Full-stack web developer proficient in Ruby on Rails and a variety of front-end frameworks.
Product Engineer @ Building the solution to professional relocation for the 21st Century through Rails and Backbone.js. From October 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) Teacher's Assistant @ Help instruct Dev Bootcamp's newest students. From August 2013 to September 2013 (2 months) Content
Full-stack web developer proficient in Ruby on Rails and a variety of front-end frameworks.
Product Engineer @ Building the solution to professional relocation for the 21st Century through Rails and Backbone.js. From October 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) Teacher's Assistant @ Help instruct Dev Bootcamp's newest students. From August 2013 to September 2013 (2 months) Content Manager @ Directed and executed content strategy for Georama v 2.0
Designed content architecture at the core of the Georama experience
Tailored APIs to fit requirements for features like airfare, weather, photos and more
Researched and rated 1500+ world cities across 35 attributes for recommendation engine From November 2012 to May 2013 (7 months) Lead Curator @ Organized curation strategy by driving design and implementation of digital content.
Delivered engaging, curated content to make for a satisfying customer experience.
Managed an 8-person Curation team.
Designed user experience for web and mobile applications in sport, restaurant and recipe domains.
Constructed and pitched demos to companies like Peapod, CVS, Airmiles Canada, Twitter and Redbox.
Tripled employee efficiency through HTML/Javascript tools for internal company use.
Managed and maintained the knakks brand through our blog, website and social media channels. From May 2011 to September 2012 (1 year 5 months) Featured Columnist @ Delivered 2-3 articles/week on Italian, European and International soccer, including a weekly column.
Accumulated 250,000+ reads, 400+ User comments and 500+ Facebook Likes.
Assisted with targeted story assignments for new writers. From March 2011 to December 2011 (10 months) Staff Writer @ Hired to write for the Forum, the official publication of Claremont McKenna College From September 2010 to December 2010 (4 months) Intern @ Responsible for ongoing outreach to journalists and bloggers to maintain accurate media databases.
Tracked and recorded data-analytics such as Unique Visitors, incoming links and number of Tweets. From June 2009 to August 2009 (3 months) Translator @ Bilingual writing samples persuaded Italian editor to entrust personal historical work to me.
Bridged authorial intent with a degree of stylistic license for an honest, fluid translation. From February 2009 to April 2009 (3 months) Author @ Crafted first self-motivated creative piece, reaching 110+ pages. From May 2008 to September 2008 (5 months)
Dev Bootcamp From 2013 to 2013 Bachelor of Arts, International Relations/Italian, GPA: 9.81/12 @ Claremont McKenna College From 2006 to 2010 Italian Language, Literature and Culture @ Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore From 2008 to 2008 Middlesex Academy From 2003 to 2006
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