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Ryo MacPherson

           

[email protected]  •  (204) 298-2276  •  Toronto, Canada

Developer, enthusiastic about enhancing my skills and building amazing web/mobile apps. Developed a sense of good UX design through my psychology education, as well as a strong work ethic during my six years overseas. Fluent in Japanese, with a penchant for adventure (note: may reflexively bow upon meeting in person).

Skills


Front End Development

React, React Native, Redux, jQuery, Bootstrap, Material UI, SCSS, Semantic UI, Foundation, SCSS


Back End Development 
Node, Express, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Ruby

Additional Skills 

UI/UX DESIGN: Sketch, Balsamiq, Invision

Other Technologies: Heroku, Expo, Yarn, Webpack 

Development Work Experience

Mobile Developer     Lab Resistance (April 2017 - Present)

Made the UI with React Native, learning how to implement animations with Lottie for a humorous guitar-tuning mobile app.

Junior Front End Developer     Boro (Jan - March 2017) 

Developed web app's front end with React and Material UI; used React Native and Redux for mobile. Took initiative to do design and project management in addition to development.


Projects

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Herodotus-timeline.jpg
How's the Weather There.jpg
Colour-guessing game app.jpg
Stk - Econ Freedom.jpg
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Wizdom NOTD Google Play btn.jpg
MeowTuner App.png
Human History app.jpg

Additional Work Experience

Recruitment Consultant

East West Consulting (2014 - 2015) 

Recruited 80 Japanese professionals, generated over $17,000 in revenue.

ESL Instructor
Jet Programme (2010 - 2013) 
Taught English to classes of up to 45 high school students. Developed an innovative English club using improv theatre techniques.

Education

Lighthouse Labs, Toronto 

(Immersive Web Dev Bootcamp) 2016

University of Manchester (MSc) 2016

University of Manitoba (BA) 2010