Ryan is a software engineer, technical consultant, and architect with over 10 years of experience. He specializes in full-stack, highly scalable, Ruby on Rails and JavaScript web applications. He is an scrum Agile Software Development practitioner and a strong believer in Test Driven Development who loves to collaborate on development projects.

Ryan has been accepted as a member of Toptal, a global network of elite software engineers and designers, which has recognized him as one of the top 3% of freelance developers worldwide. http://www.toptal.com/resume/ryan-felton

Ryan is self-motivated to learn and incorporate new technologies and keep up with best practices. Ryan is as comfortable writing code for the browser as you are code for the server. Ryan is proficient with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB. Ryan believe's in the value of testing and rarely ship code without automated tests in place. Ryan has strong communication skills and are receptive to constructive feedback. Ryan has the ability to thoroughly, yet simply, explain features to everyday users. Ryan can clearly articulate your thoughts and feelings through writing. Ryan is comfortable working on your own and are able to set ego aside when collaborating on features. Ryan is not afraid to ask for help.

Key areas of strength: • Ruby, Ruby on Rails • HTML (Slim & Haml) • CSS (Scss & Sass) • Javascript (jQuery, CoffeeScript, Ajax) • Data stores (Postgresql, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, MongoDB) • Testing tools (RSpec, Capybara, Selenium Web Driver, ChromeDriver) • Facebook Ads API, Facebook Facebook Marketing API, Facebook Graph API, Facebook Connect • Continuous integration and deployment (TravisCI, CircleCI, CodeShip, CodeClimate, Hound) • Linux (Ubuntu) • Git & Github • E-Commerce & Monthly Subscription SaaS (Stripe) • Continuous Integration • Cloud Computing (Amazon AWS, Heroku, Engine Yard) • Twitter Bootstrap