Experience

Forcoda

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President & CEO

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  We specialize in helping FinTech (and SaaS startups in general) to get products to the market faster and start selling sooner without investing in expensive software development. Our case studies: - Transparency Registry (Raised $1.2M in funding in 9 months) - Immersed Games (Reduced time to market and started selling their SaaS product sooner by 3 months) - VETRO Fiber map (Reduced the complexity of their SaaS platform, time to complete one of the tasks went down from 40s to 10s, Reduced cost of the customer support) Our thesis on going from 0 to $1.2M without investing in software development https://forcoda.com/zero-to-one-million If you are looking to validate your product-market fit, start selling sooner, and get traction fast with your FinTech or SaaS company, please complete an application here https://forcoda.com/quiz



Public Speaker

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Speaker

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  - TEDxYouth, Buffalo (2016) - Create upstate conference. Topic: What to do when it's your turn. - UB, Honors College - TEDxYouth, Buffalo (2016) - Create upstate conference. Topic: What to do when it's your turn. - UB, Honors College


Inclusive Tech Buffalo
• United States
• Software Development
• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2019


Founder Institute

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mentor

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2019

  - Hosted a workshop on Branding and Customer Research - Mentored companies on UX/UI design, market research, and product development - Offered constructive feedback on pitch and presentation skills - Hosted a workshop on Branding and Customer Research - Mentored companies on UX/UI design, market research, and product development - Offered constructive feedback on pitch and presentation skills



Girl Develop It

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Chapter Leader, Girl Develop It Buffalo

  • Mar 2013 - Jan 2019

  Girl Develop It (GDI) is an international non-profit that offers a low-cost education program to enable underrepresented groups, with a focus on women, to learn and practice software development in a supportive environment. • Grew chapter to almost 900 members in 6 years • Led and helped to organize over 300 events including classes, workshops, lighting talks, fundraisers, hackathons, and networking events. • Established and nurtured key partnerships with local organizations, employers, universities and community leaders.



GDT-Consultants

• United Kingdom
• Human Resources Services

• Web Designer/ Team Lead

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Building shopping cart based (PHP & MySQL) websites using latest HTML, CSS and jQuery techniques. • Training clients in CMS use and site management. • Supervision of ongoing projects, website development strategy • Documentation of in-house built web tools. • Building shopping cart based (PHP & MySQL) websites using latest HTML, CSS and jQuery techniques. • Training clients in CMS use and site management. • Supervision of ongoing projects, website development strategy • Documentation of in-house built web tools.



Essona Organics, Inc

• Web Developer

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2012

  Initial developer of web site and integral part of the start-up and continuous growth of this on-line company Integration of Zen Cart on-line store software Development of additional custom modules specifically for this company Integration of Affiliate Program Software Graphic design, Flash animation, editing product images in Adobe Photoshop. Marketing and advertisement of products on-line via social networks and Google Ad Words Product Lifecycle Management, responsible for design, development, implementation and future technical support. Developed in-house database for organization and optimization of company operations and suppliers.



Yahoo!

• Information Technology and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Service Desk Technician

  • Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  Provide technical support to Yahoo! employees Provision access to in-house applications and tools Provide technical support to Yahoo! employees Provision access to in-house applications and tools



Niagara County Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• E-Learning Tutor

  • Dec 2010 - Dec 2011

  Provide support and troubleshooting to students in person and by phone who experience difficulties with ANGEL Learning Management Suite Assist ESL and particularly Russian speaking students in better comprehension of the learning material. Update existing tutorials in HTML and CSS format Provide support and troubleshooting to students in person and by phone who experience difficulties with ANGEL Learning Management Suite Assist ESL and particularly Russian speaking students in better comprehension of the learning material. Update existing tutorials in HTML and CSS format



K-Architect

• South Africa
• Architecture and Planning

• Web Developer/Marketing

  • Jan 2009 - Jun 2009

  SEO: development and integration of various SEO methods Training, mentoring, and evaluating employee for my replacement due to the deadline of my leaving Web site support and maintenance SEO: development and integration of various SEO methods Training, mentoring, and evaluating employee for my replacement due to the deadline of my leaving Web site support and maintenance