About Corgibytes, LLC PHP Development company in Ashland, United States
We#39;re proud to be menders. We love adding value to software applications through modernization and maintenance. We squash bugs stabilize infrastructures add test coverage refactor document our findings upgrade versions and pay down tech debt with glee.
We joyfully remodel software applications to be more stable scalable and secure.
Software maintenance is celebrated codebases are nurtured to provide lasting value and our clients generate revenue lower costs and reduce risk as a result of our work.
Listening and understanding is at the very heart of our culture and we consider empathy a critical technical skill. Consider the people who are impacted by your work: your clients your users your teammates and even your future self.
Solving problems that seem intractable is a big part of what we do. Maintain an attitude of possibility persevere through challenges and commit to personal growth.
Complex problems require your prefrontal cortex to be engaged. Resist the temptation of an urgency-based culture by focusing on prevention instead of hot-fixes prioritizing self-care and developing a steady working rhythm.
Healthy conflict in a psychologically-safe environment is a critical component of a high-functioning team. We hold each other accountable and strengthen our work by challenging ideas respectfully and directly. Speak up and share your point of view even when its hard.
Effective communication is our cultural glue and it is everyone#39;s job. Produce durable artifacts of your thinking and reject false dichotomies that present code and communication as separate things. No one is technical or non-technical; everyone is both.
Domain understanding is critical and working in a vacuum leads to problems. Before you leap to conclusions take the time to understand the problem and match your solution to the situation.
At Corgibytes we#39;re really good at transforming broken systems. We modernize code through continuous improvement and marginal gains and we apply these same practices to systems of social oppression. Similar to how technical debt makes a codebase difficult to work with there are institutional barriers for some individuals that have accumulated over time. Blindly operating within these structures hurts people and prevents organizations from benefiting from the wide range of perspectives needed to thrive. Theres a lot of opportunity for improvement and we use our core values and our talents as menders to have a positive impact on our society.
As top dog Scott directs the technical and product vision at Corgibytes. His test- and empathy-driven approaches to working with existing software systems help our team effectively modernize even the most complex codebases. Scott is a true mender at heart and a polyglot developer who at last count is fluent in over twenty-five programming languages.
Scotts love of software restoration and remodeling began in college where he and his team were responsible for retrofitting the testing tools for the X-31 jet fighter under some pretty hefty constraints. Where others found frustration Scott found joy. So in 2009 he teamed up with a friend from high school to build a business focused exclusively on software modernization and working with legacy code. Scott enjoys sharing his philosophy of maintenance and has been featured in books such as The Innovation Delusion. He has regularly been invited as a guest lecturer on Continuous Delivery practices at Harvard University. Scott is the author of three courses on LinkedIn Learning: Dealing With Legacy Code And Technical Debt Code Quality and Clean Coding Practices. Scott is the host of the podcast Legacy Code Rocks and enjoys helping other menders find a sense of belonging in a world dominated by makers.
In addition to fixing old code Scott is an avid reader of sci-fi fiction and enjoys spending time with his family and kids.
In 2009 a friend asked Andrea to lead his startup as the CEO. In the decade that followed Andrea used her background in marketing and strategic communications to develop new ways to work with legacy systems and describe the business benefits of software modernization. Her work earned her recognition as one of the ’Top 10 People In Software Under 35’ by LinkedIn and she has been featured in prominent industry publications such as the First Round Review Hanselminutes Software Engineering Daily and more. Andrea is a sought-after keynote speaker and presents regularly on topics that help business and technical teams collaborate better. Andrea has authored two courses on LinkedIn Learning: Creating An Agile Culture and Agile Software Development: Remote Teams. In 2020 Andrea shifted roles to focus more deeply on strategy at Corgibytes using her skills to ensure our mission vision values commitment and culture are aligned and brought to life.
In her spare time Andrea enjoys blogging about the intersection of social science and software. She loves watching her kids explore the world and is a sucker for a good physics documentary. You can recognize her by the JavaScript tattoo on her wrist.
From managing teams of 40+ members to being a Solopreneur Jocelyne has discovered and cultivated a passion for impactful leadership sustainable growth and the financial aspects of business. In her role as the Chief Operating Officer at Corgibytes Jocelyne draws on her experience to implement high-level financial strategy review and optimize systems and lead and implement special projects. A strong believer in her ability to figure things out Jocelyne is constantly learning in an effort to be better prepared for the next challenge.
After Corgi-hours Jo writes screenplays stays active cooks plays video games and spends time with her awesome husband.
Thanks to sage advice from her older sister Nickie took a BASIC class in high school and fell in love with problem-solving through code. She majored in computer science at the University of Notre Dame and has worked in software consulting for over eight years. Nickie loves digging into the unique technical challenges that come with each new project and learning the ins and outs of client applications. Shes passionate about applying her problem-solving skills to help Corgibytes function as a well-oiled machine.
Nickie strives to live a balanced full life. She enjoys staying active through running Pilates and playing soccer. She likes to exercise her brain with a good jigsaw puzzle and working on the New York Times crossword each night. Nickies a firm believer in the power of connection and shell never pass up the opportunity to share a good meal with friends.
Catalina loves finding cracks in systems and fixing them! She is up to the challenge of finding a bug no matter how hidden it is. She studied Electronics Engineering in Colombia (not Columbia :)) and has been programming for more than 15 years. She programs both firmware and software in languages such as C C++ Python and Ruby. She is a learning addict and doesnt miss an opportunity to deepen her knowledge in a field or learn something new.
She is a mother of two happy fun and geeky kids. She loves music reading and traveling no matter where or how. Her favorite trip so far was going backpacking through China with her mom. Her biggest hobby is learning and she couldnt be more grateful for all the great MOOCs now available. So far shes completed more than twenty of them in topics ranging from technology to psychology and from cooking to philosophy.
A graduate of Brown University playing for four years on the D1 golf team she is a lifelong athlete and enjoys fitness sports hiking biking camping and anything outdoors. In her free time Cassandra enjoys traveling reading photography and learning new things.
From the moment his hands touched his familys very first personal computer (a Tandy 1000) at age 12 Ben knew which career field hed choose. Hes worked as a software developer at one level or another for nearly 20 years and to this day the fascination with getting a machine to perform whatever instructions he provides has not left him.
Having worked in a multitude of roles on software development projects large and small Ben enjoys many facets of the process – from blue-sky whiteboarding to in-the-weeds troubleshooting. The true driving force behind it all though is a strong desire to solve problems and ultimately make peoples lives better.
When hes not at the keyboard renovating code Ben enjoys playing soccer with his three kids trail running in the North Georgia woods and grilling up dinner on the back porch.
Steve has been developing software professionally for more than a decade. Their entire career has involved maintaining legacy and enterprise systems spanning industries from investment banking to energy efficiency to post-secondary education. As such theyve learned and worked with countless languages frameworks and libraries though C# and .NET Core will always feel most like home.
Steve is a major advocate of the DevOps movement: using empathy communication and automation to bring development and operations teams together with the goal of continuously delivering high-quality solutions in a consistent and low-risk way. They love talking about software almost as much as developing it and have spoken at conferences large and small from local meetups to DevOpsDays events across the country.
A former ultramarathon runner constantly dreaming of coming out of retirement Steve lives in Ithaca NY.
Josh has been writing code pretty much his entire life. He started as a kid typing in BASIC programs out of books and magazines and never stopped learning. Over the years hes developed software in numerous languages for various environments including desktop web server-side and embedded. A self-described ’recovering sysadmin’ Josh also has extensive experience in IT and infrastructure. He loves helping teams get better and applying automation to the software development process through tools such as continuous integration and static analysis.
When hes not writing code and reading up on the latest trends in software development Josh enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. He is also fond of board games computer games reading fantasy and sci-fi and walking hiking or biking in beautiful East Tennessee.
One of Mairas strongest skills is working with automation. She loves optimizing processes and removing manual steps that could lead to errors. Also by eliminating these repetitive – and often tedious – manual tasks Maira frees herself to work on much more interesting and highly-challenging activities.
Maira holds a degree in Computer Engineer from the University of Buenos Aires Argentina and has been involved in IT activities for more than 14 years. A proactive and highly-motivated person Maira enjoys learning new technologies. In everything she does Maira works hard until she reaches her goals.
Maira loves sports and enjoys staying active through CrossFit salsa classes and skating. She is also passionate about traveling and learning about different cultures. To date she has traveled to more than 100 cities around the world.
Melissa is a helper by nature. In every position shes ever filled she has quickly impressed others by jumping in to take care of tasks streamline processes and create new programs to solve whatever problems the organization was facing. At Corgibytes she helps keep the ball rolling by taking care of support tasks and guiding team members to stay on course while considering both the big picture and the important smaller details.
In her off hours Melissa can be found chatting in online groups for women entrepreneurs spending time with her partner and their two kids cooking enjoying a good restaurant or hanging out in nature.
If you want to help us in our quest to modernize the worlds code check out our current openings and sign up to receive opportunity notifications. Were growing our team and are often looking for people who love working with legacy code as much as we do.
Corgibytes is named after Ein Scotts adorable Pembroke Welsh Corgi. While she passed away after sixteen happy years with us she lives on in the form of our company mascot — wrench in mouth ready to help with any challenge that comes her way. She will always be remembered as the first cheerleader for the company spending countless hours snuggling with Scott and Andrea as they worked to make the worlds code just a little bit better. Bonus points if you can name the anime shes from.
Corgibytes was founded on passion. In 2009 two high-school friends reconnected at their ten-year reunion. Both had big-brand experience but wanted to do something more — to make the world a better place through better software.
In high school Scott spent every spare moment in the computer lab. Before class. After class. On breaks. During lunch. It#39;s no wonder he was president of the computer club too. Scott simply loves writing code and fixing bugs. No seriously. He has a passion for software like some people have for chocolate or cats or garden gnomes.
Andrea launched her business career at the ripe-old age of fourteen when she named her father#39;s printing company. Seeing her ideas splashed all over signage letterhead and collateral had her hooked. When she reconnected with Scott Andrea had already successfully run her own consulting business and worked as the human voice behind some of the world#39;s largest brands.
In 2008 Scott started Corgibytes but quickly found that ’if you build it they will come’ isn#39;t a viable marketing strategy. So he approached Andrea and persuaded her to come on board to lead the company#39;s vision and strategy. Andrea saw a huge business opportunity and wanted to help Scott get his talent into the world. In 2009 the pair joined forces as a business team. They#39;ve been helping clients make the world a better place through software ever since.
In 2011 Scott and Andrea decided to make a commitment to be life partners as well as business partners. In 2012 they welcomed their first baby (who knew the ’sound Darth Vader makes’ before almost any farm animal). In 2015 their second child came along (who is named after two prominent software developers Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper.)
