# Erica kastner (@poptartfae.eurosky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/poptartfae.eurosky.social
Headline: Seasoned Staff Engineer

## About

A pragmatic, product-minded tech leader with over 23 years of experience whose passion is collaborative and sustainable software development and architecture.

## Experience

- **Lead Developer at ThoughtWorks** (2017 – 2020)
- **Software Engineer at Eagle Software Group, Inc.** (2003 – 2007)
- **Lead Developer at Thoughtworks** (2022 – 2025)
- **Programmer / Analyst at Michigan Public Health Institute** (2007 – 2008)
- **Lead Developer at Thoughtworks** (2025 – present)
- **Software Engineer at Greenview Data, Inc.** (2008 – 2010)
- **Web Developer at Global Reach Internet Productions** (2001 – 2003)
- **Lead Developer at greyshore** (2020 – 2022)
- **Consultant at Independent Consulting** (2007 – 2010)
- **IT Assistant / Intern at US Department of Agriculture** (2001 – 2002)
- **Rails Developer at Brighter Planet** (2010 – 2012)
- **CSR at Meyocks and Priebe, Inc.** (1998 – 1999)
- **Lead Engineer at Faraday Inc.** (2014 – 2017)
- **Senior Engineer at EMEX, LLC (The Energy Market Exchange)** (2013 – 2014)
- **Technical Cofounder at Lanio** (2013 – 2013)
- **Contract Software Engineer at Elevator Up** (2012 – 2012)

## Education

- **Iowa State University** — Minor

## Skills

- Ruby on Rails
- JavaScript
- Ruby
- TDD
- jQuery
- MySQL
- Web Development
- BDD
- CSS
- AJAX
- Linux
- MongoDB
- RSpec
- Web Applications
- REST
- PostgreSQL
- HTML
- PHP
- Agile Methodologies
- Java
- Apache
- Bash
- Perl
- Node.js
- Data Mining
- Git

## Projects

- **CM1 Carbon Emissions Calculation Platform** — http://impact.brighterplanet.com
- **Wowcrowd/Good Maker** — http://maker.good.is
- **Hootroot** — https://github.com/faradayio/hootroot1
  A google maps-based application that combined transit directions from hopstop.com with carbon emissions calculations to show users the environmental impacts of various transportation options (car, air, bus, rail, biking).
- **Careplane** — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/careplane/nnfhekhgpccbbfcklllodpnlfakndkgl?hl=en
- **Native Energy Travel Emissions Offset Calculator** — http://www.nativeenergy.com/travel.html
  Integrated an existing travel calculator app with Brighter Planet's CM1 web service.
- **Tronprint** — https://github.com/faradayio/tronprint
  A Rails plugin that monitored the carbon footprint of a web application based on server characteristics and resource usage.
- **Sparkwire** — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSxuSUip_OA
  An app that automatically logs in to a user's utility site to fetch Green Button energy usage data to make it available for web apps as an OAuth service.
- **Accunurse** — http://www.accunurse.com/
  A nursing home care documentation for nursing assistants that is voice activated.
- **Seeking Michigan** — http://seekingmichigan.org