About Ryan Stenhouse
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As well as being an avid Ruby Developer, I’m fond of Python and PHP, and was one of the first 1000 Zend Certified Engineers. I closely follow the Open Web Application Security Project and have had to gain a broad knowledge of data security in order to comply with the Payment Card Industry’s strict Data Security Standards. You can browse my current open-source projects in the Projects section or simply look at the code on my GitHub page.
For hobbies, you’ll find me reading Discworld novels or brushing up on my spoken Japanese and French. I love to travel and aim to see as much of the world as is humanly possible in my lifetime. I’m an active member of the Scottish Ruby User Group.
Currently I’m working at FreeAgent Central where I’m part of a strong team of developers working on the online accounting application of the same name. I also have my own company, The Happy Geek, through which I’m available for freelance work.
Formerly, I was employed by Purchasing Card Consultancy Limited, where I lead, and worked closely with, a team of developers working on software for use within the Payment Card Industry and the public sector. Our software, products and services are in use by large companies, government agencies and health boards throughout the UK, Europe and the wider World.
Through that employment, I have gained first-hand experience of building high-dependency systems of a financial nature within the payment card industry and the public sector and solving the scalability and security challenges that these solutions brought.
I was the architect of and the lead engineer involved in the implementation of the technical solution my employer uses for PCI DSS Compliance.
I was educated at Adam Smith College (Fife College at the time) in Kirkcaldy and then the University of Abertay, Dundee. I have over four years of experience in developing with Ruby and over eight years experience in developing with PHP and other less interesting languages.
I’m well versed in all W3C standards from XHTML / HTML5 to Accessibility, with a good understanding of web-application security and the guidelines and recommendations of OWASP. I am a proud proponent of Agile development methodologies and an active member of the Ruby community both online and locally with the Scottish Ruby User Group.
You can read the (unsuccessful) proposals I submitted to the 2010 Scottish Ruby Conference, I also provided live coverage of the Scottish Ruby Conference through my website using my Liveblogging Radiant CMS Extension. I was also proud to volunteer to help with the Railsbridge even taking place parallel to the main conference.
If you would like to find out more about my background and work, please have a look at my Portfolio, browse the projects section or simply download my CV.