Jake Braun
Co-founder Co-president at Kapok Marketing
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolJake Braun is a technology-driven founder, marketer, and entrepreneur based in Saint Petersburg, Florida, whose passion for software began in the late '80s as a child. As co-founder and co-president of Kapok Marketing since 2017, he blends development expertise with strategic marketing to help businesses grow online and maximize impact. He has led projects across ecommerce, niche social networks, and high-traffic blogs, taking ventures from zero to multi-million-dollar performance and guiding IT and marketing roadmaps. He shares insights through Kapok Marketing’s blog and cohosts Kickin’ it with Kapok, a podcast about business stories and marketing strategies. He earned a BA in Decision and Information Sciences from the University of Florida, along with a Mobile Device Certificate from St. Petersburg College, reflecting a practical fusion of analytics and hands-on tech.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Decision and Information Sciences, BA, Decision and Information Sciences at University of Florida - Warrington College of BusinessDual Enrollment Coursework, Mathematics, Dual Enrollment Coursework, Mathematics at St. Petersburg College
English
Github Skills (40)
solver10
geo-ip9
ip-geolocation9
geolocation8
responsive8
sendgrid7
ip-lookup7
minification7
net-core7
optimization6
svgo6
asp-net6
nodejs6
asp-net-core6
analytics6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kapokmarketing/Detection
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Modified version of Wangkanai.Detection.
Contributions:1 review, 13 PRs, 26 pushes in 2 years
pytorchdeep-learningtemplate-matchingmachine-learningmodified
kapokmarketing/IpToGeolocation
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
A cross-vendor library to handle IP geolocation lookups.
Contributions:10 releases, 12 reviews, 31 commits in 1 year 11 months
vendorgeo-ipip-geolocationip-location-lookupip-lookup
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