a. brook hollar
Tech Engineering Manager at Gopuff
tech eng manager , gopuff inventory
build team build quality software . 've told one greatest strength creating environment developer feel safe contribute creatively part software process . leading team appeal take great pride much great team accomplish versus could ever . leadership great fun , technology passion run underneath . freelance io developer , contributor retired emcee boulder io meetup even mentor coming rail developer gschool boulder .
Gopuff
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Tech Engineering Manager
Amazon Robotics
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kiva-systems
Software Architect and line manager of Product IT team.  We manage the OS provisioning, patching and distribution of software to our armada of warehouse robotics.  We own a fronted that leverages AWS IoT Core to manage groups of robots and run jobs across them.
Boulder, CO
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Software Development Manager
Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon
SDE for Data Center Systems in AWS.
Broomfield, CO
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System Development Engineer
LameSauce Software
Niwot, CO
Sole Proprietor / Freelance iOS Development
Boulder iOS Meetup
I helped a co-worker re-boot the iOS Meetup at the beginning of January 2011.  I've pridefully watched as it's grown to a regular monthly attendance of 40-60 developers. I have been a frequent presenter and love the environment we've created.

http://boulderios.com/
Boudler, CO
Sponsor
Ad Adapted
https://www.linkedin.com/company/adadapted
Full-time remote for a small start-up based in Ann Arbor, MI.

Responsible for coordinating efforts of engineering staff, and lots of development, in a fast paced environment. Architected and implemented a project designing and replacing our analytics system with a Treasure Data backed solution.
Longmont, CO
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Director of Engineering
DaVinci Coders
https://www.linkedin.com/company/davinci-coders
Developed and taught a 12 week night course that taught students with little coding background iOS Development using Apple's Swift programming language.
Westminster, CO
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Instructor - iOS Development in Swift
Tango Group
Started as Sr API/Client Engineering, moved to Engineering Department Director at 90 person Boulder startup.  As a client developer I created their first client-side JS application, and contributed heavily to the iOS code base.

Eventually I narrowed focus to Platform Engineering, offering architectural leadership and vision while building a new team of Rails and NodeJS developers to refine architectural vision and execute our plans.

As a Platform Architect, I led a team that was working towards a vision of a HIPAA compliant platform that would serve all kinds of client applications.  The breadth of the platform incorporated content authoring and HTML 5 delivery, licensing and resale models, hierarchical users, groups and organizations, etc.  Defensive API design (as a mechanism to capture the platform requirements) is something I really enjoy leading teams to do.
Boulder, CO
Software Engineering Director
Rosetta Stone
https://www.linkedin.com/company/rosettastone
Manage and contribute to architectural efforts for mobile technologies and services in a rapidly changing mobile world.
Boulder, CO
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Manager/Senior Developer, Emerging Platforms
mDimension Technology
Very small software company, 5 developers total, where I was a developer during Graduate School.  I worked with Apple's WebObjects Framework (Java) and Ruby on Rails to build new websites.  One project was completed and lives today: https://www.nlisthelp.com/
Richmond, Virginia Area
Software Developer
James Madison University
https://www.linkedin.com/company/james-madison-university
Created and taught introductory courses and was a Freshman Adviser for two years.
Harrisonburg, VA
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Adjunct Faculty, Computer Science
Masters
Computer Science
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Virginia Commonwealth University
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BS
Computer Science
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James Madison University
https://www.linkedin.com/school/james-madison-university/
My thesis from Graduate School at VCU.
Cowboy: An Agile Programming Methodology for a Solo Developer
Virginia Commonwealth University
https://digarchive.library.vcu.edu/handle/10156/1400?show=full
Rosetta Stone TOTALe Mobile Companion for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rosettastone.mcp
I'm the Technical Lead and Project Manager in our Platform Group and we are building the next generation web services (using Ruby technologies, primarily) and client libraries our applications will use.
Next Generation Rosetta Stone Web Services
LameSauce's first iOS application is now available in the Apple App Store. This application, Gryptics, has been called a "crossword puzzle without clues" and is as challenging as it is addictive. Gryptics is a free download that includes 10 puzzles for you to try.

Once you're hooked, the app will allow you to buy more puzzles - 25 for $1 - what a great deal!
Gryptics
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gryptics/id484403048?ls=1&mt=8
Was Product Owner of this project for the first few months, then (after a re-org) have helped this project along by contributing reusable libraries (for things like Resource Management and back end communication) and offering debugging and troubleshooting advice.
Rosetta Stone iPad Companion
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/totale-companion/id389159102?mt=8
Rosetta Stone Discover App was designed as a self contained travel app that would teach learners key phrases that they would need in their travels. The app when launched was featured on Apple's App Store.   

During this project developed a deeper understanding of Obj C, Xcode, and Instruments. Explored first version of the UIAutomation framework to automate QC functional testing of the app. Started using Session Based testing with our testers to focus on the QA aspects of the app.
Rosetta Stone Discover App
Arts and Culture
ShenanArts
I was fortunate that my parents got me into youth theatre at ShenanArts as an actor.  When I was in High School, I made the transition to technical theatre and started participating as a light board operator, then lighting designer, on to technical director.

After college, it was my great pleasure to spend a couple years helping out full time (while I was adjunct faculty at JMU) as a Production Manager.  I spent 40 hours a week building sets, running volunteer work sessions, moving equipment, directing youth workshops and teens.

As a parent, I look forward to when my kids have the option to get into the theatre (it looks very likely) so I can give back in this way again.
Production Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erdincyilmazel
Greater Boston
Erdinç Yılmazel
Director Of Engineering -  Catalog, Search and Discovery at Gopuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brocksmickley
South Portland, ME
Brock Smickley
Software Engineer at Gopuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharsun
Redmond, WA
Sharad Sundaresan
Senior Vice President, Product and Growth at goPuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewashbourne
Boston, MA
Matthew Ashbourne
I lead teams of engineers to build self-healing software and unlock value 
from data at scale.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronheld
Greater Philadelphia
Aaron Held
Software Engineering leader at goPuff, Comcast Alum
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmspencer
Philadelphia, PA
Cameron Spencer
Tech Lead @ Gopuff  |  Ex-Amazon  |  Bollywood Actor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsehgal
San Francisco Bay Area
Gaurav Sehgal
Director of Product @ Gopuff (hiring PMs at all levels for query understanding, ranking, recommendations, UX, platform) | Ex Airbnb, Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosie-jordan-95159223
Miami, FL
Rosie Jordan
Senior Program Manager at Gopuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfall509
Spokane, WA
David Fall
Senior Software Engineer at goPuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/langenberg
Greater Boston
Bill Langenberg
Principal Software Engineer at Gopuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-hunte-818759115
New York City Metropolitan Area
Kevin Hunte
Software Engineer at Gopuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adicandia
Greater Philadelphia
Alessandro Di Candia
Customer-centric technology leader catalyzing growth in organizations and individuals. Expertise leading remote teams.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenhartleib
New York, NY
Steffen Hartleib
Principal Product Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbak
Portland, OR
Nathan Bak
Senior Software Engineer at Gopuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradoyler
United States
Brad 👀 Oyler
SRE @ Gopuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rekhasingh
Lexington, MA
Rekha Singh
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Analytics and Data Science
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-vella
Newark, DE
Vincent Vella
Senior Software Engineer at goPuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertharrigan
Blackwood, NJ
Rob Harrigan
Senior Software Engineer at goPuff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/muratsutunc
San Francisco Bay Area
Murat Sutunc
Engineering Manager at Sourcegraph
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-eid-49886818
New York, NY
Ahmed Eid
Staff Engineer at Slack Technologies
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        Brooks Hollar is the best in the business when it comes to software and mobile app development and managing development teams.  He has superb technical and management skills.  I have worked with him on numerous projects during high school, college, and at Rosetta Stone for many years.  Brooks is a team player and a professional, fun person to be around.  His positive, can do anything attitude is contagious.  He is a true leader and visionary.  I highly recommend Brooks for anything he sets out to accomplish. Rajesh Chawla
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Brooks is a leader who has the technical vision and acumen to imagine,
design, and build software to solve large problems at scale. In addition,
to the complexities of dealing with the software, Brooks is able to navigate
the complexities of building a high functioning technical team. I saw this
first hand working with Brooks at Gloo.
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JMU Computer Science
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JMU Alumni - Official Group
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Rosetta Stone Alumni: Build and Succeed
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Agile and Lean Software Development
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