Eamon O’Rourke professional background is in the design and development of various technologies. He is a freelance Web Developer and Designer from Ireland, currently working for the ThoughtWorks Technology Group.

Eamon has worked on large scale Scrum projects for major clients such as Vanguard, Nissan, Pearson Group, Sky Broadband and many more. He has 9 years experience with Ruby on Rails and various other web technologies including CSS3/HTML5/HAML/MySQL… His expert knowledge of these technologies enabled him to quickly learn and contribute on successful high profile projects.

Eamon is a true all rounder and takes pride in every aspect of his work. Eamon also possesses the following skills: AJAX, jQuery, PHP, Sass/SCSS, HTML5/HAML/CSS3…

He has worked on multiple large-scale projects and has developed huge-scale architectures for companies such as Sky Broadband. He is currently working at ThoughtWorks Technology Group where he works as a Software Engineer specializing in Ruby on Rails applications, User Interfaces and Front-Ends. He is currently working with the BBC to develop a new content management system using Ruby on Rails which will interface with ASP.NET and MS SQL Server.

Eamon O’Rourke is also a professional artist, specializing in acting and he has appeared on many television programs in Ireland. Eamon has received extensive training in theatre, stage combat, mime and martial arts, as well as actor training by renowned Irish Film Director Barry Ryan.

Eamon’s talents are endless. His ability to adapt to new challenges quickly allows him to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to his work every day. He has worked on diverse projects across many different industries including Banking & Finance, Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Automotive, Aerospace & Defence and Healthcare.

Eamon work ethic is second to none and he is always looking for new challenges that will expand his creativity and opportunity for learning. He is very passionate about his work and enjoys learning new technologies and languages every day.

In a nutshell, Eamon O’Rourke is a very talented young man with an immense thirst for knowledge. He is currently studying a degree in Digital Media at DCU, the largest university in Ireland. Eamon has worked on multiple large-scale projects, both on his own as well as part of teams. He has great ideas and contributes greatly to the success of any project he works on. He has experience working both independently and in high-profile teams with multiple developers/designers/programmers.