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Education

Andy has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Technology Infrastructure, and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Studies from the University of Minnesota.

Andy Atkinson

Andy Atkinson is a software engineer specializing in Ruby on Rails web development, with professional experience in jQuery JavaScript, XHTML/CSS development, and Java, and personal experience developing for iPhone in Objective-C. He has worked in both agile team environments and independently, and prefers development techniques like pair programming, iteration planning and estimation, and frequent refactoring.

Andy's Top 5 Strengths (1) Analytical (2) Ideation (3) Futuristic (4) Communication (5) Responsibility

Contact Andy by email at andy@webandy.com, phone at phone number, through his technical blog, or through his github account. View source code for his Rails blogging application rehash or see it live at his personal blog.

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Socialcast

Socialcast

  • Built Public and Private groups feature with an email invitation system
  • Built third party service integrations for github, Flickr, Gmail/Jabber status, and Facebook
  • Authored post for company blog

Technologies

  • Ruby on Rails, jQuery, git, MySQL, Hpricot, xmpp, XML parsing, APIs, Test::Unit
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F1 Web Challenge

Website Challenge

Volunteer programmer on 2009 team. Re-built a non-profit's website in a 24-hour competition.
  • Developed Ruby code primarily, also completed XHTML/CSS/JS development and project management tasks
  • Contributed 20 hours of unpaid work following the event

Technologies

  • Radiant CMS, Paypal API, Ruby on Rails, jQuery, git
American Express Events

American Express

iPhone web application built for American Express that displays sponsored events in New York City
  • Completed end game JavaScript features and bug fixes

Technologies

  • Custom JavaScript framework called base.js built by co-worker, Merb Ruby framework content entry area, iPhone Simulator and Nightly Webkit for debugging
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space150 Company website

space150

Company website rebuild

  • Lead developer of custom Ruby on Rails CMS
  • Admin area was mostly low cost Rails scaffolding
  • Managed CentOS and Ubuntu deployment Amazon EC2 servers

Technologies

  • Ruby on Rails, Prototype JS, Subversion, PostgreSQL, nginx and mongrel cluster, sphinx, monit, CentOS, Amazon EC2 and S3
F1 Web Challenge

Team Ruby.mn

Twitter and flickr activity stream for team members

  • Built and deployed site to learn some new technology, help promote and energize our team, and provide advertising space for our sponsors

Technologies

  • Sinatra Ruby framework, Apache plus Passenger, jQuery, twitter4r, flickr_fu
Blog project

Personal blog

  • Developed basic CMS with Rails scaffolding to manage pages, categories, and comments
  • Integrated third party XHTML/CSS layout
  • Developed contact form to send email, utilized Rails page caching

Technologies

  • Ruby on Rails, Prototype, Apache+Passenger, Ubuntu, MySQL, postfix, gravatar, twitter4r, flickr_fu
Deeqs.com

Deeqs.com

Dairy Queen's online game for kids built with a Flash front-end and Rails back-end

  • Implemented persistent storage for the new "custom house" feature in existing Rails application
  • Updated nginx configuration in production environment for spam traffic prevention and added a maintenance page
Pain in the Tech.com

Pain in the Tech

  • Created website in 2005 to share technology tips and tutorials
  • Authored dozens of articles personally and organized the contributions of 7 authors
  • Completed logo designs and several facelifts by modifying templates
  • Sold website in early 2009

Technologies

  • Drupal and Wordpress PHP CMS software, various shared hosting environments