Joanna Kochaniak

About Joanna Kochaniak

The problem sets that motivate me most are the ones with solutions that have the biggest impact on the world. Through the years those problem sets have looked very different, but my approach to solving them has been the same: build in a way that’s not additive, but transformative.That’s what we’re building at Upside. Our product is transforming brick and mortar commerce. If you’re looking for a big mission like ours, let’s chat.

Experience

1. Co-founder, Distinguished Engineer

   Upside

   Jan 2016 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Upside is a digital marketplace that connects millions of consumers with brick and mortar retailers nationwide. Since 2016, Upside\'s personalized offers have empowered individuals to gain greater purchasing power for their essential needs and helped businesses achieve measurable profits. Billions of dollars in commerce run through the Upside platform every year, and that value goes directly back to our retailers, the consumers they serve, and towards important sustainability initiatives.

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  MSE

  2003 — 2007

• The Johns Hopkins University

  BA

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Git
• Hadoop
• Agile Methodologies
• Elasticsearch
• Ruby on Rails
• Lawn Mowing
• Software Engineering
• Representational State Transfer (Rest)
• Sql
• Subversion
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• Rest
• Java
• Ruby
• Spring
• C
• Unix
• Software Development
• Python