Who Am I?

I am a father, business owner, speaker and developer. In 2006 I co-founded EdgeCase, a leading Ruby and Ruby on Rails training and consulting company.  We have had a tremendous amount of success helping companies as large as GAP and AT&T Interactive as well as those startups still in the inception stage.  Through a partnership with the Pragmatic Programmers, we have been giving training for well over three years on testing and development with Ruby on Rails. I am a speaker and have spoken at conferences ranging from RailsConf to numerous regional conferences and countless user groups.

Before helping found EdgeCase, I was a developer with ThoughtWorks and spent much of my time working with large J2EE and .NET systems for Fortune 500 companies. I have spent my career as a developer, project manager, and everything in between. I am a passionate member of the open source community. I co-founded the Columbus Ruby Brigade and helped organize the Chicago Area Ruby Users Group. I am an evangelist for Agile Development in the Enterprise, Ruby, and demonstrating to the Fortune 500 the elegance and power of this incredible language.

My favorite title of all though is Daddy.  I have three beautiful girls and raise them along with my amazing wife in Columbus Ohio.

I can be reached here, or on twitter. Just follow @objo.

Cheers,

-Joe