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Next Meeting

Monday, 12/16/2019 at 6:30pm

Chill, Informal Meetup

Nothing scheduled, just an informal hangout. Hope to see you at the Columbus Tech Holiday Party too!

CoverMyMeds

2 Miranova Pl, Columbus, OH 43215

Free parking is available in the Miranova parking garage, located off Mound Street. After 5pm, key cards are not required and parking is open inall spots if it doesn't say "24 Hour Reserve." ("Reserved" is ok). Take a ticket when you enter the garage, bring it with you, and we will put stickers on your ticket to get you out for free.
Take the elevator to 11th floor.

Who? What? Huh?

We are a bunch of professionals, students, and geeks who are excited about Ruby programming language and Rails framework and the joy they have brought back to web development. Our goal is to provide a welcoming environment to speak and share knowledge to all level of programmers who are interested in Ruby, the Rails framework, and professional development.

We give lectures on programming topics
We develop and release Open Source software
We freely provide decades worth of experience

CRB Labs

CRB Labs' goal is to develop and release great Open Source software while also teaching core Ruby and Rails concepts to class participants. By helping us develop our software, contributors gain:

Ruby and Rails experience
Another line item on your resume
How to contribute to any Open Source project

Who's using Ruby?

Have you ever wondered who's using Ruby in Columbus? Want to find Ruby developers who want to work at your company? Want to get your company on the list? Put in a Pull Request here!

Name	Url	Market	Location
CoverMyMeds	https://www.covermymeds.com	Healthcare	Downtown Columbus
Mutually Human	https://www.mutuallyhuman.com	Consulting	Downtown Columbus
Test Double	https://testdouble.com/	Consulting	Your Home
Bold Penguin	http://www.boldpenguin.com	Insurtech	Downtown Columbus
Root Insurance	https://www.joinroot.com	Insurance	Downtown Columbus
Orange Barrel Media	https://www.orangebarrelmedia.com	Marketing and Advertising	Downtown Columbus
Ready Made RC, LLC	https://www.readymaderc.com	Online Retail	Lewis Center
Beam Technologies, Inc	https://www.beam.dental	Dental Insurance	Downtown Columbus
Switchbox, Inc	https://www.switchboxinc.com	Custom Application Development	Upper Arlington
Bark, Inc	https://www.barkbox.com	Making Dogs Happy	Franklinton
Upstart	https://www.upstart.com	Fintech	Short North
Your Lighting Brand	https://www.lighting.exchange	Marketing and Advertising	Downtown Columbus
Pigeon	https://pigeonforteachers.com	Edutech	Columbus
Data-Axle	https://www.data-axle.com	Data and Marketing	Remote
Ticketfire	https://www.ticketfire.com	Entertainment	Campus Area

Board of Directors

Jon Canady

President

Jon Canady is a long-serving board member for CRB, and the current emcee for the Monthly Meetup, with over a decade of experience in the Columbus Ruby community. He was a founding engineer at CoverMyMeds, and is now advising and investing in local startups to help them build and grow their technology teams.

Alex Moore

Secretary

Hello! I'm currently a Principal Software Engineer at Oracle, working on cloud stuff. Before that I was a team lead for a NoSQL startup, a .Net consultant, and other things. I graduated with a CSE degree from The Ohio State University back in the ancient times before iPhones and Twitter. I'm also a work-from-home rockstar, for more than half my career now.

Tracy Rood

Treasurer

I presently am an IT Recruiting Manager at Everest Technologies & CRB Board of Directors Treasurer. I lead and oversees a team of Recruiters who Source and Recruit top notch candidates; while ensuring a positive candidate experience. As the current Treasurer of the CRB Board, I also manage the finances of the organization, advised and administrates fiscal matters for the board. I also created and maintain the CRB LinkedIn Page.

Ashley Trede

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