Joel Mounts

Experience

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  Grand Valley State University

  Jan 2010 - May 2013

  • Act as a go-to source for students living on campus by facilitating engagement with campus resources that help with physical, emotional, and academic issues• Develop relationships with residents, focusing on building the community atmosphere of a single floor of 50-80 students through events and purposive communication • Plan and execute educational programming for residents of all grade levels that focus on intentional learning domains such as diversity, critical thinking, leadership and sustainability, while placing a special emphasis on scholastic skills as an academic mentor• Perform administrative tasks including filing requests for building maintenance, preparing student files for move-in and move-out, and filing paperwork on regular job activities like student interactions, programming, and emergency responses Show less • Helped design stimuli, collect and code data, and present results for two studies in developmental linguistics—one in adults, and one in children— relating emotional affect to verbs • Created stimuli for two pilot studies, one relating emotional signatures of verbs to semantic memory, and the other relating novel nouns to spatial memory • Edited Dr. Maouene’s manuscripts for presentation and publication, including a special issue introduction for the journal Cognition, Brain and Behavior Show less

  • Research Consultant

    Aug 2012 - May 2013

  • Resident Assistant

    Aug 2010 - May 2013

  • Research Assistant, Dr. Josita Maouene

    Jan 2010 - May 2012
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  University of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Research Assistant, Dr. Jamie Hestekin

  • Researched, designed and executed a study in fabricating a polymer membrane for CO2 dispersion to algae crops used for 2nd-generation ‘advanced’ biofuels • Networked with local and international researchers at graduate and PhD levels to gain proprietary information and logistical support to achieve intended results in a short time-frame

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  CSC Export & Import Company Ltd.

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  Marketing Manager

  • Researched and found high-level clients to set up sales meetings• Developed & executed i) marketing plan, ii) CRM system, and iii) training systems for company• Oversaw development & deployment of social media platforms, a website, a catalog, and an advertising plan• Responsible for strategy and daily operations of marketing in China, Egypt and KSA

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  New Oriental Education & Technology Group

  Aug 2015 - May 2016

  ESL Teacher

  • Developed protocols at a new branch of China’s largest educational company• Organized and led monthly in-house cultural events for 20-60 students• Teach 90-120-minute lessons for students ages 3-15 in English-immersion classrooms

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  Asian Debate League

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2021

  Debate Coach

  ∙Debate topic material development for use across company –novel topics including AI, blockchain, NATO, etc.∙Highest customer satisfaction (90+) & student retention rate (~80%) in company history while catering to Taiwanese VIP customers & international students

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  Debatetrack

  Mar 2019 - now

  General Manager & Lecturer

  ∙ #1 online brand in niche for US political debate – highschool/middle school education materials∙ Develop & maintain website with authentication, ecommerce, SEO enhancement and LMS system∙ Email list management: from 0-3000 in a ~9000-customer niche, including a 10% conversion on sales∙ Revenue growth: -$100/month to $2000+/month over 3-month window with 95% margins

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  Coding Temple

  Dec 2021 - Apr 2022

  Software Engineer

  ∙Deployed a Flask backend with a Postgres database and a React frontend to allow users to build a personal contact list using Firebase for Google authentication∙Designed ERD databases using Figma, and created them using Postgresql, for several projects including retail store and a car dealership to track inventory, employees, and sales∙Coded python algorithms to calculate rental income and to organize cars (OOP)∙Used CSS and Javascript to fetch and display public APIs data for cryptocurrency prices ∙Created mockups of the Amazon sign in page, a parody theater website, and a CRM interface with HTML/CSS, simulating mocking up client design requests Show less

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  STRATACACHE

  Jul 2022 - Jul 2024

  Software Developer

  • As Software Developer, I translate designs from Tim Hortons, McDonalds and other clients into Vue.js apps• Tim Hortons Canada & Subway Canada: serviced constant bi-weekly content changes for 4000+ locations across 4 language variations• Bug fixes: first-line of trouble-shooting for bugs from integration, technical errors, or hardware mismatches• i18n: Maintained multi-language support, including 4 variations of French & English combinations • Project Standardization: Standardized code bases, including Documentation, Prettier/linting, node & node module versions, proprietary components, branching strategies and branch cleanup for 5 major client projects Show less

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  Rove iQ

  Jul 2024 - now

  Software Developer

  Rove iQ is a wayfinding software and smart kiosk company created to help move humans intelligently.