Chris Smith
Web developer. Deep experience with Ruby on Rails and mobile.
Creating interactive books about CoffeeScript and JavaScript MVC.
Living in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Skills
Ruby
Rails
CoffeeScript
JavaScript
Node.js
Java
iOS
Heroku
AWS
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
jQuery
Backbone.js
Bootstrap
HTML5
CSS3
Google Maps
Projects
ScriptyBooks
Design, development, and marketing of an interactive, Web-based learning platform.
Publications
Backbone + CoffeeScript | scriptybooks.com
A full-length book on Backbone.js and CoffeeScript with an interactive environment that one reader called a potential "game changer in the world of programming literature."
coffeescriptlove.com
CoffeeScript's first fan blog, with over 100,000 visits. DZone Most Valuable Blogger.
Experience
Principal Software Engineer | VitalVu '11 - present | Salt Lake City, UT
Design, development, and maintenance of a Rails 3.2, Backbone.js, iOS, and Google Maps application for tracking the mobile assets of a publicly-traded Canadian corporation.
Principal Software Engineer | Mozy '10 - '11 | Pleasant Grove, UT
Development of complex features for a large-scale and mission-critical Ruby on Rails application at one of the world's largest cloud backup services.
Lead Software Engineer | Podfitness '08 - '10 | Sandy, UT
Core contributor to a multi-year development effort on a Ruby on Rails and JavaScript mobile fitness product.
Senior Software Engineer | Medem '07 - '08 | San Francisco, CA
Team lead in agile, test-driven Web application development using Java, Spring, and Hibernate for a health-care startup.
Java Consultant and Trainer | Chris Richardson Consulting '06 - '07 | San Francisco, CA
Consultant to health-care startup Medem with Cloud Foundry creator Chris Richardson, providing training and software design in Agile, Java, Spring, and Hibernate.
Senior Software Developer | Mobile Development LLC '05 - '06 | San Francisco, CA
Leading role in the rewrite of a business-critical Java Web application for a Forbes Global 2000 financial-services company.
Core Software Developer | Location Labs '02 - '05 | San Francisco, CA
Responsible for Java-based application servers, MySQL and Oracle databases, and Web services APIs for mobile products.
