"Occasionally a great idea will sell itself but most of the time you have to work hard to persuade others that it is, in fact, a great idea." - Peter Coughter

Technical Support Engineer @ - Solutions Expert - Pre-Sales Engineering - Internal and External API Support From April 2015 to Present (9 months) Greater New York City AreaWeb Developer @ - Developed web applications and static pages for a variety of companies - Assisted non-profit organizations with web and social media presence - Learned and used new languages and frameworks From November 2014 to April 2015 (6 months) Web Development Student @ - Built numerous Rails applications utilizing a RESTful MVC architecture - Utilized the Twitter, Twilio, Ziggeo, iTunes and LinkedIn APIs to build Rails applications - Collaborated with several other developers using Agile work practices via Git - Created various Rails/Javascript applications using Git for version control/collaboration - Created a stock trading dashboard using numerous financial APIs - Presented three applications to a thirty-person group - Participated in multiple pair programming sessions and code reviews - Invested over 600+ hours learning and writing code Tech - Ruby + Ruby on Rails framework + MVC concepts - Python - Test-Driven Development - HTML5 + CSS3 - jQuery + AJAX - JavaScript fundamentals and integration with Ruby on Rails - PostgreSQL Database, Redis - APIs - RSpec, Jasmine and Capybara test frameworks - Git From August 2014 to October 2014 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaWriter, Production Assistant @ - Used wordpress to produce and write news stories - Established and maintained relationships with confidential sources - Condensed technical and complex news stories into short 40 second scripts From May 2011 to July 2014 (3 years 3 months) Finance/ Accounting Intern @ - Led a full-company payroll audit saving over $250,000 - Extensive work in excel aiding the Director of Finance managing monthly expenses - Successfully pitched finance department a new expense managing software From May 2010 to August 2010 (4 months)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication (Public Relations, Broadcasting) @ University of Scranton From 2008 to 2012 Xavier High School From 2004 to 2008 Mike Larkin is skilled in: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML 5, Git, CSS, jQuery, Producing, Adobe Audition, HTML, Radio, Social Media, Research, Microsoft Office, HTML5, Github, Ruby, SQL, PostgreSQL, Sales