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    "email": "gsmendoza@gmail.com",
    "label": "18+ years of experience building Ruby on Rails applications, maintaining legacy systems, and contributing to open source. Proven track record in solving production issues, implementing complex features, and leading technical initiatives in remote teams.",
    "location": {
      "address": "2600 Baguio, Philippines"
    },
    "name": "George Mendoza",
    "phone": "+63 945 803 6282",
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        "network": "Portfolio",
        "url": "http://github.com/gsmendoza"
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      "endDate": "2002",
      "institution": "University of the Philippines",
      "startDate": "1997",
      "studyType": "Bachelor of Science (BS)"
    },
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      "endDate": "1997",
      "institution": "University of Baguio Preparatory High School",
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      "name": "Classic ASP"
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      "name": "graphql"
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      "name": "javascript"
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    {
      "name": "microsoft excel"
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    {
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    {
      "name": "MiniTest"
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      "endDate": "2026-10",
      "name": "Narra Labs",
      "position": "Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer",
      "startDate": "2025-06",
      "summary": "* Updated Chrome extension to support insurance rewrites. * Led code standardization initiative. * Developed configuration and calculation of bonuses for insurance agencies. * Led data integrity initiative to redesign bundle and cross-sell logic, updating multiple reporting queries to ensure accurate household policy classification and sales metrics. * Gave a live demonstration of writing unit tests in spec-style format, using Minitest. https://youtu.be/V_1ra_PAOEQ * Developing and collaborating on retentions workflow. * Led Rewrite Audit import project. * Led Telemarketers admin and reports project. * Led Data Lead URL & Sub ID metrics project. * Led automation of release process. * Led policy activity tagging project."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2025-04",
      "name": "Liscio",
      "position": "Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer",
      "startDate": "2023-03",
      "summary": "Senior developer on the Integrations team, modernizing legacy systems and building third-party integrations.  * Led the migration of Python onboarding scripts into the Rails stack, improving maintainability and performance. * Designed and implemented integrations with Adobe Sign, Box, and SmartVault. * Built internal tools to troubleshoot, log, and fix recurring production issues. * Refactored legacy admin pages, including nested form support and filter logic improvements."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2023-03",
      "name": "Nebulab",
      "position": "Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer",
      "startDate": "2021-06",
      "summary": "Contributor to Solidus, an open-source eCommerce platform built with Rails.  * Rebuilt SolidusStarterFrontend as a Rails application template, aligning the checkout flow with Rails conventions. * Delivered educational content: blog posts, screencasts, and talks to promote adoption of the new frontend. * Extracted legacy frontend into a separate gem to support modular upgrades across user deployments."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2021-06",
      "name": "Caroo",
      "position": "Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer",
      "startDate": "2018-06",
      "summary": "* Built a new survey database and integrated it with existing legacy systems. * Improved the UX of the gift redemption funnel. * Migrated fulfillment file uploads from Google Sheets to Amazon S3. * Developed a Rails engine encapsulating reusable admin UI components."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2018-05",
      "name": "EdgiLife",
      "position": "Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer",
      "startDate": "2013-09",
      "summary": "* Delivered multiple ecommerce features, including product filtering, mobile checkout, and survey database. * Built systems for product reviews, survey data, and logistics management. * Released git_pretty_accept as an open-source Git workflow tool."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2013-09",
      "name": "Self-Employed",
      "position": "Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer",
      "startDate": "2009-01",
      "summary": "* Worked as a solo developer for two major web apps: a feedback submission portal and a private airline reservation system. * Implemented a JavaScript-based flight seat map editor."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2008-11",
      "name": "NextLogic Singapore",
      "position": "Ruby on Rails Engineer",
      "startDate": "2008-01",
      "summary": "* Implemented an airfare search app for a travel agency, a booking app for an aircon servicing company, and a class management app for a music school. * Developed business automation tools, including airfare scrapers and dynamic AJAX dashboards."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2007-12",
      "name": "Kestronic Inc.",
      "position": "IT/Software Specialist",
      "startDate": "2005-08",
      "summary": "* Built Java and Visual Basic tools to compute equipment metrics (yield, utilization, availability) for Texas Instruments Philippines. * Developed Excel-based dashboards with database queries, pivot tables, charts, and macros. * Maintained and improved the operating system of a Burn-In Board loader; added input validation, bug fixes, and logging."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2005-08",
      "name": "Acestar Solutions and Trading, Inc",
      "position": "Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2002-05",
      "summary": "* Developed and maintained various intranet web applications for Texas Instruments Philippines. * Built a Java Swing frontend for Oracle inventory databases. * Enhanced a financial forecasting tool consolidating data from SAP, Oracle, SQL Server, and Excel."
    }
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