Rob Kaufman
Senior Vice President at LEARN!
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Kaufman is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 18 years of experience building and scaling web and mobile software teams, currently serving as Senior Vice President at Scientist.com. He blends hands-on expertise in Ruby/Rails test automation—evidenced by contributions to the well-regarded Webrat acceptance testing project—with executive leadership across startups and product companies. Rob founded LEARN! to formalize his commitment to mentoring and tutoring, and has a track record as a founding partner and consultant helping organizations evaluate and adopt practical engineering practices. His background spans regulated industries and device software validation through roles in medical and bioinformatics companies, bringing rigorous quality standards to fast-moving teams. Based in San Diego, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a developer’s mindset, often stepping into code, QA, or architecture work as needed to unblock teams. An active communicator (followable on Twitter as orangewolf), he quietly combines technical depth with strategic execution.
18 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Cal Poly Pomona
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
webr10
test-framework10
acceptance-testing10
test-automation10
ruby10
arel6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
brynary/webrat
Oct 2008 - Oct 2008
Webrat - Ruby Acceptance Testing for Web applications
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits in 11 days
Contributions summary:Rob focused on building and maintaining acceptance tests for web applications, specifically within the Webrat testing framework. Their work involved writing and modifying test cases to ensure the functionality of various web application features, including form submissions, link clicks, and file uploads. The commits demonstrate the user's proficiency in using Webrat's testing methods and adapting it for Merb environments. The code changes targeted specific scenarios, highlighting a focus on acceptance testing for Ruby web applications.
acceptance-testingruby
notch8/essi
Aug 2019 - Oct 2020
Contributions:3 PRs, 39 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year 2 months
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