Jason C.

Experience

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  Cenquest

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Software Developer

  • Streamlined multimedia course production by creating a curriculum management tool that allowed non-technical users to create, manage, reuse, and publish online curriculum• Project planning, tracking, and reporting for multiple software development projects• Architect and team lead for development of a multi-school online enrollment system

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  KC Distance Learning

  Aug 2002 - Jan 2009

  Manager, Software Development

  • Streamlined multimedia course production by creating a curriculum management tool that allowed non-technical users to create, manage, reuse, and publish online curriculum• Project planning, tracking, and reporting for multiple software development projects• Architect and team lead for development of a multi-school online enrollment system

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  Aravo Solutions

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2010

  Sr. Software Engineer / Team Lead / Engineering Manager

  • Hands on development using Java • Successfully led a team of engineers in the performance improvement of a large-scale SaaS application resulting in 2X increased throughput and 20-70% reduced response time• Coached team on agile/scrum methodology; certified ScrumMaster (Scrum Alliance)• Designed and implemented highly configurable and scalable enhancements to a Java EE / Oracle SaaS application (500,000+ users across 10 countries)

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  Janrain, Inc.

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2013

  Director of Engineering

  • Hands-on development and leadership of large-scale products built on Ruby, Java, and Scala • Worked with product management to create product roadmaps to continuously evolve product feature sets based on market needs• Responsible for the core product engineering teams (30 engineers across 6 teams) in a fast-paced startup environment• Supported sales by leading product presentations to Fortune 500 companies• Recruiting, hiring, and mentoring to support a high growth startup environment Show less

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  Nike

  Jun 2013 - Oct 2014

  Engineering Development Director, Nike+

  • Created RESTful APIs backed by scalable, cloud-based (AWS) micro-services for Nike+ • Led the design and implementation of iOS, Android, and Javascript SDKs for Nike+ developers• Created and implemented a technical and architectural plan to achieve strategic business objectives• Recruited top-tier engineering talent to my teams as well as a number of other teams across Nike• Transitioned the team to a highly productive and truly agile development process

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  Puppet Labs, Inc.

  Oct 2014 - May 2015

  Director of Engineering

  • Managed teams responsible for the development of Puppet Enterprise (Puppet’s commercial product)• Led the successful front-end re-architecture of Puppet Enterprise to satisfy both immediate and long-term product requirements• Helped drive the adoption of better agile practices which improved the visibility and predictability of the engineering organization

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  Poached Jobs

  Jun 2015 - now

  • Architecture/Development: Incremental refactoring of a legacy site into a modern SPA backed by a RESTful API (ES6 JavaScript, Ember.js, Node.js)• Machine Learning: Built a job recommendation engine on Spark and ElasticSearch; used ML to auto-categorize jobs from 3rd party aggregators• DevOps: Migrated live site to a horizontally scaled AWS environment (EC2, Docker/ECS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, ElastiCache, Route53, SNS, SES) • Continuous Integration: Automated provisioning and deployment pipeline via Ansible, CirclCI, AWS CodeDeploy, github• A/B Testing: Extensive use of consumer A/B testing to validate feature objectives prior to full release• Agile: Implemented a reliable, predictable, and productive agile development process based on Lean principles and Kanban• Leadership: Recruited and built a high performing development and UX team• Funding: Met and presented to investors to help close successful Series A funding round• Accountability: Regularly participate in quarterly board meetings; maintain a rolling 3 month roadmap with specific milestones and deliverables Show less

  • CTO

    Jun 2018 - now

  • Director of Engineering

    Jun 2015 - Jun 2018