)

  The company created out of the first Startup Weekend Seattle. My primary role was UX/Interaction Design/Interface Design.

• Webmaster

  University of Washington Information School

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  April 2007 — December 2007 (9 months)

  Responsible for developing and improving multiple of The Information School's websites, Web design and development, Information Architecture, Helped drastically improve the accessibility of the main iSchool website by employing web standards and accessibility best practices, Supported faculty and staff. Overhauled the calendar to integrate microformats and provide several methods for syndicating the content via email and subscribable iCal calendars. Worked primarily with C#, .Net and SQL Server.

• Web Development

  UW Undergraduate Scholarship Office

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  Developed an entirely new database-backed CMS and website to replace two separate tools for searching scholarships and for managing content via Dreamweaver. Solution was built using PHP and the CakePHP framework providing a centralized, robust interface for searching and filtering scholarships and for maintaining and updating the websites public and student-only content.

• Technical Manager

  Rainydawg Radio

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  July 2006 — June 2007 (1 year )

  Managed and oversaw all technology for the University of Washington's Internet only streaming radio station.
  
  Responsibilities included Linux server development and management for web, streaming, encoding, file, and firewall servers, Windows desktop administration and support, Web development for public website and private intranet, Implemented automated backup system and listener tracking system, Migrated several paper systems to web applications. Worked primarily with PHP, Smarty, Apache, Icecast, Samba, and several distributions of Linux.

• Systems Administrator Intern/Web Developer

  Practice Partner

  (Computer Software industry)

  October 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 7 months)

  Maintained and deployed custom windows desktop configurations, Helped develop processes and batch scripts for automating deployment, Provided hands on desktop support for Windows workstations and applications, Maintained and improved the primary and support site web applications, Designed and Developed custom E-Commerce web store and cart for software licensing and support including heavy business logic integration into existing SQL database systems and payment gateway integration. Worked primarily with C#, .Net and Windows.

Zach Hale’s Education

• University of Washington

  BS , Informatics , 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  IUGA, Rainydawg Radio, UW Social Software SIG

Additional Information

Zach Hale’s Interests:

Web application design and development, Music, Emerging technologies, Entrepreneurship, Apple, Crazy ideas, Personal information management, Ruby, Rails, Coffee, Tea

Zach Hale’s Groups:

Refresh Seattle

•    Ruby on Rails
•    University of Washington Alumni Group
•    InfoCamp
•    Seattle Mind Camp
•    Informatics Undergraduate Association

Zach Hale’s Honors:

Overdrive award, Practice Partner, 2006
Volunteer of the Summer, ASUW, Summer 2007

Zach Hale’s Contact Settings

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