Joseph B. Peck
Email: ***********@******.*** Phone: 651-***-**** Roseville, MN 55113
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joseph-peck-9bab5315b/ Github: github.com/jpeckjr Website: jpeckjr.github.io/Main_Portfolio/
SUMMARY
Full Stack Web Developer and Coding BootCamp Graduate with excellent problem solving skills and 12 years of experience in the financial industry. Primary focus is on Back-End Development. And also focused on working with React.js. My previous work experience and technical skills makes me an asset to any company looking to improve their technology stack.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, BootStrap, React.js APIs, JSON, AJAX, Real Time Cloud Database via Firebase, MySQL, MongoDB, Heroku, Git, GitHub, Templating Engines, Sessions, Writing Tests, Node.js, Express.js, Handlebars.js, Creating APIs, MVC, ORM (Sequelize), Algorithms, Design Patterns. Some exposure to Java.
PROJECTS
The Article Daily github.com/KevMonahan/Project3 the-article-daily.herokuapp.com
● My role for this group project was to build the article scrapping tool using Node.js packages
● The app scrapes one article a day from selected news sources and cuts out the source information in order to promote unbiased discussion.
● Built with MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js). socket.io was used for chat function
NYT Scrapper github.com/jpeckjr/NYTReactApp enigmatic-dusk-84457.herokuapp.com/
● This app scrapes articles from the New York Times based on user selected topics and allows the user to save them to a database
● Front-End built with React.js
● Built with MERN stack
Click Game github.com/jpeckjr/TheClickyGameWithReact jpeckjr.github.io/MarvelHeroClickyGame
● This app is a game that renders pictures of different Marvel characters
● The object of the game is to click on each picture only once
● Built with React.js and Node.js
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
EBC Support Specialist – Empyrean/Bloom Health – Minneapolis, MN 10/2015-06/2018 Advised employer groups, health plan representatives, and health plan brokers on how to use administrative UI. Researched and completed data reports. Enrolled group members in health insurance.
● Considered for business systems analyst position. Received training in SQL
● Managed call center representatives
● Built call center in Minneapolis office after Hurricane Harvey Insurance Agent – Wells Fargo Insurance – Minneapolis, MN 10/2009-10/2015 Received inbound/made outbound calls to Wells Fargo customers in order to sell property and casualty insurance. Used multiple carrier websites to quote/sell home and auto insurance. Became a remarking agent in 2013: re-quoted and corrected new sales agent errors.
● Started as a temporary customer service representative and moved up to a sales agent
● Built a strong understanding of carrier websites and trained other sales agents
● Achieved top tier sales agent status
EDUCATION
University of Minnesota, College of Continuing Education, St. Paul, MN 06/2018-08/2018 Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp
An intensive 12-week boot camp dedicated to designing and building web applications. Hamline University, St.Paul, MN 09/2001-05/2005
Bachelor of Arts with Distinction