Stan Jackson
Educational Consultant
Tokyo, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStan Jackson is an experienced consultant and entrepreneur with 17 years in professional roles and a decades-long background in real estate and insurance advisory work. Based in Tokyo and the United States, he helps clients monetize or repurpose unwanted life insurance policies while drawing on deep communication and public-speaking skills honed through degrees in Speech and Communication and leadership of a nonprofit speakers' bureau. Technically literate and an active open-source contributor, Stan has made practical backend improvements to prominent Ruby ecosystem projects like RubyGems and Bundler and helped refine authentication flows in the widely used sorcery library. He also contributes to front-end tooling, modernizing build processes and tests for small JavaScript libraries, showing a blend of pragmatic engineering and attention to developer experience. Known for turning complex, sensitive client situations into clear, actionable solutions, he combines sales, regulatory know-how, and software fluency to deliver measurable outcomes. A longtime self-starter, Stan’s mix of public speaking, technical contribution, and financial services entrepreneurship gives him an unusually broad toolkit for client-facing problem solving.
18 years of coding experience
Speech and Communication, Speech and Communication at Bob Jones UniversityPublic/Applied History, Public/Applied History at Arizona State UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA) + Gratuate Studies, Speech and Communication, Bachelor of Arts (BA) + Gratuate Studies, Speech and Communication at Missouri State University
Github Skills (20)
dependency-management10
git10
ruby-rails10
javascript10
testing10
command-line-interface10
rspec10
authentication10
user-authentication10
rails10
ruby10
rollupjs10
bundler10
command-line10
package-manager10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
florian/cookie.js
Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
A tiny JavaScript library that simplifies cookies.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 1 PR, 9 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Stan primarily focused on updating the project's build process and testing infrastructure. Their commits involved refactoring the build configuration using Rollup, generating different build outputs (UMD, CJS, ESM, and minified UMD), and adding tests for the new build types. Additionally, the user updated test dependencies and test files to align with the refactored build system.
javascript
rubygems/bundler
Nov 2012 - Mar 2015
Manage your Ruby application's gem dependencies
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Stan contributed to the `bundler` repository, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes within the Ruby gem management tool. Their work included fixing indentation issues, implementing consistent gem naming conventions, and adding options to the `bundle update` command for updating specific gem groups. The user also addressed directory generation issues. The contributions are primarily related to the core functionality of the `bundler` gem and its CLI.
ruby-applicationrubyrubygemsdependency-manager
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