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JONATHAN D. CERESA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Web Development

  • Agile Full Stack Developer
  • MVC Web App development
  • Front/back-end development
  • Best practices for SEO
  • Cross Browser/Platform/Device development
  • API development and API interfacing
  • Maintenance of Code Base

Quality Assurance

  • QA team management and oversight
  • Oversight on automated testing and updating
  • End user and enterprise technical support
  • Inter-departmental technical support

Security

  • Security Alignment to ISO 27000 and System Hardening
  • Member of Information Security Board

Product Development


SOFTWARE/LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE

ACCREDITATIONS

EDUCATION

2000-2004 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY

Bachelors of Science in Computer Science

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JONATHAN D. CERESA

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2019-Present FactSet - Senior Product Manager Austin, TX

Description:


FactSet is a financial technology company that builds award winning Financial Data & Marketing Analytics tools for Investment Professionals. I support the Analytics Strategic Business Unit and the accredited Portfolio Analysis platform.


Achievements:

  • Managed multiple sprinting groups globally across 3 products
  • Hired and trained a world class development team
  • Successfully managed one of the largest capitalizable projects in FactSet's history
  • Successfully managed one of the applications with the heaviest amount of user traffic
  • Decreased support tickets by 34% through enhanced user interfaces and self help documentation

Responsibilities:


Responsible for the development of three major applications within the Analytics SBU. Active management of 14 product developers across 3 different times zones. Actively manage and train the team members in Agile development and lead sprinting projects. Document and communicate with directors, clients, engineers and other product stakeholders


2017-2020 Tech Argonauts - Founder New York, NY

Description:


Tech Argonauts was an IT consultation business specializing in web design and digital marketing. It was a small side business for freelance web development that I started working on full time to service small business. It allowed me to maintain contacts with designers and developers.


Achievements:

  • Gained AWS Certified Solutions Architect accreditation.
  • 1st place in Serverlessconf hackathon
  • Member of the Astoria Soloist collective and has actively helped small businesses in the neighborhood with their technological challenges, including web design, SEO and digital marketing.

Responsibilities:


Responsible for all areas of business including: Marketing, Sales, Customer Support, Finance, Digital Security, Networking, Systems Architecture, Software Design/Engineering, Technical Hardware, Technical personnel management. Freelance Software development.


2011-2017 Citelighter Inc. - CTO New York, NY

Description:


I joined Citelighter when it was a start up company building a browser extension. Over six years, it grew to a million dollar company with over 50 employees. We built a robust writing platform to help teachers and districts meet common core writing standards. Eventually the product was sold to Sylvan Learning who maintains it to this day.


Achievements:

  • 2012 APUS Prize for Innovation in Online Education
  • 2015 CODiE award finalist for Best Learning Capacity-Building Solution
  • 2015 Baltimore Innovation Award winner Best Tech Start Up of the year

Responsibilities:


Responsible for all technology aspects of the company including: digital security, networking, systems architecture, software design/engineering, product design/engineering, agile framework adoption, defined and analyzed key point indicators to drive product development, technical hardware, technical personnel management.


2010-2011 Blaylock Van Inc. - VP New York, NY

Description:


Blaylock Van, LLC, is a minority-owned investment banking and financial services company. At the firm I specialized in Municipal analytics.


Responsibilities:


Supported bankers with Municipal financial analytics. Provided IT support to the trading and compliance desks.



2005-2010 Grigsby & Associates Inc. - VP New York, NY

Description:


Grigsby and Associates inc., is a minority-owned municipal banking and financial services company. I helped expand the San Francisco based company into the North East region by providing IT support while the office was under construction. I was hired after construction finished and stayed on as office manager with multiple roles in Finance and IT.


Responsibilities:


Banking, sales, trading, underwriting and municipal financial analytics. Provided IT support to the trading and compliance desks.