Obie Fernandez

Prior to founding Let The Music Pay (creators of RCRDSHP) have served as CTO and CEO of notable companies such as Andela, Lean Startup Machine, and Hashrocket.

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Experience

MagmaLabs

Board Member

Javelin

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Founder, CTO 2013 - Present (over 13 years)

Founder

Javelin, DueProps, Hashrocket, Let The Music Pay

Advisor

Andela, Blinq Media, iCouch, Penrose Senior Care Auditors, DataParenting, ROCKI

Board Member

MagmaLabs

Mentor

TechPeaks - The People Accelerator

About

Achievements

Played for thousands of fans at festivals such as EDC and A State Of Trance. Dozens Led a department of over 100 technical people reinventing higher education as EVP of Engineering at 2U. Set the fundamental direction of the company as Andela's founding CTO, helping to train 100 thousand young Africans to be world-class software consultants. Helped Fortune 500 executives keep up with rapid pace of change and innovation as CTO at Lean Startup Machine, and Senior Consultant at ThoughtWorks. Founded Hashrocket and drove it to $7M in sales and over 50 people in 4 years, and then sold it to move into doing my own startups. Authored bestselling modern classic "The Rails Way," considered the "bible" of Ruby on Rails development. Keynote speaker for tech conferences around the world.

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Skills

Product Development Business Development Business Strategy Business Operations SaaS Ruby Ruby on Rails Writing Entrepreneurship Web Development

What I'm Looking For

Clients who appreciate a sense of humor and refreshing honesty. =

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Locations

North America New York City Atlanta Mexico City