
Close to 30 years as a professional technologist, during which I have gained extensive experience in new product development at leading edge companies. I have led effective and innovative software development organizations, establishing strong business relationships and rapidly understanding new and complex businesses. I have extensive experience leveraging operations and technology solutions resulting in revenue growth, decreased expenses and increased service levels. Years of professional consulting and leadership experience, open-source credibility, charisma and reputation make it easy for me to attract top-notch tech talent to my teams. I am most proud of my role as CTO on the founding team of Andela, one of the biggest and most successful African startups in history, now operating in over 110 countries. I am most famous as the author of best-selling Ruby on Rails books, a little less so as the original founder of Hashrocket, which during its heyday, was one of the worldʼs most admired web design & development shops. As its Founder & CEO, I grew Hashrocket to over 35 employees and almost $7M in revenues in 2010, before selling my stake in order to work on product-driven startups. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Sales, Software Development, technical writing, Agile coaching, test-driven development, framework development, JavaScript, Ruby/Ruby on Rails-related technology, web application design and implementation. Business strategy, venture/angel fundraising, client services, education, consulting, product management and strategy, product marketing, operational efficiency...
shopify.com
cofactordigital.com
leanstartupmachine.com
thoughtworks.com
eonetwork.org
mediaocean.com
andela.com
New York, New York, United States
Principal Engineer
Shopify
• www.linkedin.com/company/shopify
Jan 2025 - Present
Mexico City, Mexico
Founder & Chief Scientist
Olympia | Your Winning AI Team
• www.linkedin.com/company/olympia-chat
May 2023 - Present
Partner & Chief Consultant
MagmaLabs
• www.linkedin.com/company/magmalabs
Jan 2020 - Present
Worldwide
Advisor to the CEO
Andela
• www.linkedin.com/company/andela
Jan 2014 - Present
CTO
Andela
• www.linkedin.com/company/andela
Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
Greater Atlanta Area & Lagos, Nigeria
Series Editor
Addison-Wesley
• www.linkedin.com/company/addison-wesley
Jan 2006 - Present
Founder & CEO
Let The Music Pay
Mar 2021 - May 2024
Worldwide
Senior Software Consultant / CTO-for-hire
Kickass Consulting
Sep 2012 - Jan 2020
Global
Founder & CEO
RightPay
Jan 2011 - Dec 2014
silverstreamsoftware.com