Andrew Hite

I'm a web and mobile developer with over seven years of experience building websites and applications. I love building things and working with smart people.

Technologies Stuff I like to make things with

Ruby
Objective-C
Rails
iOS
Sinatra
NoSQL Data Stores MongoDB CouchDB Cassandra
Relational Databases MySQL PostgreSQL SQLite
Testing Frameworks RSpec Cucumber Test::Unit
Fixture Replacements FactoryGirl Machinist
JavaScript Frameworks jQuery Backbone.js
CSS Frameworks Twitter Bootstrap Blueprint
CSS Extensions SASS LESS
Templating HAML ERB Mustache

Experience Places I've worked at

Web Developer / Co-Founder

January 2007 - Present

Impulse Development impulsedevelopment.com


In the five years since Impulse Development was founded, I have overseen the development of numerous web applications and websites for clients located in El Paso and across the United States. Over the course of my employment, Impulse Development has established itself as one of the top web development agencies in the region, and the only agency specializing in rapid development with Ruby on Rails.

As lead developer, I am in charge of all front-end and back-end application / website development.

Web Developer

August 2005 - January 2007

Stanton Street Technology Group stantonstreet.com


As a web developer at Stanton Street Technology Group I was responsible for building client websites in a LAMP environment, with emphasis on front-end development with semantic HTML and CSS. As a junior developer I was often tasked with other jobs such as server administration, search engine optimization, development of internal applications, and client support.

Computer Operations / Helpdesk Specialist

August 2003 - August 2005

First Light Federal Credit Union firstlightfcu.org


As a computer operations specialist at First Light Federal Credit Union I was responsible for executing nightly scripts that finalized daily operations, running backup processes on the credit union's mainframe and other critical servers, generating reports for management, and troubleshooting helpdesk requests including desktop support, server maintenance, mainframe issues, and the support of proprietary applications. I was also the lead on multiple projects, including software upgrades for a network of over 400 computers and small application development efforts.



Links Where to find me

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This website and resume were built using the wonderfully elegant Sinatra framework, Twitter Bootstrap, and a few hours of my time. If you're interested in the source code, it's available at http://github.com/andyhite/andyhite