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👋🏼 I’m Jacob!
I’m a Buffalo, NY-native, currently living in the great city of Philadelphia, PA with my wife, Katie, and three adorable monsters children. Philly is Katie’s hometown and a fantastic place to raise our growing family.
My former life early career was in documentary filmmaking and video production. I spent a number of years working at a small production company called Four Corners Media, where I wore a lot of hats (camera, editing, producing, etc) and traveled all over the globe, covering a wide variety of stores. Always happy to share some of my adventures if you’re ever interested in hearing more.
While at Four Corners, my colleagues and I started a web app called ScreeningRoom, which allows for collaboration of films in post-production. Through that process, I taught myself how to code and the nuances of software product development.
I loved building software so much that I decided to transition my career towards that full time and I’ve been doing it ever since! My most recent position was at a company called HealthVerity, which specializes in healthcare real-world data exchange, using really sophisticated privacy and patient linkage technologies. While at HV, I built out/architected a ton of new systems, often from the ground up and led teams in a formal management capacity as well.
I have a deep love for the creative process of building software that matters and delights its users, so I’m really excited to be doing just that at Fay.
In my personal life, when I’m not working my second job of raising my kids, I love noodling on a guitar/piano, rock climbing, and I am an active leader in my faith community. I value local neighborhood community a lot, so I may talk your ear off about my little nook of Philly: East Falls.