Robert Emerson Head

Education

• May 1995
  University of Maryland — Baltimore County

  • Bachelor of Arts, Visual and Performing Arts
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude
• Nov 2007
  Certified Scrum Master proficient in leading agile development practices
• Sept 2004 - May 2006
  Bellevue Community College (Bellevue, WA)

  • Digital Media major with coursework in Digital Gaming, Digital Video Production, Filmmaking
    • ActionScript, Flash, Final Cut Studio

Professional Summary

For more than a decade, I have led teams of software developers delivering high-profile Web applications. My e-commerce expertise was earned in the trenches at Amazon.com and building new commerce platforms from scratch at both paizo.com and shopdragon.com. My methodologies are agile, collaborative, and test-driven and my favored technology ecosystem is Ruby on Rails.

Technical Summary

• Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Rspec, Capybara, Cucumber, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Haml, Sass, Zurb Foundation, Regular Expressions, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Git, Subversion, CVS, WebObjects, Java, Perl, PHP, XML, Catsubst, ActionScript, C++, C
  Mac OS X, Linux, Windows

Experience

• Feb 2013 - Present
  Zeal, LLC, Founder; Chief Technical Officer

  • Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Haml, Sass, JavaScript, jQuery, Backbone, Ember, HTML, CSS, Git; Mac OS X, Linux
  • Develop full-stack rails applications for client organizations
  • Provide Ruby on Rails and e-commerce consulting for client organizations
• Mar 2011 - Feb 2013
  Pivotal Labs, Software Engineer

  • Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Haml, Sass, Compass, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML 4/5, CSS3, Git; Mac OS X, Linux
  • Developed full-stack rails applications for client organizations
  • Led technical teams, guided agile processes as project 'anchor'
• Jan - Mar 2011
  Lumos Labs, Senior Rails Developer

  • Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Haml, Sass, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Subversion, Splunk; Mac OS X, Linux
  • Developed front-end and back-end web infrastructure for best of breed brain training site
• Aug 2008 - Present
  ShopDragon, LLC, Founder; Chief Technical Officer

  • Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Haml, Sass, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Git; Mac OS X, Linux
  • Conceived, designed, and developed hosted, multi-merchant e-commerce platform with an on-page content management system and full back-end infrastructure for browser-based point-of-sale, merchandising, warehouse, and website management
  • Provide Ruby on Rails and e-commerce consulting for client organizations
• Nov 2006 - Aug 2008
  iCrew.com, Lead Web Developer

  • Ruby on Rails, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Subversion; Mac OS X, Linux
  • Led development of crowdsourcing social network targeting creative projects such as independent filmmaking
• Apr - Nov 2006
  Net Objectives, Senior Java Consultant

  • Java, HTML, CSS, Struts, Photoshop, CVS; Windows, Linux
  • Designed and implemented user interfaces for client organizations, including onair.aero and amazon.com
• Jan 2003 - Jan 2006
  Paizo Publishing, Duke of Web Technologies

  • WebObjects, Java, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Perl, Photoshop, CVS; Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server
  • Designed, developed, launched, and maintained complete customer-facing store and community site (paizo.com) with back-end systems supporting merchandising, customer service, and warehouse
    • Drove online business from zero to million-dollar run rate and industry leadership in twelve months
  • Designed, developed, launched, and maintained magazine subscription management service saving the company $10k per month
• Nov 2000 - Jan 2003
  Amazon.com

  • Web Development Manager & Training Coordinator, Apr 2002 - Jan 2003
    Lead Web Developer, Nov 2000 - Mar 2002
    • Perl, XML, Catsubst, HTML, CSS, Javascript, CVS; Linux, Windows
    • Managed team of Web developers responsible for launch of Baby store
    • Managed development of Amazon.com Toys, Baby, Video Games, Kitchen, Outdoor Living, Electronics, Tools and Hardware, and other non-media stores
    • Developed, managed, and executed training programs for Web developers and related job positions
    • Contributed to progress and evolution of technical strategies for achieving company goals
• June 1999 - Jan 2000
  N2H2, Inc.

  • Lead Web Developer, Apr - Oct 2000
    Web Developer, Jan - Apr 2000
    Consultant, June 1999 - Jan 2000
    • HTML, CSS, Javascript, Perl, XML, Javascript, CVS; Mac OS, Linux
    • Managed team of Web developers serving and collaborating with all company departments
    • Designed, developed, and maintained Web sites, applications, tutorials, and supporting tools