CEO/Founder of Hashrocket, Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida Area
- Current
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- CEO/Founder at Hashrocket, Inc.
- Series Editor at Addison-Wesley
- Past
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- Consultant at citycliq.com
- Technical Consultant at Independent (Self-employed)
- Senior Consultant/Architect at ThoughtWorks, Inc.
- Software Architect at MediaOcean, Inc.
- Software Developer at Indus Consultancy Services
- Education
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- Hackensack High School
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Obie Fernandez’s Summary
Published author, noted speaker, and web application designer/developer with substantial full-lifecycle experience in all aspects of software engineering and delivery. Focus on Ruby-based technology and Agile processes. Interested coaching development teams at early-stage startups and advising companies on issues pertaining to new technology adoption.
Obie Fernandez’s Specialties:
Development team lead, technical writing, Agile coaching, test-driven development, framework development, Ruby/Ruby on Rails-related technology, web application design and implementation.
Obie Fernandez’s Experience
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CEO/Founder
Hashrocket, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
I manage Hashrocket, which does its own speculative web product development, as well as productized consultation work for clients. I can personally be hired for consulting about Web 2.0/Ruby on Rails, subject to very limited availability.
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Series Editor
Addison-Wesley
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
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Consultant
citycliq.com
(Computer Software industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
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Technical Consultant
Independent (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
December 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Strategic and tactical consulting to software development organizations, particularly those embracing Agile delivery processes and dynamic languages and frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails. Technical capabilities complemented by highly-sophisticated understanding of Web 2.0 trends and marketing.
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Senior Consultant/Architect
ThoughtWorks, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 11 months)
Built-up the world's leading Ruby consulting practice, with fifty-plus consultants and a dozen billable Ruby projects representing millions of dollars in revenue for 2006, from scratch, while fighting to topple the very strong Java/.NET status quo.
Travel the world helping ThoughtWorks clients deliver high-risk, high-rewards projects using agile methodologies, such as eXtreme Programming. -
Software Architect
MediaOcean, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2000 — December 2003 (3 years 7 months)
Designed and implemented most of MediaOcean's client software. Inventor of their unique browser architecture, which leverages Java Plugin applets and DHTML for a rich client user experience and rapid application development.
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Software Developer
Indus Consultancy Services
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
Obie Fernandez’s Education
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Hackensack High School
1988 — 1992
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