Computer programmer and entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Founder at New startup
- Past
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- Principal at Michael Hartl (Sole Proprietorship)
- Cofounder at Quark Sports
- Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology
- Instructor in Physics at California Institute of Technology
- Education
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- California Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
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Michael Hartl’s Summary
I am a programmer and entrepreneur. Though I have a strong technical background, I also have skills in business strategy and product development.
I am the author (with Aurelius Prochazka) of RailsSpace: Building a Social Networking Website with Ruby on Rails (Addison-Wesley), a tutorial introduction to the Ruby on Rails web development framework. Before turning to programming and entrepreneurship, I earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics at Caltech.
I am now working on a new Silicon Valley startup. Further updates as events warrant.
Michael Hartl’s Specialties:
Ruby on Rails, web development, version control, unit testing, business strategy, product development
Michael Hartl’s Experience
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Founder
New startup
(Internet industry)
January 2008 — Present (5 months)
Details TBA, but it's all very secret and mysterious!
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Principal
Michael Hartl (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
2005 — December 2007 (2 years)
Web development and technical consulting. Clients include Auditude, Idealab, and the Caltech Alumni Association. Author of the book RailsSpace, a best-selling introduction to the Ruby on Rails web development framework.
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Cofounder
Quark Sports
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Sports industry)
June 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for design and maintenance of two sports websites, a webserver, and a database server; management of relationships with outside partners and contractors.
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Postdoctoral Fellow
California Institute of Technology
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
June 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Research in theoretical astrophysics (gravitational waves from compact binaries)
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Instructor in Physics
California Institute of Technology
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1997 — June 2003 (5 years 10 months)
Primary physics instructor for several hundred students, winner of the Caltech Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching
Michael Hartl’s Education
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California Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Physics, 1997 — 2003
Dissertation research applying chaos theory to general relativity; investigation of dynamics of potential gravitational wave sources (especially binary black holes); analysis and numerical integration of nonlinear differential equations.
- Activities and Societies:
- Alumni Association, SURF, Glee Club, a cappella, Club Latino
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Harvard University
A.B., Physics, 1992 — 1996
magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- Activities and Societies:
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Harvard Science Review, Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
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Michael Hartl’s Groups:
Geek Dinner
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Caltech Alumni Association member
Michael Hartl’s Honors:
* Richard P. Feynman Book Fund Teaching Assistantship, Caltech (2002)
* ASCIT Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Caltech (2000)
* Distinguished Research Fellowship, University of Maryland at College Park (1996)
* Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College (1996)
* Detur Book Prize (top 4% of class), Harvard College (1993)
Michael Hartl’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
