Sam Shiffman

Background

About Sam Shiffman

Full-stack software developer proficient in design, development and testing in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript. I have a diverse professional background beyond coding. For many years I was an officer in the U.S. Navy submarine service, specializing in nuclear propulsion engineering as well as combat operations. In the private sector I worked as a Production Manager and as a Business Development Manager, earning my MBA along the way. I also built a successful business as a jazz pianist and music teacher. Skills and Expertise- Ruby, Rails 4.2, Minitest, Rspec, SQL, postgres, mysql, Unix, bash, vim, JavaScript, Ember, D3, node, jQuery - OAuth2, JWT, HTML5/CSS, Slim, Emblem, Handlebars, Font Awesome, Foundation - Mandrill, Hubspot, Stripe, Shopify Liquid, ActiveAdmin, ActiveInteraction, Microservices - Built a Ruby tool for software developers who play Regex Golf, using open-uri, net/http, openssl, Regexp - Built a command line password generator with customizable string length and special character whitelist - Built Ruby solutions to problems from Practical Programming “Best Of Ruby Quiz” and the Euler Project - Managing cross-functional teams in engineering, manufacturing and operations - Production and project management; developing training plans and conducting training - Developing marketing and sales programs for products and services in the IT industry - Employing Strategic Selling® methods in direct sales and account management