Franco Abaroa

Collaborated with a cryptocurrency trading alerts startup as the lead engineer, whose responsibilities included creating a Node API and two consumer-facing React applications powered by it: a backtester tool, which helped users verify the accuracy of past alerts and an onboarding tool to help users build the optimal alerts package.
Built an analytics React dashboard app for a hotel management team in order to help them operate more efficiently.
Created a Node worker for a blockchain fintech startup to monitor smart contract events on the Ethereum network and keep their external database up-to-date with their latest contract state.
Developed a prototype Ethereum iOS wallet using current cryptographic tools in collaboration with a blockchain investment fund.

February 2018 - Present

Built a Thrift API for different product teams, such as Facebook Messenger, Oculus and Building 8, to screen and onboard thousands of paying users in real-time, while saving the Legal team thousands of dollars in costs and fees.
Worked on the front-end (React-Native) and back-end (GraphQL/MySQL/AJAX) of an iOS POS application for the Facebook restaurants around campus that allowed thousands of employees to place food orders efficiently and accurately, while also reducing the amount of order errors by more than 30%.
Completed a crucial and previously unsolved order ticket printing feature for the same POS application that required collaborating with key stakeholders, which helped restaurants on campus to increase productivity by more than 15%.
Created a case management tool using React/PHP/GraphQL to allow thousands of employees to submit compliance cases, which in turn eliminated hundreds of hours of manual work for the Legal team and increased their case completion rate by over 50%.
Ported over a cumbersome legacy Oracle trade application into a lightweight, easy-to-use React application, with a PHP/GraphQL back-end, that allowed the Trade Compliance team at Facebook to operate more smoothly and effectively.

February 2017 - February 2018

Freelance

June 2016 - February 2017

Prospected executives at Fortune 500 companies and booked appointments that added over $150k to the sales pipeline.

August 2015 - June 2016

Generated leads for the Hoffmann-Easom-Lannan Retirement Planning Group by cold calling and qualifying hundreds of prospects daily.

March 2015 - July 2015

Demonstrated the capacity to sell insurance packages to increase the overall profit of the Lincoln Park branch.
Provided consistent and impeccable customer service that was measured through Enterprise’s Service Quality Index.
Drastically improved communication and people skills by assisting hundreds of customers through face-to-face and phone interactions.

May 2014 - February 2015

Proactively managed all social media outlets utilized by AmericanAirlines Arena and created visual content for sharing.
Crafted strategic campaigns that helped strengthen the AmericanAirlines Arena brand by drastically increasing its social media following by more than 13,000 followers combined and selling over 3,000 tickets for shows and concerts.

May 2013 - August 2013

Experience