Joe Righetti

Software Engineer

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I am an emerging IT professional with past experience in finance, management and sales who is highly motivated, goal-driven, and possessing both a strong organizational skill set and detail-oriented work ethic.

  • Name Joe Righetti
  • Experience 2+ Year
  • Country USA
  • Location Akron, OH
  • e-mail righetti66@gmail.com
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  • Education

  • Software Engineering Certificate, Java - Tech Elevator

    Date of completion: February 2021
  • BS in Corporate Finance - The University of Akron

    Date of completion: December 2012
  • Experience

  • Academic Success Coordinator - Tech Elevator

    Decemeber 2022 - Present

    ● Responsible for maintaining student retention for the part-time program

    ● Develop best practices for student engagement and advise the National Live Remote division

    ● Work closely with the curriculum team to design and develop technical projects and mock applications

    ● Identify pain points in curriculum material and provide technical clarification
    ● Test newly created applications and submit Asana change requests for bug fixes

  • Academic Support Lead - Tech Elevator

    April 2022 - December 2022

    ● Tracked student activity through the Learning Management System, GitLab, and Slack

    ● Observed and coached Academic Fellows on tutoring best practices

    ● Supported and fostered a learning culture among part-time students through group and collaboration activities

    ● Prepare supplemental learning material to promote student portfolio development

  • Academic Fellow - Tech Elevator

    June 2021 - Present

    ● Serve as a first line of support for students that need help with concepts, homework and capstone projects

    ● Grade daily assignments, quizzes and provide feedback via an academic dashboard

    ● Tutor and prepare students for the technical interview process by supporting them through exercises and whiteboard sessions

    ● Encourage students to excel and promote a positive atmosphere

  • Software Engineering Certificate - Tech Elevator

    October 2020 - February 2021

    Attended a 14 week Java coding boot camp, learning how to develop dynamic web-based software systems

    Capstone Project:
    Web application that allows registered users to create a stock market trading game instance and invite other registered users. Newly created games provide users with a default amount of starting capital to invest in stocks at real time values. The winner is determined by having the highest portfolio value once the game reaches a specified end date/time and holdings are liquidated.
    Tools used: [Java, Spring MVC, PostgreSQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Vue.js]

  • Outside Sales Representative - Graybar Electric

    December 2019 - April 2020

    ● Held responsibility for 1MM in gross sales.

    ● Created strategic goals to increase sales and market share for accounts in assigned territory

    ● Utilized SAP to forecast sales, assist in quotes and orders, manage logistics of inventory sold

    ● Maintained gross margin rate goal for all account orders and project estimates

  • Owner/Operator - JRP Solutions Valet

    July 2013 - December 2019

    ● Provided valet service for 5 restaurants and 1 major hotel chain

    ● Managed a team of 1 supervisor and 20 drivers

    ● Programmed training guidelines for new drivers to reduce accidents

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