Dave Sims
Vice President of Engineering at WellMatch
- Location
- Denton, Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth Area)
- Industry
- Computer Software
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Dave Sims's Overview
- Current
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- Vice President of Engineering at WellMatch
- Past
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- Technical Manager at LivingSocial
- Senior Software Developer at LivingSocial
- Manager at Pariveda Solutions
- Senior Software Developer at Sabre Holdings
- Director of Client Solutions at eInstruction Corp.
- Senior Software Developer at eInstruction Corporation
- Freelance Writer/Contributing Editor at Paste Magazine
- Developer at eInstruction
- Education
- Connections
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500+ connections
- Websites
Dave Sims' Summary
I'm a software developer and engineering leader with over fifteen years of experience in a variety of languages and frameworks, including Ruby on Rails, Java and C#. I have a wide range of experience in mobile, services and web applications, as well as particular interests in agile process and architecture. I've lead teams and mentored in agile, scrum, TDD and general OOP principles.
I've also been a part-time music journalist since 1996, and I've written articles and reviews for publications like Paste Magazine, The Dallas Observer and The New York Press.
Specialties: Ruby, Rails, C#, Java, JavaScript/JQuery, XML, HTML, SOA/REST, RSpec, Cucumber, Shoulda, JUnit, NUnit, Guice, RoboGuice, Robolectric, Spring.
Mobile Applications, Android, Web Services, Agile Process, hardware interfaces (USB/Bluetooth/RF), Sockets, Multi-threaded Applications, Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration
Dave Sims' Experience
Vice President of Engineering
WellMatch
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry
January 2014 – Present (10 months)
Technical Manager
LivingSocial
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
June 2013 – January 2014 (8 months)
Senior Software Developer
LivingSocial
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
July 2011 – June 2013 (2 years) Dallas, Washington DC
I worked as senior developer on LivingSocial's mobile applications team, working mainly in Ruby on Rails and Android.
Manager
Pariveda Solutions
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
January 2011 – July 2011 (7 months) Dallas
My time at Pariveda was brief but very educational. I architected a large CRM mobile application and related services for iPhone and Android, using ASP MVC, a Sinatra and Redis-based synchronization layer, and a cross-platform mobile client utilizing the Ruby-based Rhodes framework. Pariveda is an outstanding consulting company with tremendous integrity. The trust relationships they have with their clients is just flat-out impressive. It took a phenomenal opportunity to drag me away.
Senior Software Developer
Sabre Holdings
Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
August 2009 – February 2011 (1 year 7 months)
At Sabre I was a member of the Travel Studios team which produces the successful travel mobile application TripCase. I worked on basically every layer of the application, from services and back-end data modeling in Rails to front end website work in CSS/JQuery as well as native coding on Android and Blackberry. It was a great experience -- Travel Studios is stacked with talent and has a fantastic product.
www.tripcase.com
Director of Client Solutions
eInstruction Corp.
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; E-Learning industry
2008 – August 2009 (1 year)
In my job as software director at eInstruction I was responsible for all client application development, including 7 separate codebases and distributed teams spread across 4 states and two countries. I personally led and developed on the Device Manager, a cross-platform device driver application that processed input from over a dozen separate pointer, response clicker and LCD devices simultaneously for use in primary, secondary and higher education classrooms.
Senior Software Developer
eInstruction Corporation
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; E-Learning industry
July 2006 – July 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Freelance Writer/Contributing Editor
Paste Magazine
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry
January 1996 – January 2008 (12 years 1 month)
I've been a freelance writer for over 15 years. I've contributed music and culture-related features and reviews to numerous publications, including the Dallas Observer column North of the Dial, and cover stories for Paste Magazine on Patty Griffin and Iron and Wine.
Developer
eInstruction
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; E-Learning industry
February 1999 – July 2006 (7 years 6 months)
Dave Sims' Skills & Expertise
- Rails
- Ruby
- Android
- Agile
- TDD
- JUnit
- Redis
- Web Services
- Java
- Mobile Applications
- Continuous Integration
- Refactoring
- jQuery
- XML
- C#
- HTML
- Spring
- RSpec
- NUnit
- Sockets
- Guice
- Threads
- Scrum
- JavaScript
- CSS
- MySQL
- Software Development
- Subversion
- .NET
- SQL
- AJAX
- OOP
- Software Design
- Linux
- OOAD
- Web Development
- Mac OS X
- REST
- Object Oriented Design
- Web Applications
- Eclipse
- Git
- Application Development
- Ruby on Rails
- PhoneGap
- JQuery Mobile
- Agile Methodologies
- Test Driven Development
- Mobile Technology
- User Experience
Dave Sims' Education
Dave Sims' Additional Information
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- Interests:
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Java, .Net, Ruby, Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Design Patterns, Christopher Alexander, Philosophy of Technology, Heidegger, Ellul, Wendel Berry (yep), Henri Bergson, Martin Fowler, The Pragmatic Programmer, Why the Lucky Stiff, Nick Tosches, Augustine, Lester Bangs, Archbishop Rowan Williams, music journalism, film, fiction, Jacques Maritain...
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- Honors and Awards:
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Awarded Outstanding Undergratuate in Philosophy and Religion Studies/John Kimmey Scholarship at The University of North Texas
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