Jason Fox

Experience

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  GS Supplies

  Mar 2005 - May 2007

  Administrative Assistant

  • Planned and managed the implementation of a new business system during the divestiture of the supplies division, achieving initial operability on schedule.• Designed and distributed marketing and promotional materials for tradeshows and mailings.• Created shortcut programs and procedures to streamline legacy order to cash process.• Reduced product inspection time by approximately 75% through statistical sampling.

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  RIT Post Office

  Mar 2005 - Nov 2005

  Student Postal Clerk

  • Trained new employees on post office procedures and the operation of a new package scanning and distribution system.• Organized portions of the annual new-student check-in day, distributing information and keys to over 3000 students.

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  AIPAC

  Feb 2006 - Mar 2006

  Helpdesk Technician

  • Managed IT inventory shipment and assisted in its procurement and setup for annual, international policy conference.• Maintained the operation of check-in and registration systems for 5000+ conference guests.• Created a guidebook composed of crucial conference and IT documents to serve as a reference for IT team.• Launched a project to automate new computer configuration through the use of scripts.

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  RiskMetrics Group

  Sept 2007 - Mar 2009

  Equity Analyst

  • Apply proprietary research methodology to client directed research projects, analyzing ratio trends as well as the application of accounting standards. • Published custom research reports on accounting quality of client directed firms from energy, technology, healthcare and retail sectors.• Developed PHP web-app to quickly generate PDF appendices for reports, improved task time 80%, eliminated formatting confusion, and alleviated the need to update multiple Word documents.• Built PHP web application for displaying key company metrics for rapid screening, reducing task time by 90% and incorporated internal data stored in company databases. • Launched overhaul and audit of internal portfolio tracking mythology, improving accuracy and reliability. Drafted initial plans for automated tracking tool with analysis functions. • Collaborate with sector specific analysts on industry wide survey reports, collecting and analyzing both numeric and contextual data. Show less

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  RiskMetrics Group

  May 2009 - Jan 2011

  Product Developer

  • Founding member of the 3 person “Business Development and Innovation Team”; supports 40 person business unit with data management, project management, technological solution implementation, and new product design.• Contributed to rapid, 50% revenue growth since the Business Development and Innovation Team’s inception through customized solutions to key clients.• Collaborated with large client to develop customized “Insurance Diagnostic” product to create risk reports on over 80 insurance companies, wrote Perl data processing and PHP report creation utilities to streamline reporting.• Implemented report generation tools for US and Global Bank reporting products providing automatic reports on 1100 US Banks and custom research on global banks. • Built business case for ActiveCollab project management tool, personally handled successful implementation and training sessions. Use has grown to include other teams and over 100 users. • Lead designer of “Portfolio Monitor” and “Proxy Dialog” web applications as responses to external and internal RFP; including UI design, process flow, technical requirements and project plan.• Rapidly designed and developed a tool for the head of HR to process survey information, reduced his workload in this area by nearly 100%.• Aided in building relationships with vendors including Gridstone Research, Thompson Hotels and Agilis International.• Served as social chair for our annual 40 person, 2 day offsite. Show less

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  CFRA | An MSCI Brand

  Aug 2010 - Jan 2011

  Senior Associate Technology and Product Development

  • Overseas deployment of reporting products to multiple large clients accounting for over $800,000 in revenue.• Maintains business collaboration systems, confluence, and ActiveCollab, triages and responds to service requests.• Manages the relationship with our third-party, oversees web development contractor.• Lead on migration of legacy development environment, including server build out, source control, and best practice design.

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  Illogic Inc

  Dec 2010 - Dec 2011

  Creative Director

  - Contributed to success and growth of software consulting and product development company through the design and creation of new products and consulting services.- Drafted provisional patent applications for two internal products and received provisional patent designation.- End-to-End scoping, design, development, testing of creative products that improve efficiency and enjoyment of the world.- Use Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and Java to develop highly scaleable web applications. - Design user interfaces and experiences with Balsamiq Mockups and Adobe Products (Fireworks, Photoshop, inDesign)- Deliver business presentations and sales pitches to prospective clients, developing pricing structures, delivery schedules, and detailed requirements. Show less

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  Hobsons

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2013

  Team Captain, Software Engineer

  - Technical lead on lean startup style new product development, creating rapid minimum viable prototypes to market test concepts. Collaborates with cross-functional team to deliver amid extreme uncertainty.- Embedded within third-party offshore, Romanian development team, training and coaching team to home company standards for agile development in 3 months. Team has since delivered on client facing projects, saving the company development costs.- Participated in design and development of internal management dashboard application to immediately deliver business intelligence to division directors, saving the engineering team considerable time running ad-hoc requests.- Pioneered use of behavior driven development, using acceptance criteria to drive automated regression testing.- Utilizes patterns including domain driven design and object oriented programing within the Zend Framework to develop ground up application modules on tight timelines for high stakes projects.- Practices test driven development, building unit tests to ensure code quality and flexibility and reduce bugs.- Works with senior architect to develop training classes, presentations, and best practice documentation to ensure highest degrees of craftsmanship and quality throughout the team.- Participates in agile development process, rapidly responding to changing requirements and priorities through the use of JIRA, Confluence, and Green Hopper.- Regularly attends industry conferences, seminars, and meet-ups as well as organizes local meet-ups and brown bags to share knowledge learned with the team. (ZendCon, Agile2012, DCAST, DCPHP) Show less

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  LoyalCurve

  Dec 2011 - Jun 2012

  Co-Founder & Lead Software Engineer

  - Co-founded customer loyalty start-up, helping to shape the product and technical development from the ground up; responding to investor and prospective client demands.- Helped assemble a team of developers to deliver a web application, mobile API, Android and iPhone app under tight deadlines all while we kept our “day-jobs.”- Participated in every aspect of product development including, graphic design, server architecture, Amazon Cloud hosting, deployment, source control, API development, User Experience Design (UX) Show less

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  Never Stop Building LLC

  Apr 2013 - now

  Owner

  It is for the love of the trees that we dedicate ourselves to creating work which will honor them. Never Stop Building is a design build studio located in Baltimore, Maryland. We specialize in traditional woodworking, furniture design, timber framing and finish carpentry, utilizing predominantly Japanese tools and techniques. We believe that by building high quality, long lasting goods from sustainable materials we will both reduce our impact on the environment and improve the quality of our lives and that of our children and grandchildren. To this end we endeavor to use sustainably sourced woods, natural finishes, and donate a portion of our profits to organizations that help steward America’s forests.Available for commission furniture design, timber frame construction, and architectural wood working.Previously Never Stop Building was focused on Hardware Prototyping, Software, and Electronics Design. Some prior work included:- Multch Mate Wiring Harness- Eyrus RFID Solar Power System- Eyrus RFID Worker Tracking System- Cube-It Collapsible Locker Design- Monumental Moments Photo Booth Design Show less