Russ Brooks
Full Stack Web Developer
Born on 7.15.1970 next door to Vernon Valley / Great Gorge ski resort, to a Ski-Instructor, Systems-Analyst father. Currently working at Trainual.com. Latest fascinations: Skydiving. AI. Eliminating Transpiling from the planet. Fast technology that scales. Electric Guitar.
Education
Wildwood High School
1988
Honor Roll Jr and Sr Year.
University of Autodidactica
Since 1970
School always got in the way of my education.
Experience
Trainual.com
Full Stack Web Developer
- Sr. Dev: Wrote a number of new features from the main application.
- Data Science Engineer: Rolled out dbt.
- Data Science Engineer: Built the analytics IaC.
Since Dec 2020, Scottsdale, AZ
ShopRunner.com
Full Stack Web Developer
- Added features to the main application and Kotlin microservices.
- Serverless: Wrote AWS Lambda in Python on Flask.
Dec 2017 - April 2020, Conshohoken, PA
RevZilla
Director of Software Engineering
- Surpassed $100,000,000 in revenue the year I was there.
2016 - 2017, Philadelphia, PA
TelVue
Sr Engineer, Web Devlopment Mgr, Director of Software Engineering
- Added lots of features to their Suite of Rails-based products.
- Recruiting: Assembled and trained the Dev Team.
- Created TelVue Connect, their flagship SAAS product - TelVue's first modern stack.
- IaC: in Chef
2007 - 2016, Mt. Laurel, NJ
NetReach
Web Design Mgr, Project Mgr, Sr Engineer
- Consulting, Coding, Management
- Hired 5-person Design Dept
- Managed, engineered, or designed ~30 projects, including the Philadelphia Eagles
1999 - 2005, Ambler, PA
Network Engineering & Office Solutions (NEOS) corp (dba Atlantic Image).
President / Founder / Web Designer-Developer
- Built a customer base of 70 clients, mostly oceanfront hotels and restaurants.
- Built the first website Cape May County had ever seen.
1993 - 1998, Wildwood, NJ
Aqua Beach Resort: Most-popular hotel in Wildwood.
Director Front-Desk Operations, Controller, Sys Admin, Web Designer
- 22 yeasrs old.
- Promoted to Night Auditor in 1 mo. Promoted to Front Desk Mgr 1 mo later.
- Assembled and trained team of 10 Desk Clerks and 2 Night Auditors annually. My direct reports.
- All the bookkeeping.
- Systems Administrator: Rolled out their first network (Win NT), website, etc.
- Automation:. Replaced legacy manual processes with technology.
- Fixed a number process and service problems, cutting costs and raising guest sat.
1992 - 1998, Wildwood, NJ.
Skills
Programming Languages
Ruby
ES6
TypeScript
Python
VBS
Shell Script
SQL
C#
Turbo Pascal
Learning Rust & Go
Libraries and Frameworks
Deno
Express
Fresh
Flask
Node.js
Nest
Preact
Rails
React
Sinatra
Further Knowledge
DataDog, NewRelic
dbt
Docker, Kubernetes, GKE
GCP, AWS
Git, GitHub Actions
HTML, SASS, Tailwind CSS
Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS
Lambdas & Cloud Functions
Segment.io, GA4
Semaphore, Tavis CI, Jenkins
Redis, MemCache
Resque, Sidekiq
Projects
Trainual.com
Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, React.js (TS), Sidekiq, Elastic Search, GCP, GKE, Ubuntu
ShopRunner.com
Kotlin on Spring, Python, AWS, CentOS
Revzilla: Amazon of Motorcycle Gear
Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, Ubuntu
TelVue
Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Resque
Safari Montage
MS ASP.NET (C#), SQL Server, FreeBSD, PHP
Philadelphia Eagles
MS ASP 2.8 (VBS), SQL Server, MS Windows Server
MeetMe: Formerly MyYearbook.com
PHP, Python on Tornado, Postgres
NetReach: (defunct ISP & Consulting)
MS ASP 3.0 (VBS), SQL Server, MS Windows Server
Wildwood Tourism Hub
HTML, CSS, PhotoShop
Aqua Beach Resort
HTML, CSS, PhotoShop
Wildwood Harley Davidson
HTML, CSS, PhotoShop
El Coronado Resort
HTML, CSS, PhotoShop
Crusade Rresort
HTML, CSS, PhotoShop
Lotus Inn
HTML, CSS, PhotoShop
Heart of Wildwood Motel
HTML, CSS, PhotoShop
Certs and Awards
MicroSoft Certified Professional (MCP): FrontPage
2001
MicroSoft
MicroSoft Certified SharePoint Professional (MCSP)
2004
MicroSoft
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) PhotoShop
2004
Adobe Corporation
Bronze Medal: New Jersey Institue of Technology (NJIT) Computer Olympics
1988: Sr Year in HS
Turbo Pascal: Atomic Mass Converter
Silver Medal: Stockton State College Science Fair
1987: Jr Year in HS
Turbo Pascal: Atomic Mass Converter
