Jonathan Castillo portfolio: http://castillojonathan.wix.com/rails
Software Engineer @ Develop and maintain web applications that are used by Fortune 500 clients. Our current web technology stack includes Git, MySQL, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, & Ember.js. From August 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) New York, NYCo-Founder @ Regents Help is the #1 online source for NYS Regents prep. Features video lessons, power-points, study guides, interactive flash cards, practice quizzes, and more. Developed marketing strategy and managed production of the product from start to finish. Assisted with website maintenance, traffic analytics, and content development. http://RegentsHelp.com From January 2012 to Present (3 years 10 months) New York, NYAlumn @ Selected by Startup Institute in a highly competitive process to attend intensive training program focused on developing the core skills in web development to be a high impact employee at a startup.
The web development track is taught by engineers in the New York startup community and focuses on working with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Git, TDD, RSpec, Cucumber, Javascript, jQuery, and AJAX. From June 2013 to August 2013 (3 months) New York, NYSoftware Engineer @ Worked in a team environment utilizing RVM, Git, Ruby, Rails 3, HTML, & CSS. Worked closely with co-founders to discuss updates and recommended solutions. Designed and maintained Ruby on Rails code that implemented upgrades, patches, and database changes. Other notable technologies include: Mixpanel, Mongo/Mongoid, Heroku, and Paperclip with S3 storage via aws-sdk. From October 2012 to May 2013 (8 months) New York, NYCo-Founder @ Late-night shuttle bus for the college students around Boston. Organized transporation to/from social activities. Coordinated and lead a campus representative team at different colleges/universities within Boston. Assisted with website maintenance, traffic analytics, and content development. http://bnebus.com/ From November 2011 to November 2012 (1 year 1 month) Boston, MAAspiring Ruby Developer @ Eight-week intensive training program located in downtown San Francisco. Worked sixty+ hours a week in an intimate class/lab setting and learned to build Ruby on Rails web applications. Pair-programmed with twenty different people with varied skills and personalities. From February 2012 to March 2012 (2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaFounder, President @ Owned and operated sophomore-senior year of college. Organized weekend excursions for over 600 college students residing in the Boston area. Coordinated local transportation, short-term accommodation, and event access needs. Negotiated pricing contracts with hotel sales managers and club owners. Built and managed a team of campus representatives. From August 2008 to December 2011 (3 years 5 months) Co-Founder, CEO @ Managed a virtual platform for businesses venturing into online marketing activities.Negotiated collective buying deals with local businesses equaling 40%-90% off regular prices. Donated 5% of company sales toward local causes, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Carol’s Cause, and the Honeysuckle Foundation as part of our corporate social responsibility commitment. From August 2010 to February 2011 (7 months)
BSBA, Marketing & Entrepreneurship @ Boston University Questrom School of Business From 2007 to 2011 World Class Beginner, Ruby on Rails @ Dev Bootcamp From 2012 to 2012 Web Development Track @ Startup Institute From 2013 to 2013 Jonathan Castillo is skilled in: Entrepreneurship, Online Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Web Development, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, HTML, CSS, Start-ups, Web Applications, JavaScript, jQuery, Git, AJAX, MySQL
Websites:
http://www.castilloj.com,
http://jonathancastillo.brandyourself.com/