# K Roys

> President at Les Roys Soleil

Location: Taos, New Mexico, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kroys

Industrial Engineer turned Web Developer. In love with Ruby. Learning to love Javascript. Falling for Elixir.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ ezCater
Jan 2023 – Present | Remote

### President @ Les Roys Soleil
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | United States
Web development consultant for hire

### Senior Rails Engineer @ Polywork
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Remote
- fixing bugs and incremental feature improvements
- built out the opportunities feature - allowing users to find unique gigs they couldn't find elsewhere
- worked on a large product pivot, rewriting large parts of the application to support the new direction

### Web Developer @ Ascent Technologies, Inc
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Chicago
Delivering new features using React + MobX
Maintenance, features,  and bug fixes for main Rails app
Learning Neo4j, React, and how to be better at peopling

### Software Developer @ Deepidoo
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Lyon Area, France
Introduced github pull request flow.
Improved test coverage from 0% to 1%.
Rebuilt in-store tablet-to-tv live control panel with VueJS.
Provided mentoring, feedback, and guidance to junior developer.

### Software Developer @ Appaloosa.io
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
- Extended existing API to support JSONAPI format
- Implement design mockups as Ember admin app
- Proofread and correct english communications

### Software Engineer @ shazino
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
Rebuilding Hivebench.com with Ember cli, keeping Rails as the API.

### Consultant @ DevMynd Software
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Chicago IL
Crafting web applications using a combination of Rails, Javascript frameworks (Backbone and a little Ember), Rspec, and a big dose of pragmatism.

Teaching students at Dev Bootcamp: HTML, CSS, Ruby, minitest, Sinatra, Rails, OOJS, Sublime Text 2/Vim, bash

### Software Engineering Apprentice @ DevMynd
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Chicago, IL
Learning Ruby, Rails, testing, and consulting

### Student @ Code Academy
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Learn all the codes.

### Manufacturing Engineer @ John Deere
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
John all the Deeres.

### Project Management Intern @ Associated Material Handling
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Manage all the projects.


## Education
### Ruby Programming
Code Academy
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### B.S. in Industrial Engineering
Bradley University
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010

### Spanish in Engineering
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/koriroys
- Website: http://koriroys.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22