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...