Jacob Thomason
Co-Founder & CEO at RentPost, Inc.
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Thomason is a serial software entrepreneur and full-stack engineer with 11+ years building product-focused SaaS for property management as Co-Founder & CEO of RentPost and steward of web assets through Ackoo. He blends business strategy and software architecture—taking products from concept to acquisition like MacMod and Hosting Outfitters—while remaining hands-on in code, contributing backend fixes and PHP 8 compatibility improvements to the Propel2 ORM. Based in Saint Petersburg, Florida, Jacob pairs a BBA in international marketing and management with deep operational experience running hosting and developer-focused platforms. A world traveler and self-described cheeseburger connoisseur, he brings pragmatic product instincts and a developer’s attention to compatibility and performance.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bond UniversityBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) International Marketing & Management, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) International Marketing & Management at Mercer University - Stetson School of Business and Economics
English, Spanish, Chinese
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Github Skills (15)
fetcher10
php10
orm10
object-mapping10
fetchr10
fetch10
collections9
amazon-route536
sqlite6
sql6
amazon-web-services6
web-deployment6
upsert6
database6
mysql6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
propelorm/Propel2
Nov 2021 - Jun 2022
Propel2 is an open-source high-performance Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for modern PHP
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 45 commits, 6 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily focused on enhancing the codebase's compatibility and functionality within the Propel2 ORM framework. Their commits include implementing support for the Iterator interface, fixing typos, and addressing interface compatibility issues across various classes, including DataFetcherInterface, Collection, and PropelModelPager. Further improvements involved adjustments for PHP 8 compatibility and incorporating missing use statements.
relationalphpmodern-phpperformancemapping
rentpost/doctrine-multi-tenancy
Jan 2020 - Oct 2022
Extension for Doctrine 2 providing advanced multi-tenancy support
Contributions:6 releases, 31 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 9 months
tenancyphpmulti-tenancydoctrine
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