Russ Olsen

Russell Olsen has been building software for more than 25 years. He is currently employed by a small defense contractor. Over the years, he has led projects through the adaption of several generations of programming technologies: from FORTRAN to C to C++ to Java. He has been involved with Ruby since 2002. He has considerable experience explaining complex technologies to managers, peers, and customers. He currently leads a study group on Ruby and writes a popular technology blog, Technology As If People Mattered.