Jake Mercer Email & Phone Number

Akron, Oh, Us

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Develop and enhance features for a suite of Java APIs using the Spring framework, ensuring graceful, testable, and maintainable code.Act as a key resource for both business and technical knowledge, supporting the team in navigating complex challenges and aligning development with business objectives.Recognized by colleagues for excelling in collaboration, communication, and problem-solving, while mentoring team members to help them enhance their technical skills.Continuously refine and expand technical skill set, striving for excellence in both development practices and collaboration within an agile environment.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Execute data science projects and big data engineering tasks affecting SMC3’s archive of LTL shipping rates. • Created a new zip code mileage dataset for use with SMC3’s primary LTL rating product.• Built a dataset that determined border crossings from key point locations in Canada, US, and Mexico.• Perform maintenance and updates on the dozens of big data lakes that service SMC3’s raters.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

BI developer for one of Kentucky’s gas and electric utilities, responsible for writing SQL queries and deploying reports that access tens of millions of records across multiple databases. • Designed and deployed 11 advanced SSRS reports as well as the queries that underpin them • Provides ongoing support and updates for data warehouse ETL and all data warehouse reports • Created and supports an SSAS Tabular Model that populates PowerBI dashboards

Louisville, Kentucky Area

The Software Guild is a nationally recognized apprenticeship program that graduates high quality .NET / C# full-stack software developers.- Used C# and the .NET framework to create a business application that allows users to view, add, edit, and delete clients and orders from an external registry. The program was capable of reading and writing to files as well as reading from external files containing unique product and state tax information. - Leveraged Atlassian Tools (JIRA, Crucible, BitBucket, and Slack) for version control, workflow management, and team communication.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

- Developed and managed comprehensive marketing campaigns for market reports published under the Smtihers Pira, Smithers Rapra, and Smithers Apex brands. - Built effective contact lists and oversee the creation of compelling marketing collateral that resulted in quantitative improvement for key performance metrics. - Fostered relationships with the directors of industry organizations and publications to secure promotional agreements for Smithers market reports and other intelligence products.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

- Built marketing materials for CiF’s investment projects, which raised more than $100 million, and the company itself. This included generating copy, managing artists & procurement, video production, creating infographics, and other supplemental materials.- Created presentations for use by company executives that covered CiF’s investment projects, CiF’s consulting services, outlines of the EB-5 program and its benefits, among other topics.- Directly supported CiF’s CEO as he led the EB-5 industry trade group’s Federal Policy Committee by updating draft legislation, taking minutes, and archiving documents.

Baldwin-Wallace College

Founded and organized the inaugural BW’s BeatlesFest; a university sponsored, student-produced event held each spring at Baldwin Wallace University. - Conceptualized the project and formed the leadership team that produced first concert - Acquired performance rights for Beatles’ Abbey Road album, which were held by multiple entities - Recruited musicians and vocalists, organized musical arrangements, coordinated and led rehearsals, secured rehearsal and performance spaces - Standing room only performances attended by students, Conservatory staff, and community members

- Led a combined group of students and staff to create a new merit based scholarship opportunity for students pursuing musical education during the summer months - Managed student organization functions, including master classes, performances as well as elements of the 77th Annual Bach Festival at the Conservatory of Music - Proposed, passed, and executed measures that brought in beneficial guest artists and clinicians to the Conservatory of Music

- Assisted primary instructors with classroom activities for both 'Introduction to Micro Economics' and 'Introduction to Arts Management' - Organized and ran both classroom and individual study sessions - Served as a liaison between students and the professor

- Answered inbound technical support calls on a wide range of consumer goods - Consistently received high marks in technical knowledge, customer service, and call efficiency

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics

Activities and Societies: Conservatory Council (President), Symphony Orchestra (Principal Trombone), Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Principal.

Economics

Activities and Societies: Christ University Parliamentarian Debating Society, Christ University Model United Nations Team Attended.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Forensics League; placed 22nd in the nation in the category of Original Oratory (2006)