Our business is about you, this page is about us.
We are problem solvers by nature, we just happen to be engineers and designers by trade. We pride ourselves on bringing real advice to the table, backed by extensive experience and an excellent ability to listen to our clients needs.
Now, outside of work... we like to cycle, ski and snowboard, consume craft-beers, climb, drink coffee and tea, cycle (did we say cycle?), partake in Boulder's thriving tech community and much more.
With over 13 years of web development and consultancy experience, Collin has helped many companies ranging from small mom-and-pop shops to Fortune 500 companies. Collin spends most of his time leading Quick Left's sales, marketing and training initiatives, but still wields a sharp development sword. In addition to his passion for enacting lean development processes, he loves hacking on code and teaching. Collin is living the dream with his wife and daughter in Boulder, CO. You can also catch him speaking at conferences, racing his bike, or working on his XC skiing technique every chance he gets.
Sam brings to the table the mind of an experienced problem solver with a passion for building applications. As Practice Lead, Sam directs Quick Left's engineering team in process, architecture and methodology. When he's not citing Simpsons trivia, contributing to open source projects or trolling on freenode IRC (nick wookiehangover), you can usually find him enjoying fine locally brewed beer and listening to vinyl records late at night with his dog Jack.
Ingrid, a Boulder native, began her career in web development in southern California during the late 1990s. Throughout her career, she also gained experience building and running engineering teams as well as working with and managing clients. As soon as she had the chance, she moved back to Boulder in 2007 to work in the budding startup scene, which soon lead to the recreation of Quick Left. When not at work, she likes being outdoors on her bike or in the forest nordic skiing. She is an accomplished track cyclist and has 2 national titles in the Master's Team Pursuit and one in the Master's Team Sprint events--can we say team player?
Nico brings his hardcore nerd skills to the table when architecting complex scripting frameworks and precise back-end implementations. With a background in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a touch of OCD, he focuses on highly effective web applications that look as great as they perform. When he's not nerding out in the office, he is usually in the mountains camping, four wheeling, or snowboarding.
David joined Quick Left in 2010 as a front-end engineer, but has since been seduced by all things Ruby and Rails. Mastery of the full web stack, from Ruby to CoffeeScript to cutting edge view layers, offers David creativity and reliability as a developer. When it comes to code, David values cleanliness and readability and helps promote both within the team. David graduated from NYU with a BA in fine art; his semesters abroad in Prague and Buenos Aires exacerbated his travel bug, and now make it hard for him to stay put for any length of time. When not coding, he enjoys working out and drinking sour ales.
Becca initially joined the team in 2010 to become a front-end web developer and even dabbled in C++ land, but has since switched to the marketing side of the business. She's currently completing a BA in Molecular Biology and a minor in Business at CU Boulder. On the weekends, she can likely be found racing for the CU swim team, bouncing down a mountain on a bike or playing in a river nearby.
Rylan originates from North San Diego and had never lived outside of California before jumping ship for Boulder, Quick Left and the good life. He's been dabbling in the Web since 1999 and after a few turns down some other technology paths has ended up with a focus on front-end development coupled with some Rails know-how. Outside of Quick Left he likes to snowboard, DJ, bike, rock climb, read and find new music. Ask for a recommendation!
Jessica is the youngest engineer at Quick Left. An Alaskan native, she brings a unique business and management perspective to the engineering team as well as over 3 years of IT experience. She specializes in both Agile and Test-Driven Development, with a particular interest in front-end technologies. She is honing her knowledge of back-end tech to become a full-stack programmer while simultaneously finishing a degree at the University of Colorado at Denver. While not coding, she likes to climb rocks, hang out with her Samoyed, and skate with the Boulder County Bombers Roller Derby team.
Brent is an agile and progressive full stack web developer, specializing in standards-based development leveraging emerging technologies. With well over a decade of web development experience, Brent brings a wealth of value to the Quick Left team. Brent also enjoys trail running in the high country and really helps to put the "quick" in Quick Left.
Bob is a Kansas native and recent Boulder transplant. He got his first taste of web development with HTML and Perl in 1995 at the age of 12, and he landed his first full-time programming gig at brownies.com in 2003, using PHP to develop back-office intranet tools. Bob has a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Wichita State University and has six years of consulting experience with four different companies. When he's not at the office, he enjoys reading, cooking, and craft beer.
Bing signed on as an apprentice in September 2011 and has since jumped headfirst into Ruby on Rails and Javascript. He loves startups, food, and learning. He doesn't love low-hanging fruit or riding a bike. He's committed career suicide in a variety of settings, including a business of his own, a small business consultancy, and an online school that was a former Quick Left client. He also has a B.A. in Economics and Engineering from Brown University and an M.B.A from Babson College.
Alex is a full stack developer with a special passion for Javascript. His past experience includes financial information design and development for Fortune 500 companies. He's excited to work with nimble startups and help them achieve their goals. When he's not coding you can easily find him mountain biking, shaking cocktails, or eating arugula.
Ali is a creative spirit who brings 7 years of text and tech to make things happen swimmingly at QL HQ. Operations are managed with her signature soul and savvy. A cowgirl at heart and always good for a laugh, she's an artist and sponsored climber who savors her daily hike and can whip up amazing things in a blender.
Matt is the Designer. He enjoys the amalgamation of process, art, psychology and technology that makes up web and mobile design. He has applied appropriate parts emotional and analytical design to bring to life several successful start ups in the Boulder area. When he doesn't have a mouse or markers - you might find him enjoying coffee, micro breweries, mountain biking or snowboarding.
Rachel Ryle has been helping businesses grow for over 10 years. Before joining Quick Left in 2011, she co-founded a number of start-ups and partnered with several high profile companies & organizations. She enjoys networking & starting conversations that lead to awesome partnerships. On the weekend you can find Rachel at the Longmont Bingo hall, the Lafayette Flea Market or at the Bitter Bar in Boulder. As a side hobby Rachel has photoshopped every photo of herself since 1999.
Max is currently working his way through the QL apprenticeship program. He originally found his way to Boulder by hopping on the education train from Omaha. He majored in architecture at CU but found his true passion for web development while earning his minor in digital media. In the off chance that he's not spending his free time reading about web development, he’s probably playing guitar, working through IMDb’s top 250 movies list, listening to 90’s music, or cooking up wild gluten-free/paleo concoctions.
Alana brings her background in engineering to the operations team, striving to make the best experience for devs and clients through organization and efficiency. At her previous job she was an energy consultant and is deepening our signature shade of green at QL HQ by cultivating sustainability initiatives. Alana wakes up early to play, run, climb, hike, ski, swim and bask in Boulder's radness, and practices her Italian while cooking up recipes of dairy-and-gluten-freedom.
Mike has been writing and selling software since high school, has written software for astronauts through college, and been part of startup creating business management products for the past 7 years. When not immersed in tech and new ideas, you'll find Mike enjoying Colorado's outdoors: mountain biking, skiing, or climbing.
Keith came to Quick Left in 2012, and as the second Alaskan on the team he feels right at home. With past experience as a front-end developer in the financial industry and startups recently he's developed quite the crush on Ruby. When he's not at work you can find him playing hockey, teaching olympic weightlifting, or grilling random things to eat.
It’s the play hard, work hard life balance. It’s managing your coffee, coconut water, and beer intake. It’s organic fruits and veggies. It’s neon.
QL Hackfest • Developers and designers, of all languages, gather monthly to collaborate on current projects, share knowledge, and write some code. Sure, we’ll mingle but we’ll also provide break out sessions based on advanced and intermediate/beginner developer topics. We provide the topic, pizza, beer.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6 - 9 pmComing soon: Quick Left Workshops • Our hands-on workshops pair you with our own developers to cover topics like Ruby, mobile development, Javascript, Accountable Agile and team building. Interested in being a part of them? Drop us a line at workshops@quickleft.com.
Faking Regex-Based Cache Keys in Rails
Friday, February 17, 2012Command Line Tutorials - Finding & Grepping
Wednesday, February 15, 2012Our CEO answers 5 questions for the Daily Camera
Sunday, February 12, 2012 Friday, February 10, 2012Introduction to Database Design (on Rails)
Monday, February 6, 2012 Thursday, February 2, 2012