Dan Ioppolo

A recent Dev Bootcamp graduate looking for new opportunities in the software industry.

Technical Skills


Ruby    |    Javascript    |    SQL/ActiveRecord    |    Git/Github     |   Rails    |    jQuery/AJAX


Professional Timeline

Dev Bootcamp Student, April 2017 - October 2017

  • Implemented algorithmic solutions to abstract problems
  • Used AJAX to build game apps with dynamic front-end logic
  • Designed and created complex CRUD apps
  • Capstone: Chartable, a DBC data engineering and data visualization project

University of Toronto Teaching Assistant, Sep 2013 - May 2015

  • Instructed and evaluated up to 90 students per semester at all undergraduate levels
  • Upgraded logistics for a 300 student, 5 TA course by acting as Head TA and implementing best practices from previous year
  • Defused difficult situations by rebutting student complaints diplomatically and effectively
  • Preserved integrity of courses by detecting and reporting instances of plagarism

University of Toronto Research Assistant , Nov 2012 - May 2015

  • Organized three Annual Toronto Workshops in Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP), once as Lead Organizer ('14)
  • Improved utility of scholarly monograph by selecting the headings for the Subject Index, Name Index, and Index Locorum
  • Eliminated proofreading errors from five volumes of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy

Cascino Vaughan Law Offices Legal Assistant, Nov 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Expedited the writing of deposition summaries for expert witnesses by upgrading the design of our relational database and standardizing the training of the summary writers
  • Managed a team of four workers assigned to the deposition summary project, trained each new summarizer, and enforced quality control
  • Streamlined case-building process by maintaining a relational database of jobsites, product IDs, and plaintiffs

Education


  • University of Toronto (Toronto, ON) MA Philosophy                                                                   November 2015
  • University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)  BA Philosophy                                                                                 June 2011

Academic Accomplishments


  • LSAT score: 173 (99th percentile)                                                                                                                                                           October 2016
  • Full tuition, insurance, and living stipend (University of Toronto)                                                                                                          April 2012
  • Michael J. Herman Graduate Fellowship in Philosophy (University of Toronto)                                                                                   April 2012
  • Dunn Summer Research Grant (University of Chicago)                                                                                                                            June 2011
  • College and Departmental Honors (University of Chicago)                                                                                                                     June 2011 
  • University Scholar (merit-based tuition scholarship, University of Chicago)                                                                                   January 2007