R. Scott Bradshaw

Rails Engineer

Portfolio

Festivit

Technologies: JavaScript, jQuery, SASS, HTML5, CSS3, Slim, Bourbon, Bitters, Neat, SVG, Gulp, Ruby on Rails, PDF export, user uploads (with Dragonfly, Oembed and Dropbox), Data importers and API consumption from Wootix and Google docs, Authentication/authorization (with Devise, authority), Testing suite (RSpec, Capybara, Travis), Heroku deployment

Prospect Tracker

Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, Foundation, Slim, Ruby on Rails, Email importer(Mailman), Authentication(Devise)

Current Projects

Interior Connections

This was my first website that I built for a client. It was a great website for my first exposure to coding. I am currently redesigning it with all the new technologies I learned at The Iron Yard.

Kids Clothing Resale

This website will allow people to resell their gently used kids clothes to other parents. I am working on this with two fellow participants from my class at The Iron Yard.

Prior Experience

The Iron Yard Experience

  • Learned object-oriented programming and design using Ruby
  • Built web applications backed by SQL databases using Ruby on Rails
  • Studied REST API design, including authentication using OAuth
  • Retrieved and rendered information from internal and external APIs using JavaScript
  • Designed responsive pages with CSS
  • Used best developer practices, including test-driven development and agile planning
  • Tested applications, both with unit tests, and later with acceptance tests using Capybara
  • Practiced group development, both with other Rails developers, and front-end developers
  • Coordinated development using Git and GitHub

Sales Experience

  • Over 10 years sales experience
  • Consistently met sales goals
  • Constant growth of book of business
  • Retention rates above 95%
  • Worked independently and as part of team

Manager Experience

  • Concurrently managed multiple offices across geographic region
  • Trained employees on agency management system
  • Performed human resource functions (hiring, termination, etc.)
  • Implemented agency management systems
  • Responsible for all daily transactions across company