Charles Jude Prestia
Email: ****.*******@*****.*** Portfolio: www.prestia.work Cell: 919-***-**** Developer
Development Experience
Verizon (Contractor) - Laurel, MD 6/2018 - 8/2020
Planning, construction, and debugging of training programs and micro-sites as part of the Learning & Development Team.
Primary JavaScript developer for the SDN Engagement Portal, a multi-media training aggregation platform for industry specialists to sort, interact with, and share relevant educational material
Co-authored a reusable xAPI statement creation program in Javascript with accompanying HTML standards
Pioneered integration of xAPI and JavaScript with Storyline, Captivate, and Watershed. Developed a controller to overhaul native Captivate reporting with significantly more detailed and comprehensive activity statements. Optimization Developer
Lenovo (Contractor) - Morrisville, NC 4/2017 - 2/2018 Building and creating new customized, alternative web site content and structure to optimize visitor experience & maximize Lenovo.com Global sales revenue.
Injected HTML, CSS, and JS into Lenovo’s site to experimentally change the experience for specific user groups. Tests that successfully enhanced user engagement or conversion would become permanent features of the site.
Daily collaboration with UI/UX designers, stakeholders, and other developers worldwide critical to success
Consistently working to streamline code for resiliency, stability, and efficiency, while redefining best practices
Created or debugged over 100 JavaScript test scripts that went live on one or more versions of Lenovo.com
As a special project, built new intranet site for Lenovo’s Global eCommerce Organization - a central location for organization metrics, news, and relevant historical data Co-founder 4/2012-
Current
Lickin’ Leukemia, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization - Cary, NC
Designer, Developer, and Webmaster for LickinLeukemia.org (MongoDB, Express, Handlebars, Node) Coding Bootcamp at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill 7/2016 – 1/2017 Full-Stack development coding bootcamp focused on immersive learning of languages, methodologies, and best practices by building applications with instructors and other students.
Designed, built, and maintain official soundboard app for The Unbelievable Podcast
Substitute TA for The Coding Bootcamp at UNC-Chapel Hill during and after graduation; Assisted students in framing their challenges,isolating the root issue, researching and deploying their own solutions. Skills
Strong: HTML5, CSS3, CSS/JS frameworks (Bootstrap, Materialize), JavaScript/ES6, jQuery, AJAX, JSON, Python, React
& Babel, React Router, Redux, JSX, Vue.Js, Node.js, MongoDB, Mongoose, Express.js, NPM, Handlebars.js, Git Bash and various CLI/commands, GitHub, REST, SOAP, Adobe Target, Less, Sass, Visual Studio Code Knowledgeable: Django, Java, GitPages, WordPress and custom child-themes, Passport, Postman, VBA, Yarn, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, Robomongo, Heroku, Axios, Firebase, Storyline, Adobe Captivate, xAPI, cPanel, WinSCP, Photoshop, Jira
Charles Jude Prestia
Email: ****.*******@*****.*** Portfolio: www.prestia.work Cell: 919-***-**** Professional Experience
Program Assistant, Project Management and Process Improvement Charles Koch Institute, Arlington, VA 6/2012 - 7/2015 Founding member of a new team within the Institute specializing in the administration of cross-functional projects, provision of impartial analyses of production workflows, and successful adoption of new tools or processes. Exceptional with Project, Excel, Visio, Apttus, Salesforce and Google Apps for Nonprofits.
Project Manager for the Institute’s innovation capability; modified Designing for Growth methodology to isolate variables, establish deliverables, maintain timelines, and capture learning for multiple concurrent ventures.
Co-led a five-month market test for the development of a new service-oriented nonprofit, Foster Good.
Built and facilitated a five-week “Intro to Project Management” course for entry-level nonprofit professionals. Provided group training or personalized mentorship in MS Project, Excel, and Visio for staff and students; iterative adjustment of content, complexity, and structure informed by attendee feedback. Education
BA - Political Science North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2009 BA - Science, Technology & Society North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2009 Certificate – Koch Associate Program Charles Koch Institute, Arlington, VA 2012-13 Certificate – Coding Bootcamp University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2016-17