Obie Fernandez

Advisor Atlanta

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Experience

Javelin

Founder, CTO 2013 - Present (almost 7 years)

Founder

Javelin, DueProps, Hashrocket

Advisor

Andela, Blinq Media, iCouch, Penrose Senior Care Auditors, DataParenting

Mentor

TechPeaks - The People Accelerator

About

What I Do

I currently work as a CTO-for-hire via my boutique web design and development agency, Kickass Partners. In my spare time, I write books and produce electronic music and DJ under various aliases.

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Achievements

Helped Fortune 500 executives keep up with rapid pace of change and innovation as CTO at Lean Startup Machine, and Senior Consultant at ThoughtWorks. Founded Hashrocket and drove it to $7M in sales and over 50 people in 4 years, and then sold it to move into doing my own startups. Authored bestselling modern classic "The Rails Way," considered the "bible" of Ruby on Rails development. Keynote speaker for tech conferences around the world.

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Skills

Product Development Business Development Business Strategy Business Operations SaaS Ruby Ruby on Rails Writing Entrepreneurship Web Development

What I'm Looking For

Clients who appreciate a sense of humor and refreshing honesty. =

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Locations

North America New York City Atlanta Mexico City

Markets

Consumer Internet Enterprise Software Mobile Social Games

References

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Obie is an outstanding mentor with "in the trenches" knowledge about creating great companies. He's willing to discuss things honestly has experience with both bootstrapped and investor-funded companies. This diversity of experience makes him a great source of both inspiration and real world knowledge. He's also a fantastic Rails expert with great ideas on making our product better.

Brian Dear · iCouch
Founder of a company Obie Fernandez advised
I'm a software engineer and expert in behavioral health technologies.
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Obie Fernandez has deep experience and expertise in technology and Penrose is a tech-enabled company.

Rhonda Harper · Penrose Senior Care Auditors
For Obie Fernandez's work with Penrose Senior Care Auditors
Founder. Fortune 100 CMO. Serial Entrepreneur. Author. Speaker. Mom. Wife. Friend. Photographer.