James C.

James C.

Supervisor/Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer and Musician

  • Education

    • University of California, Berkeley

      2009 - 2012
      Bachelor's degree Philosophy
  • Experience

    • Tyler Sports

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2003
      Supervisor/Manager

      Managed a small team at a sporting goods complex in Southern California. I was in charge of sales, training, customer service, and maintenance.

    • Westin Hotels & Resorts

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2007
      Concierge

      Coordinated transportation and dinner reservations for hotel guests. Provided information about the hotel, surrounding areas, and nearby attractions for convention-goers and vacationers alike.

    • The Headway Complex

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2006
      Recording Engineer

      Tracking and mixing at a recording studio in Orange County. I also served as a studio musician on a number of occasions.

    • Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
      Guest Loyalty Coordinator

      Assisted preferred guests with travel plans, transportation, and amenities. Increased the retention rate of these guests by providing them with direct, personalized service.

    • San Diego Mesa College and Long Beach City College

      Sept 2008 - Dec 2009
      DSPS Tutor

      Tutored students with disabilities or other special needs in reading, essay composition, and critical thinking. During this period, I also served as a note-taker for a student in a world history course.

    • Berkley Maynard Academy

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2011
      Tutor

      Assisted students after school with reading, writing, and mathematics.

    • Thousand Oaks Elementary School

      Sept 2012 - Jun 2013
      Private Tutor

      Tutored three children in reading, mathematics, essay composition, piano, and elementary Spanish. My general outlook was one that emphasized creativity and problem-solving across disciplines.

    • Hyundai

      May 2014 - Jul 2015
      QA and CMS Manager

      Organized a number of web development projects involving developers, designers, marketing teams, QA engineers, and translators. My purpose was to facilitate communication, increase productivity, and to oversee the QA/CMS team in their daily activities.

    • Ninthlink

      Nov 2015 - May 2017
      Web Developer

      Ground-up creation and maintenance of websites, HTML email campaigns, and landing pages. I was also involved in WordPress templating and optimization, as well as the development of command line tools for automating scaffolding and template configuration.

    • The Control Group (Now PeopleConnect)

      May 2017 - now

      JavaScript (React) Site Optimization and Technical SEO: JavaScript, PHP, Less.

      • Software Engineer

        Jun 2020 - now
      • Front End Developer

        May 2017 - Jun 2020
  • Licenses & Certifications