Summary
Jason Mihalick is a veteran software engineer and president of jCraftsmen with over 30 years of experience delivering full‑stack, object‑oriented solutions across enterprise, retail, and publishing domains. He has deep Java and web services expertise (26+ and 19+ years respectively) and has driven modern POS and mobile web integrations using Spring Boot and Angular for major retailers like Ascena, Big Lots, Petco and Burlington. Jason combines hands‑on development—payment authorization, EMV integration, and iOS work—with architectural leadership on mission‑critical systems deployed in both cloud and on-prem environments. Comfortable as a solo consultant or embedded team lead, he has a long track record of pragmatic agile delivery and rapidly onboarding new technologies and toolchains. Based in Gambier, Ohio, he runs an independent software practice that blends client work with contributing to open platforms such as JumpMind’s OpenPOS, demonstrating a knack for modernizing legacy systems without discarding prior investments.
11 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. C.I.S., Computer and Information Science Engineering, Specialization in Software Systems, B.S. C.I.S., Computer and Information Science Engineering, Specialization in Software Systems at The Ohio State University
English