Andres Castro Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

I am thrilled to officially announce my candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia’s 5th Congressional District. This campaign is more than a bid for office—it’s a movement to return power to the people, break the hold of corporate influence, and ensure that every voice in our district is heard.My commitment to the people is clear. This campaign will not accept a single dollar from corporations or PACs. My only loyalty is to the working-class individuals who call this district home. By funding this campaign exclusively through individual contributions, we are proving that people—not corporations or insiders—are the backbone of our democracy.I am running to reclaim democracy within the Democratic Party and beyond. For too long, fresh ideas have been silenced, and the voices of the people have been drowned out by those with deep pockets or entrenched power. It’s time to build a movement that puts the people first.This campaign is also leveraging cutting-edge technology, including AI, to level the playing field in politics. The tools we’re building won’t just serve us—they’ll lay a foundation for other grassroots campaigns to challenge the status quo. Together, we can use innovation to amplify voices and build a better, more inclusive future.We are focused on building a broad coalition of grassroots supporters, engaging directly with constituents to understand their concerns and aspirations, and crafting technology-powered solutions to mobilize voters and connect resources to those in need. By collaborating with experts and advocates, we are developing actionable policies that address the needs of Georgia’s 5th District. Through targeted messaging across platforms, we aim to inspire participation and hope.This campaign is a labor of love for the people of Georgia’s 5th District and for the belief that politics can truly serve the public good.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Spearheading prompt engineering projects, including the development and testing of advanced approaches to enhance LLM responses and the seamless migration of prompt systems.- Upgrading and optimizing critical systems to support branding and marketing efforts, ensuring robust performance and scalability.- Leading the development of new management systems to improve efficiencies and reusability across various platforms.- Securing patents for innovative technologies and methodologies, underscoring a strong commitment to excellence and innovation.- Overseeing complex migration projects, developing tools and strategies to facilitate seamless transitions and integrations.- Establishing and documenting comprehensive policies and procedures to ensure best practices and secure management.- Developing and prototyping new technologies to enhance data retrieval and brand integration capabilities across systems.- Initiating and leading educational series to foster continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.- Driving the release of AI-driven tools that empower users to create compelling and brand-consistent content efficiently.My role focuses on leading cutting-edge projects and initiatives, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, innovative solutions that contribute to the overall success and technological advancement of the organization.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Develop AI driven Content Optimizer that taps into that data and uses machine learning models and business rules to predict the quality of email campaigns and provide suggestions on how to improve content, layout, and imagery.- Set technical direction and own the design and implementation of the overall system architecture and infrastructure- Empower team members through technical mentoring, contributions to the team’s documentation libraries, and providing automation for manual tasks where appropriate- Lead multidisciplinary projects end-to-end and work closely with cross-functional partners to get out ahead of roadblocks and find solutions- Advocate for code quality and lead the implementation of hundreds of unit tests across projects- Originate, scope, spec, and advocate for new initiatives that drive business impact- Build scalable systems that enable customer innovation across multiple teams

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for cloud-based web and mobile platforms that guide employees in benefits education and enrollment, supporting both traditional and private exchange benefit administration. - Lead mobile initiative in rebuilding legacy iOS and Android (SmartBen Now) platforms- Design and develop enhancements and new functionality on mobile platform- Responsible for overseeing development projects and following sprint cycles on mobile platform- Meet programming standards by following production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards- Identified work process improvements; and help implement new technology initiatives- Planned programming projects by confirming program objective and specifications

Atlanta, Ga, Us

(Delta Airlines Next Generation Bag Scanner Project)Responsible for converting a subset of applications from Legacy Windows CE devices to modern Android based Zebra scanning devices. Rerouting application provides up to do baggage information and Bluetooth printing capabilities. Allows new bag tags to be printed on portable printing devices.Built project solution to allow us to use latest .Net Standard and Xamarin Forms to allow maximum code sharingImplemented Unit testing solution to allow us to test business, API, and ui behavior.Setup automated jenkins build that build, ran unit test, and submitted apk to hockeyapp for distributionMaintained project code quality by reviewing merge request and mentoring developers on best practices.

St Louis, Mo 63141, Mo, Us

Project : Cedars-Sinai AndroidArchitect and lead a team to rewrite a medical Android application from the ground up. Gave patients the ability to search facilities, search doctors, login to their account, view medical records, and message doctors.Responsibilities:- Setup solution architecture and create base services to allow team to easily consume through dependency injection- Review requirements and provide estimates and technical guidence- Review pull request to maintain code quality- Integrate 3rd party medical EPIC SDK which provided a secure method of accessing patient information.- Configure firebase and crashalytics for logging and performance monitoringTechnologies Used: Android Studio, Java, Gson, Butterknife, Retrofit, OkHttp, Dagger 2, Google Play ServicesProject : Contractor ToolboxLed a 4-person 8 month long team doing development, implementation, and enhancements of an iOS iPad application and sync API that enables customers to create leads, customer, quotes and purchase orders utilizing Xamarin and Azure.Responsibilities: • Performed multithreaded programming. Threaded APIs, synchronization and thread specific data.• Architect an iOS IPad application using Xamarin.Forms.• Created an C# Web API that allowed full offline use and sync capabilities of thousands of products.• Design database to for new CRM systemTechnologies Used: Xamarin Studio, Xamarin, C#, SQLite, Azure Mobile SDK, Asp.NET Web ApiProject: Sea TowParticipated in a 3-person team doing development, implementation and enhancements of an iOS/Android nautical application utilizing Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android and Asp.net API. Responsibilities: • Performed multithreaded programming. Threaded APIs, synchronization and thread specific data.• Implement Xamarin.Android application based off of previously created Xamarin.iOS application.• Integrated with asp.net web API which facilitated in serving nautical data and membership information.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Build native mobile applications in C# using Xamarin / Visual Studio- Build ASP.NET websites using Umbraco / Sitecore (Full Stack)- Configure CI on projects to improve deployment process- Create stress test scripts using selenium - Configure servers on Azure for Blog Storage, Load Balancing, Mobile Services- Use Tessitura API to build E-commerce high load performing arts website- Created wrapper framework to better communicate with the Tessitura API.- Project estimation and task creation- Lead multiple projects on different work streams simultaneously- Mentored Jr. developers in best practices.

Walldorf, Bw, De

-Participated in the development and launching of a software called Afaria 7.-Have worked on a wide range of components in our software including UI, Mobile Devices, Server Side and API.-Use agile scrum methodology methods on a day to day basis and have acted as the Scrum Master on my team.-Added XML read/write capability to our desktop client-Worked on various projects using Android, Javascript, C#.NET, SQL.

Walldorf, Bw, De

-Utilize third party, testing tools and oversight of testing.-Perform data validation testing.-Analyze defects / test results and be able to deduce the chain of events leading to a failure.-Work with the development team to highlight bugs and ensure consistency across the product’s usability.

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