Summary
Rick Silva is a seasoned database and web developer with 10+ years of professional experience building and optimizing Oracle and PostgreSQL systems and delivering web applications with C#, ASP.NET MVC, PHP, and JavaScript. He has a strong track record across finance, education, and enterprise SaaS—authoring two practical database books and translating production backups into cloud-based development clones. Equally comfortable writing PL/SQL/PL/pgSQL and backend automation in Python and Bash, he consistently bridges database design with application needs and operational workflows. At Zipcar and Harvard Business School he led agile teams and internationalization efforts, combining hands-on coding with process leadership. Based in Wake Forest, NC, he brings a pragmatic focus on maintainable schemas, efficient queries, and tooling that reduces deployment friction—an author-practitioner who turns database theory into production-ready systems.
10 years of coding experience
B.A., Management, B.A., Management at Boston College