Overview
I'm a freelance technical architect and open source evangelist that specializes in systems integration and custom software development using open source tools and technologies. I also provide support and consulting services for open source software packages. My background in a nutshell:
- Seasoned professional with 16 years of experience in both large and small enterprises.
- Experience across multiple platforms and solution stacks including Java/J2EE, LAMP and .NET
- Experience with object-oriented analysis and design and iterative development techniques.
- Experience implementing mission critical, highly scalable enterprise web services (SOAP and REST).
- Current development specializing in Java/J2EE and Ruby.
- Extensive experience with a wide range of open source packages, including: JBoss, MySQL, Postgresql, Eclipse, PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Spring, Mantis.
Contact me if you're interested in seeing my detailed professional resume.
Availability
I'm currently booked on both a primary project and a secondary project, but please feel free to contact me if you're interested in learning about how I can help you on a future project. What is a primary or secondary project you might ask? Well, the projects I work on generally fall into the following categories:
- Primary - These projects are usually full-time, long term projects where most of the work is done on-site. These projects last 6 or more months. You can think of these as my 'day job'.
- Secondary - These are small projects that do not require a full-time commitment, are usually done remotely and are shorter in duration.
Rate
My rates vary based on many factors but in general I use the following rate tiers:
- Premium Rate – This is my standard rate that I charge for conventional project work. I consider a project “conventional” if my client is going to maintain exclusive ownership of the deliverables I produce during the course of the project.
- Discount Rate - I charge a discount rate (generally 15% off of my premium rate) for projects in which the deliverables I produce during the course of the project are going to be made freely available to anyone under the terms of an OSI approved open source license.
The discount rate benefits my clients in two ways; first they get their deliverables for reduced costs and secondly the can leverage the benefits of the open source development model. The discount rate benefits me as well. It allows me to make a contribution back to the open source community while still getting paid and it allows me to showcase my work to other future clients.