Growth and Marketing Director (Board Member)
Growth and Marketing Director (Board Member)While still a student at the University of Maryland at College Park, Jon served as a Software Engineering Intern at Google, Inc., worked as a Lead Software Engineer and Technical Artist at the University’s CATT Laboratories, and founded the University of Maryland Games Programming course. Later, he co-founded Now or Never LLC and its flagship product, Issue Dictionary (acquired 2008), served as Vice-President for Social Network Engineering and Art Director at FreeCause, Inc., worked as Lead Software Engineer at LOLapps, as Software Engineer, Marketing, Finance, and Business Development at Minted.com, was Founder and CEO of Emissary Medical Travel, and Co-Founder and CTO of Rupee. Jon is currently working as an independent growth and marketing consultant.
Jon holds a dual degree in Software Engineering and Studio Art from the University of Maryland at College Park.
A native of Virginia, and past resident of the Metro D.C. and Boston areas, Jon now resides in San Francisco, CA. He enjoys the outdoors, long-distance biking, and Hip Hop dance.
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Entrepreneurial leadership, software engineering, artistic.
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