Jonathan Gilmer

Experience

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  Independent Contracter

  Feb 2014 - now

  Freelance Composer
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  LaGrange College

  Jan 2015 - May 2016

  Student Engineer

  - Demonstrated to students the fundamentals of using digital audio workstations (DAWs), audio interfaces, sample libraries and virtual instruments, MIDI control surfaces, and various other musical equipment and software programs- Engraved and archived the LaGrange College Fight Song- Aided music professors with various tasks including: organization and filing of sheet music, tutoring of students, and arranging of equipment and instruments for live performances and demonstrations- Assisted students in preparing for recording sessions by establishing proper signal flow and recording techniques- Volunteered to Install and set up new studio technologies and learn how to operate them- Greeted visitors and handled their inquiries or directed them to the appropriate persons according to their needs Show less

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  Columbia College Chicago

  Sept 2016 - May 2018

  Graduate Assistant

  - Assisted Columbia's director of the Scoring for the Screen M.F.A. program, Kubilay Uner, by conducting research, and updating program webpages and online accounts- Helped students learn to use digital audio workstations (DAWs), audio and MIDI interfaces, and music related software in order to develop an efficient workflow catered to each individual's needs- Responsible for opening and closing the school's Digital Music Lab, as well as cleaning and organizing the lab’s equipment and workspaces- Updated lab computers and various other software programs, and enforced laboratory rules- Troubleshooted and solved the music lab’s technical issues Show less

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  Wavecrest Music

  May 2018 - Jan 2019

  - Organized and archived Hollywood film composer, Harry Gregson-Williams’, catalogue of over 100 Pro Tools sessions, music scores, film cue sheets, and other important documentation, both in physical and digital forms- Worked as a team with other Wavecrest Music employees to properly set up and assemble valuable equipment, including a new Avid mixing console, and new ATC studio monitors, for Harry Gregson-Williams’ mixing room at The Village Studios- Completed errands and ordering of materials for Wavecrest Music staff Show less

  • Archivist

    Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Intern

    May 2018 - Jun 2018
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  US Army

  May 2019 - Dec 2019

  94Y - Integrated Family of Test Equipment Operator-Maintainer
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  Freelance Software Developer

  Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

  A web application granting users the ability to simulate managing the inventory database of a Best Buy store• Created using C# on ASP.NET Core MVC framework and Dapper ORM within Visual Studios 2019 (Mac) and SQL database built using MySQL Workbench• Utilized Dapper’s Query/Execute methods within Visual Studios to perform Select, Insert, Update, and Delete queries to the MySQL database• Used HTML forms to trigger Controller actions and Views with Razor syntax to display database information Show less Web application providing thousands of pages of anime information and recommendations• Built using C# on ASP.NET Core MVC framework with Visual Studios 2019 (Mac)• Instantiated and configured HTTPRequestMessages to Asynchronously obtain data from multiple Rapid APIendpoints employing user input as a URI parameter• Utilized Newtonsoft to deserialize JSON Array data obtained from APIs and store said data in new Modelinstances• Displayed user-requested information using Views with Razor syntax, embedded CSS, and HTML 5• Constructed thousands of web pages by using a modifiable View equipped with HTML ActionLink methods andC# loops that update data based on user actions Show less A console application that compares a list of coordinates and returns the 2 with the greatest distance between them• Demonstrated Test-Driven Development by using xUnit to develop unit tests with Arrange/Act/Assert pattern• Parsed .CSV file data using a combination of C#/LINQ ReadAllLines, Split, and Select methods• Implemented GeoCoordinate class in conjunction with C# “For” loops to cycle through coordinates and comparethe distances between locations• Established a scalable application by conforming custom classes to the ITrackable interface Show less

  • Zoo API

    Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Best Buy MVC Database

    Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Anime Analytics

    Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Taco Parser

    Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Portfolio Website

    Mar 2022 - Jul 2022
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  Sync with Connex

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2023

  C# | .NET Core | React | ASP.NET Software Developer

  Connex for QuickBooks (connexforquickbooks.com)• Consolidated and upgraded 2 separate ASP.Net MVC 5 code bases into a single ASP.Net Core 6 application, successfully minimizing code maintenance and complexity of future updates to the software, and allowingcustomers to seamlessly switch between QuickBooks Desktop and Online accounts• Refactored 10-year-old code module responsible for syncing with QuickBooks Online by implementing interfacesin place of abstract classes, allowing for a more loosely coupled project and easier unit testing• Improved unit testing by implementing Dependency Injection to allow for smaller, more specific unit test components and easier testing of requests made to external APIs• Tested and debugged Azure Functions automating the maintenance of database tables and syncing of QuickBooks Online users’ data• Debugged various customers’ issues related to e-commerce APIs and mapping data to their QuickBooks accounts• Updated front-end code to maintain Intuit’s app store publishing guidelines and requirements• Published bug fixes using Azure DevOps for tasks listed in Jira• Wrote new unit tests using MSTest for QuickBooks Online functionality, infrastructure classes, and automated tasksConnex Inventory Planner (inventory.connexecommerce.com)• Worked as a full-stack developer to help create a backend API using C#, ASP.Net Core, and Entity Framework• Utilized React, Node.js and TypeScript to build and design the prototype’s front-end, coupled with Axios to make HTTP requests to the application’s back-end API• Designed back-end algorithms to generate data for various customer, order, and inventory reports such as bestselling products and total revenue per month• Developed QuickBooks Online integration that allowed users to connect/authorize their accounts and automatically import and map their inventory data• Created new unit tests using NUnit to check calculations of algorithm methods and functionality of QuickBooks Online integration Show less

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  StateServ

  Dec 2023 - now

  Junior Full Stack Developer

  - Junior Full Stack Developer Contractor for StateServ Medical via Insight Global