Jake Howerton

To help businesses and software projects succeed through attention to detail, process, and outcome.

• 8+ years developing web sites and applications
• developing Ruby on Rails applications since late 2005 (pre 1.0)
• maintaining and upgrading application codebases across versions of Rails
• building, managing and executing production deployment scenarios
• contributing to open source projects in the ruby community
  

Sunshine Suites, Jan 2007 – Current, Chief Technologist, New York, NY

• Built mission critical Rails Applications which enable many core business functions.
• Implement company wide collaboration: wikis, email, Basecamp, etc.
• Used ruby to automate network provisioning and other redundant processes.
• Provide ownership with guidance on all technical decision making.

Blue Iceberg LLC, Jan 2006 – Dec 2007, Lead Developer, New York, NY

• Oversaw migration from PHP to Ruby on Rails.
• Build client sites and complex web apps.
• Enforced coding standards, designed production tools and processes.

Greener Media, Sept 2003 – Dec 2005, Web Developer, Brooklyn, NY

• Converted Photoshop layouts built by Web Designer to HTML/CSS.
• Build Admin CMS portals for client web sites.
• Build, test, configure all PHP/MySQL projects for clients.

Capanis Networks, Jan 2002 – Dec 2005, Operations Engineer, New York, NY

• Maintained large web app infrastructure including Linux and Windows Servers
• Responsible for monitoring and maintaining client networks in nationwide footprint.
• Building, configuring, and patching network of linux based “edge routers”.
• Design, maintain and troubleshoot large residential Wi-Fi network serving apartment complexes totaling approximately 3500 units

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY — Photography Major 2000 – 2002