Rakesh Mistry

Front-End & Full-Stack Developer

Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Creative problem solver with a passion for art and technology.

Work Experience

Konrad Group

Software Developer

Software development for some of the leading brands in Canada using a wide variety of technologies.
July 2017 - April 2020 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

BrainStation

Educator

Taught a 3-month career transformational Web Development bootcamp to a class of 30 students, covering HTML, CSS, SASS, Flexbox, JavaScript, ES6, React, Node, Express, and Git
• Delivered lectures and developed labs, demos, and course material
January 2020 - April 2020 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Student Life Network

Web Developer Intern

Front-end web development for websites across the Student Life Network and Parent Life Network. Highlights include:
• Led development for the Parent Life Network's "Perks Club" website: https://perks.parentlifenetwork.com/
• Performed QA and cross-browser testing on all Student Life Network and Parent Life Network sites
• Improved UX across both networks by updating the global front-end framework with a responsive approach
May 2016 - August 2016 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Freelance

Web Designer & Developer

Worked with clients to design, develop, and deliver their digital dreams. Highlights include:

Aukland band website: http://auklandband.com/ (no longer active, please see the Wayback Machine archive here: https://web.archive.org/web/20161017204238/http://auklandband.com/)
• Designed and built from the ground up, starting with sketches and initial ideas generated with the band, all the way to a beautiful website to match the band's aesthetic and add a level of professionalism to their image.

Phenomenon Theatrix theatre company website: http://phenomenontheatrix.com/ (no longer active, please see the Wayback Machine archive here: https://web.archive.org/web/20160818054905/http://phenomenontheatrix.com/our-team/)
• Created a website to allow the client to easily post, edit, and manage information related to their upcoming show at the Toronto Fringe Festival.
May 2014 - June 2015 Ontario, Canada

BlackBerry

Software Developer (Co-op)

Software development, bug fixing, and testing for the BlackBerry 10 Web Browser.
May 2015 - August 2015 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The Sound Of Change

Web Developer

• Built a website for the popular charity using a custom WordPress theme
• Designed page layouts in Photoshop, then created static HTML and CSS mock-ups
• Created custom pages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP to display and update Bands, Charities, and Shows stored in an SQL database
May 2013 - January 2015 Ontario, Canada

BlackBerry

Software Test & Tools Developer (Co-op)

Internal tools and test automation development using Python and Bash.
May 2014 - August 2014 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Education

McMaster University

Bachelor of Engineering & Management, Software Engineering & Management

September 2012 - May 2017 Ontario, Canada

Languages

English (Native),
Javascript (Native),
Html (Native),
Css (Native),
Python (Conversational),
Java (Advanced),

Skills

Angular, Bootstrap, CSS, CSS3, Foundation, HTML, HTML5, Illustrator, Java, JavaScript, Jquery, MEAN Stack, Node.js, Photoshop, PHP, Python, React, SASS, SQL, Vue, WordPress,