Jason Prothero
President Lead Software Developer And Architect at ProWorks Corporation
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolJason Prothero is a seasoned software leader and founder with 14+ years of professional experience, serving as President, Lead Software Developer, and Architect at ProWorks, an Umbraco Platinum Partner. As an Umbraco MVP he blends deep CMS expertise with practical AI integrations—everything from TinyMCE-assisted editing to AI agent–driven semantic search—to make content workflows smarter and more measurable. He specializes in shaping strategy and architecture early in projects, then delivering maintainable, enterprise-grade web, mobile, and eCommerce solutions for finance, insurance, manufacturing, and public-sector clients. Jason pairs hands-on engineering with long-term partnership and operational support, including hosting and feature maintenance. Beyond technology, he has a track record of community leadership in Oregon’s tech ecosystem, having led regional nonprofit and meetup initiatives that connect entrepreneurs, researchers, and practitioners. Outside work he’s an outdoorsy problem-solver who enjoys travel, baking, board games, and disc golf with family and friends.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Hermiston High SchoolBS, Computer Science, Minor in Business, BS, Computer Science, Minor in Business at Oregon State University
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Github Skills (57)
umbraco10
content-management-system10
cms10
ecommerce10
asp-net-core10
asp-net10
headless-cms10
dotnet-core10
commerce10
spree10
csharp10
menu7
tinymce6
orchard-cms6
aspnet-web-api6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ProWorksCorporation/TinyMCE-Umbraco-Premium
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Umbraco CMS package that enables the TinyMCE-based Rich Text Editor (RTE) in Umbraco versions 12+ to be licensed to access the paid Premium features in TinyMCE.
Contributions:4 releases, 38 PRs, 26 pushes in 11 months
tinymcetinymce-premium-pluginumbracoumbraco-backofficeumbraco-cms
protherj/Umbraco-CMS
Feb 2015 - Oct 2024
Contributions:6 PRs, 7 pushes, 9 branches in 9 years 9 months
cmsasp-net-mvcaspasp-net-core-mvcasp-net
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