Mike Hall

Staff Software Engineer

Experience

Software Engineer

Obtiva | Chicago, IL | -

Consultant dispatched to clients to work independently and in team environments. Worked on projects building B2B services for Sears, internal report generation systems for Leapfrog Online, and with Groupon prior to the acquisition. Brought in for .NET work based on Alt.NET community reputation and transitioned into Ruby/Rails delivery in a craftsmanship-focused consultancy.

  • Engaged at Leapfrog Online to implement reporting services to expose customizable reports against their data warehouse. Impact: Enabled business stakeholders to access and analyze critical data through self-service reporting.
  • Engaged at Sears Commercial to implement a new commercial sales and catalog service for B2B customers.
  • Engaged at Groupon to work on deals services, primary site support, and fraud analysis teams. Leadership: Contributed to high-growth engineering efforts during Groupon's rapid scaling phase.

Skills: Active Directory, Bash, C#, CSS, Capistrano, Cucumber, Git, GitHub, Internet Information Services (IIS), JRuby, JavaScript, MbUnit, Mercurial, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Mongrel, MySQL, NGINX, NUnit, QUnit, RSpec, Redis, Resque, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Sass, Thin, Unicorn, Vagrant, Vim, Visual Studio .NET, Windows Server, XHTML, jQuery