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John C. Cato
Phone:​813.842.2213 Email:​​jchristopher.cato@gmail.com Github:​​cato-hga
SUMMARY
Passionate and dedicated Ruby on Rails developer looking to contribute my skills and expand my
knowledge with a company serious about making authentic and innovative technology.
MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES & SKILLS
Ruby | Ruby on Rails | PostgreSQL | TDD | HTML | Git | Github | Basic Javascript | CSS | HAML |
Bitbucket | Foundation |
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES & RUBY GEMS
Carrierwave Gem | Amazon S3 | Active admin | Bootstrap | Kaminari Gem | SendGrid | Heroku |
Annotate Gem | Pry | Capybara | Sidekiq | Fog Gem | Mini_Magick Gem | Devise Gem |
EDUCATION / TRAINING
The Iron Yard Academy​- St. Petersburg, FL
Jan-Apr 2015
● Backend engineering - Ruby on Rails
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SalesMakers Inc.​- St. Petersburg, FL
June-Oct 2015
Junior Ruby on Rails Developer
● Focused primarily on building a sales portal add-on to a custom-developed CRM platform,
which used a Ruby on Rails/PostgreSQL stack.
● Was responsible for creating a Vonage inventory management system used by Vonage
Representatives and managers.
The Iron Yard​- St. Petersburg, FL
Jan-Apr 2015
Ruby on Rails Engineering
● I was apart of the Rails engineering cohort in Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL where I learned
full-stack web development in a comprehensive 3 month course. Within the course, I learned
major foundational technologies such as, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Git, Bootstrap, Foundation,
HTML, HAML, JQuery, CSS, Sass, JavaScript, Test driven development, etc. I roughly spent
about 45-55 hours a week at the campus studying and building web applications for our
assignments.
● Involved in pair programming with several of my classmates to debug any issues I came
across.
● Developed my final web application, Gift-Garage which allows users to organize and track
gifts purchased for friends and family.
T-Mobile​- Tampa, FL
Aug 2013 - 2014
Financial Care Representative
● Proven Customer Service skills, coordinated payment extensions
● Provided customers with information concerning the variety of rate plans
● Continuously met and exceeded designated metrics
Bank of America​- Tampa, FL
Dec 2012 - Aug 2013
Bank Teller
● Ability to communicate with customers of various levels.
● Assisted customers with financial transactions, information regarding account status.
● Reviewed individual customer status, informed qualifying customers on promotional offers.