Kelauni Jasmyn

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Contact Info
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I'm the Founder & CEO of Black Tech Nation and one of the Founding Partners of Black Tech…

Experience & Education

  • Black Tech Nation Ventures

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Volunteer Experience

  • Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association Graphic

    Board Member

    Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association

    - Present 3 years 2 months

    Economic Empowerment

  • IEEE Graphic

    Vice Chair - IEEE USA Entrepreneurship & Policy Committee

    IEEE

    - 1 year 6 months

    Economic Empowerment

  • City of Pittsburgh Graphic

    Gender Equity Commission: Commissioner

    City of Pittsburgh

    - 2 years 10 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

  • City of Pittsburgh Graphic

    City Council Advisory Board for Startups and Entrepreneurship

    City of Pittsburgh

    - 2 years 8 months

    Economic Empowerment

Projects

  • Beers && Debuggers

    Created and developed the Beers && Debuggers Meet Up by organizing a team of 5 developers to produce a two hour, bi-weekly educational coding workshop and mini hack-a-thon. Make final decisions on coding challenges, lessons, and katas for the week. Handle sponsorship, fundraising initiatives, booking speakers/teachers, making purchases, and reaching out to the Pittsburgh tech community.

  • Meeple

    Solo developer for social rolodex app used for organizing, messaging, and scheduling meetings with new friends and contacts. Using Ruby on Rails for CRUD functionality and storing data. Also using Python libraries to scrape data from individual social media accounts. Designing views using HTML, CSS/SASS, and Bootstrap for mobile responsiveness and JavaScript libraries for front end functionality. Aiming to create a working minimum viable product for 5,000+ users.

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  • Neighborhood Allies Mapping App

    Developed front end using HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap views for non-profit mapping app. Focused specifically on user profile creation and storing data via AJAX calls in Ruby on Rails. Designed application header and admin panel allowing CRUD functionality for system administrator to manage profiles. Worked heavily in Agile production environment.

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  • Academy Pittsburgh Podcast

    Co-creator and co-host of the official “Academy Pittsburgh Podcast” – a podcast specifically for junior developers. Conduct weekly interviews with various professional developers in Pittsburgh about areas of expertise, advice for new developers, favorite learning resources, and overall coding journeys; Develop questions and content, edit video/audio, and book speakers in preparation for official iTunes launch.

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Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

Organizations

  • Black Tech Nation

    Founder

    - Present

  • Beers and Debuggers

    Founder/Director

    - Present

    Pittsburgh area bi-weekly coding meetup for junior developers.

  • Work Hard Pittsburgh Co-Op

    Software Developer, Volunteer, & Entrepreneur

    - Present

    Donate services and time to a network of Pittsburgh entrepreneurs. Use resources of the co-op to further entrepreneurial goals.

  • Academy Pittsburgh

    Graduate & Volunteer

    - Present

    Student of a 12 week coding boot camp for junior developers. Current volunteer and future guest TA.

  • Phi Beta Kappa National Honours Society

    Member

    - Present

    Most prestigious science fraternity in the country.

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