CivicActions

With years of IT industry experience, Robin Barre is a web developer (and linux chick!) with top notch engineering skills. She has been providing services as a PHP developer for the last 7 years. She's developed full web applications including content specific search engines and content management systems.

Besides building web sites, she developed a turn-key application for a Seattle nonprofit to support their main service: social services for the homeless. Helping them move from a legacy system to an in-house web application running on LAMP, it was a great success with even the earliest code releases. Employees had more information at their fingertips, improving communications and overall quality of service.

Robin became an independent contractor in the Seattle area in 2004. Although developing web applications for business was fun, it was not enough. Along comes CivicActions, and it is the best of both worlds: providing technical services and helping to make the world a better place for all. Currently, Robin is working on the WITNESS project called The HUB. Personal interests include learning theory and playing the fiddle (old timey). Political interests focus on free software and equality.