Web Application Developer @ Nest reinvents unloved but important home products, like the thermostat and smoke alarm. The company focuses on delighting customers with simple, beautiful and thoughtful hardware, software and services. The Nest Learning Thermostat™ and Nest Energy Services offerings address home energy consumption, and Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide™ will help keep people safe. Nest products are sold in the US, UK and Canada, and are installed in more than 90 countries. The Nest Learning Thermostat has helped save more than 1,000,000,000 kWh of energy to date. Nest is privately funded and based in Palo Alto, Calif. For more information, visit www.nest.com. From August 2013 to Present (2 years 5 months) Technical Co-Founder @ From January 2013 to August 2013 (8 months) Founder & CEO @ LEAN Startup Methods.
Bootstrapping.
Customer Discovery.
Employee management.
Software Development and Maintenance, including UI design and development.
Customer support.
Server administration.
Oversee business strategy, development, and growth.
Flashpoint Accelerator Second Cohort S12 From August 2010 to August 2013 (3 years 1 month) Contractor @ Server Migrations
Postfix / Apache2 / MySQL setup
Security Certificate management
Interfaced with GoDaddy's server dashboard From September 2011 to December 2011 (4 months) Contractor @ Server administration.
Developed a custom MVC framework leveraging PHP / MySQL.
Created a system used to manage conferences, meetings, and their attendees, including travel arrangements.
Installed and configured custom WordPress instance. From November 2010 to September 2011 (11 months) Intern / Web Support and Development @ Back-End and Front-End development in PHP, MYSQL, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX.
Server Setup and administration.
Research and develop websites designed specifically for mobile devices.
Create custom Modules to extend functionality of the Kayako Support suite.
Handled customer support and updates to of existing projects. From December 2008 to January 2011 (2 years 2 months) Dessert Server / Barista @ Presented and made sales of fine desserts.
Artfully plated desert orders.
Prepared and served espresso-based coffee drinks. From December 2006 to November 2007 (1 year)
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science @ Georgia Institute of Technology From 2010 to 2013 Computer Science, Architecture @ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya From 2011 to 2011 CSE, Computer Science and Engineering @ Arizona State University From 2009 to 2012 James Rundquist is skilled in: jQuery, MySQL, CSS, PHP, Front-end, HTML 5, HTML, Java, Python, Lean Startup, Bootstrapping, Web Development, Node.js, MongoDB, Backbone.js