Toby Joe Boudreaux
CTO, Technology Director, Engineer, Experience Geek
Profile
As a technology manager, web developer, and software engineer I have a record of bringing ambitious user experiences to fruition; streamlining workflows and development processes; and leading teams. I am obsessed with user-centered development and excel at keeping technical and UX strategy focused on users. Essentially, I am a multi-disciplinary problem solver who loves delighting end-users while meeting business objectives.
Experience
CTO, The Barbarian Group – 2006-Present
Lead all technology efforts for highly successful interactive marketing firm. Collaborated with UX, Strategy, and Business departments to take projects from lead through to launch. Acted as technical face of the company with clients, press, publishers, and at conferences. Introduced agile methods and engineering rigor to a highly creative company. Ensured scalability, security, and flexibility in architectures. Helped expand the company across three cities and the addition of several departments.
Director of Technology, The Barbarian Group – 2005-2006
Lead development of individual projects and assisted CTO and other departments in estimation, pricing, experience, and strategy decisions. Mentored designers and developers.
Freelance Developer and Consultant – 2004-2005
Worked with several interactive marketing firms and advertising agencies on digital projects for brands.
Director of Technology, EVB – 2004
Introduced Director of Technology role to EVB, a leading interactive marketing firm in SF. Lead development on several projects, interfaced with clients, and mentored team members during six month visit to San Francisco.
Senior Developer, Threespot Media – 2003-2004
Acted as lead developer on projects using Flash and OSS technologies. Helped with estimation, planning, and implementation of all major projects. Mentored company on technical topics and interfaced with clients.
Freelance Developer and Consultant – 2002-2003
Lead projects for DC-area clients including NPO/NGO, government, and institutional organizations. Worked primarily with OSS web technology and Flash to develop sites and interactive kiosks.
Design Technologist, The Chopping Block – 2000-2002
Acted as development lead for highly interactive web projects, working with arts, music, and retail clients. Established back-end development capabilities for the company.
Education
Eugene Lang College, NYC
Skills
My technical skills focus on open source software and Apple technologies. I balance my experience as a technical management with active development and exploration of emerging technologies.
In addition to development and management, I am a respected author and speaker on technical and user experience topics and love explaining technical and experience topics to non-technical clients and colleagues.
Languages: PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, Objective-C, C, Erlang
Frameworks: Zend Framework, Rails, Merb, Sinatra, CakePHP, Saint
Architectures: REST and ROA, SOA (SOAP, XML-RPC), Sharding and Partitioning, High-Availability
Data: SQL Databases (MySQL, Postgres, Oracle), CouchDB, Tokyo Cabinet/Tokyo Tyrant, memcached
Markup and Scripting: XML, AJAX, XHTML, HTML5, CSS
Mobile: iPhone (native and web), WAP
Desktop: Objective-C and Cocoa
Writing
Codex Series with Steve Bowden, 2001
Technical Editor for Adobe Scripting: Your Visual Bluepring to Scripting in Photoshop and Illustrator by Chandler McWilliams (Wiley), 2003
Author of PHP5: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Open-Source, Server-Side Content (Wiley), 2005
Writer for InsideRIA.com (O’Reilly), 2008-2009
Writer for XD.Adobe.com (Adobe), 2009
Author of Programming the iPhone User Experience (O’Reilly), 2009
Writer for .net magazine (FutureNet), 2006-2009
Speaking
Developing Hybrid Cocoa/WebKit Applications, WWDC, 2007 (Apple)
iPhone Anti-Patterns, Web 2.0 Expo SF, 2009 (O’Reilly)
Certifications
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance
