Director of Technology @ Overseeing the execution of the launch and maintenance of our technology platform. From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaFounder @ Built our web-app, a platform where you can share and discover music by emotional attributes, as well as follow other users to get their content directly in your home feed. Also built our demo, which utilized the Soundcloud API to allow users to access curated playlists based on the mood and genre of their choosing. https://evoke.fm http://colemerrick.com/index_alpha.html (demo) From June 2013 to Present (2 years 7 months) Jr. Front End Developer @ Product development, design and front end development in Ruby on Rails for Collectors Cafe From March 2014 to August 2014 (6 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaDesigner/Artist @ -Designed and built a small boutique furniture line currently on display at 1232 Sunset Plaza Dr. - a mega Hollywood party mansion - and viewable @ bare-chairs.com From September 2011 to August 2014 (3 years) Greater Los Angeles AreaArchitectural Designer Level 1 @ In-depth work and experiences in the: -Model Shop, for the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute project in San Diego, CA; -Schematic Programming phase, on a confidential project; -Marketing team, on materials, posters and other correspondence, photography shoots, etc.; -SD, DD, CD, and CA on the UCLA CHS South Tower Seismic Renovation in both the Core & Shell and Tenant Improvement phases From June 2011 to May 2013 (2 years) Greater Los Angeles AreaDevelopment Intern @ As a Psi Upsilon fellow, I worked to tell the personal stories of the NMELC’s clients with written articles and imagery, helped draft grant proposals, brainstormed fundraising ideas, and did public education and media work. From May 2010 to August 2010 (4 months) Santa Fe, New Mexico AreaDevelopment Intern @ I interned for Rick Homans, the once-Cabinet Secretary of Economic Development in New Mexico, for a brief period of time during the beginnings of the Spaceport America project in Upham, NM. From May 2007 to June 2007 (2 months) Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Visual Arts/Art History and Environmental Studies @ Bowdoin College From 2007 to 2011 Architecture & Design @ Danish Institute for Study Abroad Cole Merrick is skilled in: Fundraising, Grant Writing, InDesign, Marketing, Microsoft Office, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Product Development, RSpec