Bob Melvin

Background

About Bob Melvin

Interested in the design of smart, innovative software products that have a social focus and a positive impact on the world. Job titles that more-or-less fit what I currently do: Information Architect; Web Developer; Product Design Engineer; Web Application Engineer; UI Engineer. Specialties: Innovative product design. Perceptive analysis and trouble-shooting. Sensible information architecture. Skills: Excellent communication skills. Top-notch Ruby on Rails, CSS and Javascript. Expert Drupal Wrangler and custom module coder. Mastery of many programming technologies (a sampling, in alphabetical order: AJAX, Apache, C, C++, CSS, Git, Java, J2EE, Javascript, jQuery, JSP, MySQL, Php, Prototype, Ruby on Rails, SOAP, SVN, WSDL, XML Schema, XHTML, XPath, XSL-FO, XSLT). Career highlights: Was once an "Imagineer" and designed the sound for several Disney theme park rides; Worked as an acoustical consultant in the L.A. area; Consulted with the Air Force to perfect the design of a standard flight computer; Contributed key design innovations to a revolutionary Lexicon reverb unit; Contributed to the specification of MIDI; Co-developed a 41-unit condominium complex; Re-designed a large-scale energy-efficient heating and cooling system; Created artwork for a fledgling computer graphics manufacturer; Played lead guitar in a commercially-unsuccessful rock band.