Benjamin Conant

Daily investment competitions based on real time stock market data.
• Winner of Openshift's gold sponsor prize at the 2015 Fin-tech Hackathon, hosted by Betterment
• Integrated real time stock data from xignite API with Node.js, Express.js
• Implemented live updating stock leaderboard with Angular.js
• Deployed @ http://valueleague-valueleague.rhcloud.com/

Yelp style geolocation map app for SNAP/EBT users.
• Winner of Hack Harlem, a Harlem Business Alliance and Hacker League sponsored hackathon
• Parsed government CSV into MongoDB containing all SNAP/EBT stores in USA with Node.js
• Displayed SNAP/EBT stores in Yelp style map/detail interface with Angular.js, Google Maps API
• Deployed @ http://snapmapper.herokuapp.com/

Mobile-first platform for real-time multi-player gaming.
• Implemented cross-client data syncing with Node.js, Angular.js, Socket.io
• Designed Express.js/MongoDB backend for lag free game-play
• Employed Twillio API to allow game entrance through URL sent via SMS
• Deployed @ http://boardgamehub.herokuapp.com/

Search, customization, and sharing utility for animated GIF images.
• Winner of January 2015 Fullstack Academy of Code Personal Project Hackathon
• Linked SMS and email using Node.js/Express.js and integration of Twillio and Mandrill APIs
• Implemented asynchronous search access to millions of GIFs using Angular.js, Gifly API
• Facilitated server-side conversion of user defined HTML to animated GIF using Node.js, Phantom,js
• Deployed @ http://fuzzies.herokuapp.com/

Demo e-commerce site with credit card processing and redeemable gift codes.
• Winner of Fullstack Academy of Code E-commerce Hackathon
• Built admin panel with seamless CRUD of products, orders, users using full MEAN stack
• Designed store's cart and cart mini dropdown using material design for Angular.js
• Deployed @ http://swiftcard.herokuapp.com/

Programmatically generated quiz game based on top stories in today's New York Times.
• Winner of 2014 New York Times Developer's Hackathon
• Generated 3000 quiz questions with 10 GET requests using MEAN stack and New York Times API
• Presented app at live demo in front of judges and 80+ contestants
• Deployed @ https://theknowyorktimesquiz.herokuapp.com/

Robotic arm that responds to a combination of natural language and gestural inputs.
• Winner of the 2012 Vassar College Robotics Challenge
• Designed system of vector equations to model human gestures in three space
• Coordinated efforts of three-person team keeping the project on schedule and under budget
• Integrated Arduino micro-controller with XBOV Kinect SDK allowing Armvark to locate and manipulate object that user indicates with 'pointing' gesture
• Video Demo @… Show more

Robotic arm that responds to a combination of natural language and gestural inputs.
• Winner of the 2012 Vassar College Robotics Challenge
• Designed system of vector equations to model human gestures in three space
• Coordinated efforts of three-person team keeping the project on schedule and under budget
• Integrated Arduino micro-controller with XBOV Kinect SDK allowing Armvark to locate and manipulate object that user indicates with 'pointing' gesture
• Video Demo @ http://alums.vassar.edu/news/2011-2012/120709-robotics-challenge.html Show less