a. brook hollar
Tech Engineering Manager at Gopuff
tech eng manager , gopuff inventory
build team build quality software . 've told one greatest strength creating environment developer feel safe contribute creatively part software process . leading team appeal take great pride much great team accomplish versus could ever . leadership great fun , technology passion run underneath . freelance io developer , contributor retired emcee boulder io meetup even mentor coming rail developer gschool boulder .
Gopuff
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Tech Engineering Manager
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Amazon Robotics
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kiva-systems
Software Development Manager
Software Architect and line manager of Product IT team.  We manage the OS provisioning, patching and distribution of software to our armada of warehouse robotics.  We own a fronted that leverages AWS IoT Core to manage groups of robots and run jobs across them.
Boulder, CO
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Amazon
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System Development Engineer
SDE for Data Center Systems in AWS.
Broomfield, CO
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LameSauce Software
Sole Proprietor / Freelance iOS Development
Niwot, CO
Boulder iOS Meetup
Sponsor
I helped a co-worker re-boot the iOS Meetup at the beginning of January 2011.  I've pridefully watched as it's grown to a regular monthly attendance of 40-60 developers. I have been a frequent presenter and love the environment we've created.

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Boudler, CO
Ad Adapted
https://www.linkedin.com/company/adadapted
Director of Engineering
Full-time remote for a small start-up based in Ann Arbor, MI.

Responsible for coordinating efforts of engineering staff, and lots of development, in a fast paced environment. Architected and implemented a project designing and replacing our analytics system with a Treasure Data backed solution.
Longmont, CO
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DaVinci Coders
https://www.linkedin.com/company/davinci-coders
Instructor - iOS Development in Swift
Developed and taught a 12 week night course that taught students with little coding background iOS Development using Apple's Swift programming language.
Westminster, CO
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Tango Group
Software Engineering Director
Started as Sr API/Client Engineering, moved to Engineering Department Director at 90 person Boulder startup.  As a client developer I created their first client-side JS application, and contributed heavily to the iOS code base.

Eventually I narrowed focus to Platform Engineering, offering architectural leadership and vision while building a new team of Rails and NodeJS developers to refine architectural vision and execute our plans.

As a Platform Architect, I led a team that was working towards a vision of a HIPAA compliant platform that would serve all kinds of client applications.  The breadth of the platform incorporated content authoring and HTML 5 delivery, licensing and resale models, hierarchical users, groups and organizations, etc.  Defensive API design (as a mechanism to capture the platform requirements) is something I really enjoy leading teams to do.
Boulder, CO
Rosetta Stone
https://www.linkedin.com/company/rosettastone
Manager/Senior Developer, Emerging Platforms
Manage and contribute to architectural efforts for mobile technologies and services in a rapidly changing mobile world.
Boulder, CO
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mDimension Technology
Software Developer
Very small software company, 5 developers total, where I was a developer during Graduate School.  I worked with Apple's WebObjects Framework (Java) and Ruby on Rails to build new websites.  One project was completed and lives today: https://www.nlisthelp.com/
Richmond, Virginia Area
James Madison University
https://www.linkedin.com/company/james-madison-university
Adjunct Faculty, Computer Science
Created and taught introductory courses and was a Freshman Adviser for two years.
Harrisonburg, VA
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Computer Science
Masters
Virginia Commonwealth University
https://www.linkedin.com/school/virginia-commonwealth-university/
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Computer Science
BS
James Madison University
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Cowboy: An Agile Programming Methodology for a Solo Developer
Virginia Commonwealth University
My thesis from Graduate School at VCU.
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Rosetta Stone TOTALe Mobile Companion for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rosettastone.mcp
Next Generation Rosetta Stone Web Services
I'm the Technical Lead and Project Manager in our Platform Group and we are building the next generation web services (using Ruby technologies, primarily) and client libraries our applications will use.
Gryptics
LameSauce's first iOS application is now available in the Apple App Store. This application, Gryptics, has been called a "crossword puzzle without clues" and is as challenging as it is addictive. Gryptics is a free download that includes 10 puzzles for you to try.

Once you're hooked, the app will allow you to buy more puzzles - 25 for $1 - what a great deal!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gryptics/id484403048?ls=1&mt=8
Rosetta Stone iPad Companion
Was Product Owner of this project for the first few months, then (after a re-org) have helped this project along by contributing reusable libraries (for things like Resource Management and back end communication) and offering debugging and troubleshooting advice.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/totale-companion/id389159102?mt=8
Rosetta Stone Discover App
Rosetta Stone Discover App was designed as a self contained travel app that would teach learners key phrases that they would need in their travels. The app when launched was featured on Apple's App Store.   

During this project developed a deeper understanding of Obj C, Xcode, and Instruments. Explored first version of the UIAutomation framework to automate QC functional testing of the app. Started using Session Based testing with our testers to focus on the QA aspects of the app.
Arts and Culture
ShenanArts
Production Manager
I was fortunate that my parents got me into youth theatre at ShenanArts as an actor.  When I was in High School, I made the transition to technical theatre and started participating as a light board operator, then lighting designer, on to technical director.

After college, it was my great pleasure to spend a couple years helping out full time (while I was adjunct faculty at JMU) as a Production Manager.  I spent 40 hours a week building sets, running volunteer work sessions, moving equipment, directing youth workshops and teens.

As a parent, I look forward to when my kids have the option to get into the theatre (it looks very likely) so I can give back in this way again.
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Erdinç Yılmazel
Director Of Engineering -  Catalog, Search and Discovery at Gopuff
Greater Boston
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Brock Smickley
Software Engineer at Gopuff
South Portland, ME
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Sharad Sundaresan
Senior Vice President, Product and Growth at goPuff
Redmond, WA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewashbourne
Matthew Ashbourne
I lead teams of engineers to build self-healing software and unlock value 
from data at scale.
Boston, MA
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Aaron Held
Software Engineering leader at goPuff, Comcast Alum
Greater Philadelphia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmspencer
Cameron Spencer
Tech Lead @ Gopuff  |  Ex-Amazon  |  Bollywood Actor
Philadelphia, PA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsehgal
Gaurav Sehgal
Director of Product @ Gopuff (hiring PMs at all levels for query understanding, ranking, recommendations, UX, platform) | Ex Airbnb, Amazon
San Francisco Bay Area
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Rosie Jordan
Senior Program Manager at Gopuff
Miami, FL
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David Fall
Senior Software Engineer at goPuff
Spokane, WA
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Bill Langenberg
Principal Software Engineer at Gopuff
Greater Boston
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Kevin Hunte
Software Engineer at Gopuff
New York City Metropolitan Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adicandia
Alessandro Di Candia
Customer-centric technology leader catalyzing growth in organizations and individuals. Expertise leading remote teams.
Greater Philadelphia
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Steffen Hartleib
Principal Product Manager
New York, NY
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbak
Nathan Bak
Senior Software Engineer at Gopuff
Portland, OR
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Brad 👀 Oyler
SRE @ Gopuff
United States
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rekhasingh
Rekha Singh
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Analytics and Data Science
Lexington, MA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-vella
Vincent Vella
Senior Software Engineer at goPuff
Newark, DE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertharrigan
Rob Harrigan
Senior Software Engineer at goPuff
Blackwood, NJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/muratsutunc
Murat Sutunc
Engineering Manager at Sourcegraph
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-eid-49886818
Ahmed Eid
Staff Engineer at Slack Technologies
New York, NY
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        Brooks Hollar is the best in the business when it comes to software and mobile app development and managing development teams.  He has superb technical and management skills.  I have worked with him on numerous projects during high school, college, and at Rosetta Stone for many years.  Brooks is a team player and a professional, fun person to be around.  His positive, can do anything attitude is contagious.  He is a true leader and visionary.  I highly recommend Brooks for anything he sets out to accomplish. Rajesh Chawla
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Brooks is a leader who has the technical vision and acumen to imagine,
design, and build software to solve large problems at scale. In addition,
to the complexities of dealing with the software, Brooks is able to navigate
the complexities of building a high functioning technical team. I saw this
first hand working with Brooks at Gloo.
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iOS Developers Group
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VCU School of Engineering Alumni
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Microsoft Azure & Microsoft Cloud
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JMU Computer Science
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JMU Alumni - Official Group
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Rosetta Stone Alumni: Build and Succeed
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Azure Developers
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Agile and Lean Software Development
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