Chris Distasio Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Oh, Us

Greater Columbus Area

Remote

Teaching online courses in full-stack software development skills

Remote

AmaZix is a premier marketing agency in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space, where I performed the following tasks:Researched and wrote articles/social media copy about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology (40%)Helped supervise and assist new writers (25%)Edited and co-edited copy (25%)Provided copy and templates for the Community Management and AmaZix branding teams (10%)

Remote

Engaged in paid and unpaid training to develop skills in technologies related to enterprise-level software for Revature clients. Through Revature, I've studied Java, Angular, and DevOps through a series of projects, courses, and practice interviews. I completed two monthlong, remotely-held courses, including Angular and DevOps, geared toward AWS certifications Java, geared toward Oracle certifications. I've completed two major projects on my own, comprising PubHub 100 (at https://github.com/stazman/practice-project), which included JDBC, servlets, and PostgreSQL, and a Banking API project (https://github.com/stazman/banking-api), which also included JDBC and PostgreSQL in-depth and the front controller design pattern. Most recently, I completed a team project, which included Scrum practices, a Java backend (https://github.com/200914ROC2/getaway-site-backend) with Angular frontend (https://github.com/200914ROC2/getaway-site-frontend), JWT authentication, AWS EC2, and Jenkins. The project is currently running at http://spacegeecks.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/.

Online

Developing websites and web apps for commercial and nonprofit use.

Athens, Oh

Developed effective ways to connect non-native ELLs with the campus community and the surrounding community to fully develop their skillsDeveloped lessons involving native speaker interlocutors and guest native speakers speaking on topics related to students’ academic and cultural interestsCoordinated the OPIE Creative Arts Club, including developing/maintaining www.opiecreativeartsclub.com, a club Facebook page, putting together, editing, and having published literary magazine, and developing/organizing/driving/chaperoning for photography trips and local creative exhibits and performancesWorked with teams of colleagues teaching core classes and one-hour classes to the same groups of students to cover all skillsWrote responses and participated in teams of colleagues for CEA accreditation purposesPrepared lesson plans, developed supplemental materials, and taught English skills (from foundations level to bridge program level), including academic reading, writing, grammar, listening, speaking, research, and study skills) to university students both admitted to the university and attending for short-term programsUsed Internet-based learning management systems (Blackboard, Moodle, and Google Drive, especially) to facilitate activities and assignments with students, especially collaborative assignmentsUsed Smart classroom components, including Internet-based tools (especially corpus-based tools such as www.wordandphrase.info), Turnitin.com, Google Docs/Drive, Prezi, and green screen video technology to maximize student motivation and successAssisted program administrators in the testing, placement, and orientation of studentsProctored the institutional TOEFL; scored compositions for the institutional TOEFL; administered SPEAK testsParticipated in and contributed to student placement meetingsWorked with Database Team to develop and utilize a departmental database for a wide variety of administrative purposes

Certificate Of Completion, Software Engineering, Full-Stack Web Development

Hands on bootcamp where I developed four main projects, shown as the first four projects in descending order in the feature section below.

Master'S Degree, Teaching English As A Second Language, 3.7 Gpa

Ba, English With Honors, 3.7 Gpa