members
Keith Lancaster
Founded the Houston group at a local restaurant a couple of years ago, and the rest is history.... I came across Rails and Ruby when I was trying to decide what technology we should use in a startup I was founding. We heard about Rails from a friend, bought the AWDWR book to see what it was all about, and two weeks later had a working prototype. Our product is currently in use by several law enforcement agencies, and the number is growing.
Wes Gamble
I own an independent consultancy in the Houston area named Bison Consulting. A few months after hearing about Rails, I jumped in with both feet in March, '06, just as version 1.0 was coming into being. Ruby and Rails were a pleasant surprise, after enterprise-level Java development for 5+ years.
I tend to be stronger on the "back end" side of things (e.g. system design and integration, database design and administration, deployment). I'm always working on improving my "front end" skills, though.
Working with Rails profile: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9027-wes-gamble
Nils Jonsson
Houston.rb is currently meeting at the Houston office of my company, DataCert.
Mike Hagedorn
started working with rails in the fall of 2005. Came from the java camp and have done a lot of enterprisy work in that space since 1996. Started *Silverchair Solutions*, a consulting firm specializing in agile methods using rails, java and .net Been doing rails work primarily for the last year.
Eric Hutzelman
I've been working with Ruby and Rails since the end of 2006. I have a 15 year background primarily in Microsoft and Java development, and I am currently working for a project management consulting company doing .net development. I put together this houstonrb site as a way to get more familiar with ruby and rails.
Ronnie Rouse
I am the IT Director of an insurance agency here in Houston that has recently used Ruby and Rails to automate a key business process.
James Simonsen
A ruby/rails developer with a background in graphic arts.
Daya Sharma
Started working with Ruby in 2005 and eventually with RoR after my 6 years stunt with Java. My latest work can be seen at http://www.peertopatent.org
Brett Rogers
I am currently working full time doing Ruby/Rails development here in Houston and have been working with Ruby and Rails since 2005. I was at the first Houson Ruby/Rails group meeting at the Daily Grind in downtown, and have recently become an active member.
Hao Tian
I am a fresh graduate C# developer. I started using Ruby on Rails since June 2007, and I love it.
Fred Sodergren
UI designer and developer interested in branching out into other technologies.
Alain Hoang
Interested in Ruby on Rails development, Ruby as a sysadmin tool, and figuring out if I'll ever try Vlad over Capistrano
Bassel Samman
Someone suggested ruby to me back in 2005 when I was writing a log parser. One thing led to another and the next thing I knew I was watching the rails screen casts. Ever since then I kept stumbling into rails work or even kindly suggesting rails for development projects. Here I am, in 2008 working full time as a Rails developer as J2EE fades slowly in my rear view mirror.
Mark Lemnah
Learning Ruby and Rails and looking for any opportunity to use them at work and convert others.
Chris Lee
2 years of Rails experience with the full Rails lifecycle.
Jeremey Barrett
I'm C/Unix hacker who got interested in Ruby back in '02 or '03. Since then Rails appeared and turned web development on its head, and the fallout from that has been fun to watch. I don't use Ruby or Rails in day-to-day work, but I'm very interested in the development of Ruby and Rails and the related shifts in the larger community. At the moment my work happens to be Java but hopefully Erlang will be making an appearance sometime soon.
raymond chudzinski
Currently working as a Product Development Engineer. A small group which takes new concepts to product all intra-mural to my employer. (a great opportunity to champion Ruby and Rails in a corporation) ;-P
Jason Peltier
11 years in the professional web industry. I'm focused on Design2Code, including HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Nash Kabbara
No one can see me!!!
Nathan Price
A rails/ruby hobbiest... knowing just enough to know that I don't know enough.. Interested in programming, robotics, languages, culture, economics, everything.... (but seldom long enough to worry anyone) Longest running/most successful personal project: ISpeakHindi.com - near daily learn Hindi podcast..
Johnny Goodman
I'm the co-founder and GM of CPAP.com and CPAPtalk.com. I coded in Perl and PHP in the good old days. I switched to the business side early on and have been stranded over here since. The things people are doing with RoR are impressive and I've found myself running through tutorials for fun. I'd like to get better connected to RoR and the people who develop in it.
Justin Sunseri
Normally an ASP.Net C# developer at work. I want to broaden my horizons so I am learning Rails. It's been a lot of fun so far and I'm looking to learn more.
Leo Grove
Reformed 13-year Java Developer/Architect, now I program exclusively in RoR (with all the trimmings so maybe exclusively is not quite the word). Although I made a good living as a certified java developer over the past decade, Ruby just takes web development to whole other level. Watch out though, master RoR's intricacies and nirvana will be yours, otherwise you may found yourself stuck in Dante's Hell.
Abey Mullassery
Programming since 1997. Started using Rails for the last few years. Working on a couple of Rails projects that I will launch Sept 2009
Jesse Wolgamott
Ruby Lover, convert from C#. Currently a free agent, but have worked on distributed sites and love simplicity in design.
Dave Elkins
web developer that works in mainly java and php for my day job and uses rails for my side projects.
Ryan Riley
I'm a .NET developer, though I previously worked a bit with Ruby, Python, PHP, etc. I'm currently using C# and pushing F# and functional programming but wanting to work more with Ruby and Python again, now that they are supported in .NET via the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR).
Ivan Gutierrez
I am a Ruby On Rails Instructor,with 4 years of experience. I have formed IT Proffessionals to Work with Ruby and Rails. I am interesting in Projects in Houston. Contact me to: ivan_correo_001 dot yahoo.ca
Ben Scheirman
I'm a .NET developer by day, Ruby / iPhone developer by night. I'm a Microsoft MVP, Certified ScrumMaster, and Microsoft ASP Insider. I enjoy connecting with other developers in the Houston area. Check out my book on ASP.NET MVC here: http://manning.com/palermo Check out my iPhone app here: http://pockettabs.com
Alper
.NET Developer looking to learn Rails
David Heller
I have just jumped into the Ruby and Rails world. My background is in project management and product management. In addition to a job in the corporate world I have dabbled in start-ups and am interested in pursuing that even more.
Joseph Doty
Web site designer/developer who is a budding Ruby on Rails programmer. I Love Ruby, Love Rails, and willing to learn.
Kaleb Fulgham
Computer Science student at the University of Houston. Web Development for 6+ years. PHP/MySQL and now Ruby on Rails. Desiring to create helpful web apps & mobile iPhone / Android apps. Created the Facebook & Flickr integration app, My Flickr, http://myflickrapp.com/. Created the official UH iPhone application, UH Guide, http://uhcamp.us.to/.
Yuichi Fujiki
Grad student at University of Houston. Started from Java, moved to C# and now working in Objective-C on iPhone. Loves simplicity of Ruby. Haven't created any serious Rails app yet, but interested.
Sandeep Ghael
Co-Founder ActiveInterview.com Expertise/Interest in: Django / Rails, EC2, S3, Ubuntu, Mapping, Postgres, Javascript, CSS
Keith Lancaster
Ruby guy
Pragnesh Vaghela
Manager fallen in love with Ruby and Rails
