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Jason Ellis

Jason Ellis - Resume

Professional Experience

Head of Development -- Ambitious Idea Labs
Jan. 2024 to present

  • Head of development at Ambiki.com, a revolutionary EMR product designed by/for pediatric SLPs, OTs and PTs by delivering tailored, high-quality solutions that enhance their practice and patient outcomes.
  • Ambitious Idea Labs operates as a sister company of Sidekick Therapy Partners.

Sr. Software Engineer -- Sidekick Therapy Partners
Oct. 2020 to present

  • Support and develop multiple platforms that enable not only teletherapy but also provide for high-quality, individualized speech & language, occupational and physical therapists the resources they need to help developing children overcome obstacles.

Law Enforcement Officer / Sheriff Deputy -- Towns County, GA Sheriffs Department
Mar. 2017 through Jun. 2020

  • Mandated patrol deputy for Towns County.
  • Previously served as Jailer for Towns County Jail before transitioning to mandate and becoming a sheriff deputy.

CTO / Software Engineer -- Grok Interactive, LLC
Feb. 2013 through Sep. 2016

  • Grok is a full stack web shop, with engineers specializing in Ruby, Rails, PHP, javascript, and general SAAS development. Formed in 2013 by former teammates with decades of combined experience.
  • XChangeClub: vacation home exchange platform for property exchanges with free marketing integration.
  • Dynasty Owner: fantasy football platform combining traditional fantasy football with commodity market dynamics.
  • Codeup: 9-week intensive programming bootcamp in downtown San Antonio converting non-technical individuals into programmers.

Software Engineer -- Liveoak 360
Mar. 2011 through Oct. 2012

  • Lead software engineer for Faithvillage.com, a faith-based social network for the Baptist Standard Newspaper.

UI Developer / Architect and Software Engineer -- IBM Rational Build Forge
Oct. 2005 through Jan. 2011

  • UI team lead and architect for the 2011 UI; an all new rich client side web application using AJAX, CSS, Web Accessibility and Globalization Standards that plugged into a services layer written in Java to provide a dynamically on demand, scalable, performant and completely customizable user interface.
  • One of only two core developers for the web application half of the flagship build management product Build Forge, charged with the complete redesign from the ground up written entirely in highly object oriented PHP (2005-2009).

Contract Web Developer -- Hoover's Inc
Jul. 2005 through Nov. 2005

  • One of eight full time PHP programmers maintaining an enormous object oriented code base for the collection and distribution of data encompassing more than 17 million companies world wide.
  • Singularly responsible for the payment delivery system using PHP and Verisign APIs for credit card processing.

Contract Web Developer -- Austin American Statesman
Feb. 2003 through May. 2005

  • One of a small handful of web developers maintaining and updating content for multiple websites containing tens of thousands of individual HTML pages.
  • Sole developer of a custom multi-channel, cross-site ad delivery scheduling package written entirely in PHP.

Law Enforcement Officer -- Lakeway Police Department / Bertram Police Department
Sept. 2002 through Feb. 2005

  • Commissioned patrol officer for two Central Texas municipalities.
  • Subsequently worked as reserve officer for Bertram before returning to software development.

Senior Web Developer -- C3 Communications
Feb. 1999 through Aug. 2000

  • Oversaw webpage design, functionality, and compatibility with legacy software. Complete redesign of internet and intranet sites using Frontpage and ASP on an IIS NT server farm.
  • Designed and implemented dynamic CGI/PERL scripting for real time meter data reading and time sensitive customer reports.

Web Developer / Admin -- Austin Independent School District
Sep. 1998 through Feb. 1999

  • Sole designer of all AISD website needs including design, layout, functionality, and programming.
  • Initial and overall design and administration of all webservices for AISD.

Sole Proprietor / Software Engineer -- Palaquest Internet Solutions and Design
Jun. 1997 through Jan. 2000

  • Contract web design and development for small companies in the Austin area and worldwide.
  • Palavista.com: The number one digital music meta-crawler on the internet [at the time.] First of its kind, written entirely in PERL, handling 10k+ unique queries an hour.

Network Administrator / Technical Application Specialist -- CTA Incorporated
Jun. 1997 through Sept. 1998

  • Designed and supported all webpages on company servers including CGI space for Y2K bug fixes.
  • Maintained all aspects of network in an administration role.

Signals Intelligence Analyst -- U.S. Army
May 1992 through May 1997

  • Provided rapid data deployment to the top secret internet.
  • Trained as a Signals Intelligence Analyst and Korean Linguist with top secret clearance. Access to classified information on North and South Korea with Korean language training for time-sensitive analytical reporting on intercepted foreign communications.

Software

  • Languages & Protocols: xHTML, Ruby, PHP, Java, Javascript, JSON, CSS, AJAX, XML, XSLT, DOM, xSSI, ASP, ColdFusion, Delphi, PERL
  • Frameworks: Rails, Zend, Doctrine, Bootstrap
  • IBM Products: Lotus, Jazz, RTC, RAFW, Build Forge
  • Platforms: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and others
  • Microsoft: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook
  • Misc: Modo, Lightwave, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, PageMaker

Education

  • GPSTC: 400+ hours assorted peace officer training in Georgia
  • TCLEOSE: 698 hours assorted peace officer training in Texas
  • Austin Community College: 12 credit hours in assorted classes
  • Other College: 10-20 credit hours of assorted classes
  • Military Training: 46 credit hours in assorted classes and language

Special Skills

I am a calm, considerate problem solver. I am a self taught software engineer and have worked with computers all my life. I am familiar with and have used most major operating systems and have an almost intuitive understanding of all major software packages, as well as having professional experience with most of them.

I enjoy rapid application development and web development. I have been working for years on the internet in one form or another coding all manner of rich web applications using Ajax, PHP, Javascript, Java, JSON, XML, XHTML DOM, ORM, CSS and every other trendy acronym you care to mention.

I have skills ranging from server installation and administration to in depth object oriented development in a myriad of languages, to include creation of special utilities and websites for top secret military projects.

I have experience teaching my computer skills to others and I enjoy a challenge.

Personal Hobbies

I don’t idle well. I can’t sit around and do nothing, as such I’m always doing something; usually making something. I’m an avid woodworker and I enjoy building things. I am always out in my garage puttering and tinkering on building something and also have an active Youtube Channel around my Van’s RV-10 Experimental Aircraft build.

Law Enforcement and Software ?!?

People often wonder how one goes from Software development to Law enforcement, and back, and back again! I get that question a lot. The TL:DR is that after selling my first company I decided to make a radical career change in order to recapture some of that camaraderie that I was missing from the military and encourage a buddy of mine that was getting out of the Army at the time to go too. I found a brotherhood of like minded individuals who did a hard job that was rewarding but in the long run due to a very hostile work environment (the department itself) I had to make a change. I went back into software and spun up a couple companies before burning out completely. I went back to law enforcement again just as something to do but at this point I’m done working patrol forever. Feel free to ask I can go into this further.