Jonaed Iqbal

NoDegree.com

NoDegree.com is a career resource for people without college degrees. Search jobs, sort through career advice and more at NoDegree.com 

•	Design go-to-market-strategy and develop product roadmap, bootstrapping company to positive annual cashflows
•	Research SEO, marketing, branding, and affiliate marketing to prioritize content, features, and products
•	Spearhead website redesign with web development team using agile methodologies and adapting to changing markets
•	Place 50 sales, IT, marketing, and business development candidates at small and medium sized businesses
•	Develop, present 20+ networking and resume workshops to 500+ job seekers at nonprofit organizations
•	Create curriculum and teach summer high school classes to 60+ students on entrepreneurship and networking
•	Analyze Gallup Strength Finder reports and assist 52+ clients with career development goals/strategies
•	Write 300+ resumes in front of clients for 1K+ hours (2-6 hour sessions) and assist clients with career development strategies, landing clients jobs at Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Disney, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, and Tesla

Program Manager & Recruiter

•	Present 20+ networking and resume workshops to 500+ job seekers at nonprofit organizations
•	Teach summer high school classes to 60+ students on entrepreneurship, networking, and communication
•	Analyze Gallup Strength Finder reports and assist 52+ clients with career development goals/strategies
•	Write 300+ resumes in front of clients for 1K+ hours (2-6 hour sessions) and assist clients with job searching strategies, landing clients jobs at Amazon, Adorama, Coinbase, Disney, DraftKings, Google, Microsoft, Sony, Tesla, and the IRS

My process is very different.

If you are looking for someone who just writes a resume based off of a few job descriptions, that isn't me.  I will sit down with my clients for 3-6 hours and ask a lot of questions. I need to dig out their accomplishments to make them stand out. I write the resume in front of my clients so that they can see how it is done.

Career Coach & Community Manager

No Degree? No Problem! The NoDegree Podcast helps those without degrees figure out the opportunities that are available to them. Get career advice and learn how to navigate and succeed without a degree. NoDegree will interview successful people without college degrees to figure what made them successful. Learn how they got into their respective fields and listen to the advice they have so you can follow in their path. 

•	Notable Guests: JT McCormick (Scribe Media CEO), Demetrious Johnson (UFC Fighter), Sheridan Clayborne (LendTable)
•	Release 90 episodes and interview CEOs, founders, employees, entrepreneurs, and professional athletes without college degrees, generating 250K+ downloads

Podcast Host

Ace Virtual Agency

ACE was created to bring premier virtual events to companies that need exceptional virtual events. 
 
With a strong background in the physical event world, marketing, and strategy, we apply our deep knowledge to every event produced for our clients. Our team has done 300+ events.
 
ACE can handle everything from virtual networking events to full, turnkey, virtual conference solutions. We made it happen many times before, and we will do the same for you.

• Partner with Remo engineering team to define/prioritize features, customer needs, and architectural improvements • Collaborate with 3 partners to generate $1M+ in sales from event management, tech support, and consulting services 
• Train and mentor 30+ college students and working professionals on tech support, careers, and communication 
• Hire team of 80+ through referrals and word of mouth globally
• Deliver exceptional customer service, resulting in recurring business and events from 22 clients • Host virtual careers with 300+ attendees and speakers from Google, Microsoft, Tesla, NBC, NASA, LinkedIn, and Twitch • Host 300+ virtual events with 30-1K+ attendees for global clients (nonprofits, associations, enterprises)

Content Strategist

EOS Network Foundation

•	Develop social audio strategy and host Twitter spaces,
•	Research, script, and shoot content creation course on learn portal to support UGC initiatives and ambassador program
•	Foster relationships with Web3/blockchain community and generate repeat speakers on social audio 
•	Interview 10 Web3 professionals on blockchain, industry trends, forecasts, and marketing strategies
•	Conduct LinkedIn strategy workshops for marketing and developer relations departments

Developer Advocate

NHP Talent Group

Recruiter

Amazon

MetLife

•	Modeled $50B+ of monthly liabilities and future sales assumptions for 5 products using company interest rates
•	Utilized VBA to reduce time spent on monthly processes by 50% (10 hours weekly) and improve reporting infrastructure
•	Consolidated liabilities, assets, expenses, and net investment income to report projected earnings for 7 institutional finance products and present variances and insights to senior executives and key business partners

Actuarial Analyst

Today’s Tutors Tomorrow’s Teachers (Queens College Tutoring Club)

Recruited by the club president to tutor students in high school, undergraduate and graduate mathematics courses
•	Condensed 5 hours of lecture material into hourly tutoring sessions resulting in an average 22 point increase in scores
•	Taught students how to apply mathematical theories through real world applications

Tutor

@NoDegree.com | Recruiting Nontraditional Talent That Transforms Businesses | Host @The NoDegree Podcast | ATS Executive Resumes | Resume, Job Search, & LinkedIn optimization course on website | 290+ LinkedIn Reviews

Giving is my fuel.

I felt like I was locked in a cage, producing excel reports for executives that looked at them for just a few seconds at most. I wasn’t impacting anyone. My future was bound to be filled with useless meetings as the core of my personality, my passion for helping people, wasted away.

Did you know that 95% of job postings are inaccurate and misleading? The job search and interview process is broken. Many good candidates pass over listings because they don’t feel they’re good enough and, instead, unfit candidates apply. There is also a stigma associated with people without college degrees, who’re most often left behind as a result. You wouldn't judge your mechanic by his/her ability to pass a math test, would you? 

For job seekers who are seeking employment or looking to transition, NoDegree provides customized career strategy assistance. 

For businesses who need assistance with their recruiting and interview process, NoDegree’s role allows you to gain a competitive advantage by having “the right” employee. While you focus on your company culture and bottom line, the candidate you need for your business is being filtered and found. 

Most recruiters just try to push candidates through so they can get their fee. NoDegree is different. Through the established relationship with the candidate, knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses, NoDegree only places them in environments that they will excel in.

NoDegree works with companies that see past the college degree. Companies like Google, VaynerMedia, IBM and others are on the forefront of this new trend. I am a fierce advocate for extraordinary individuals who have chosen to bypass the traditional college route and go straight into impacting the world. 

I remember all the people that were kind to me and my mission is to make a difference in companies and in lives. Empathy makes the world a better place and I’m proud to be a contributor. My dream of giving for a living has come true in so many ways. 

Let’s connect. I have not hit the 30K connection limit. Send me a message if you feel we can work together. I will provide the highest level of service because that's what you deserve.

https://link.chtbl.com/TheNoDegreePodcast

Talent Program Manager

WP Engine

* Genesis Custom Blocks, 2020-present, main developer, React and PHP
https://github.com/studiopress/genesis-custom-blocks
Joined WP Engine in order to create this plugin, based on the Block Lab plugin I worked on with Luke Carbis and Rob Stinson.

* Pattern Manager, 2023, React and PHP
https://github.com/studiopress/pattern-manager

* Open Source Contributions, 2022-2023: Refactoring React components to TypeScript
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+author%3Akienstra+

* WP SVN CircleCI® Orb, 2022, main developer
Deploys WordPress plugins to WordPress.org SVN, and bumps the 'Tested up to' version without doing a full deployment.
Enabled us to deploy 11 version bumps in an hour, where it was impossible before.

Senior Software Engineer

* AMP Plugin for WordPress, 2018-2020, WordPress Engineer, PHP and React
Awarded the Google Open Source Peer Bonus Award for working on this.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6608689586552037376/
https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp

* News Corp Australia, 2015-2016, started in QA and became a Front-end engineer in Twig and Sass
An enterprise WordPress network, with 600 million page views a month.
https://xwp.co/work/news-corp-australia-spp/

Senior WordPress Engineer

Senior Software Engineer | JavaScript and Clojure

JavaScript and Clojure engineer with 8 years experience in software.
* Joined WP Engine to create a fork of a project that my friends and I worked on before, Block Lab
* Google Open Source Peer Bonus Award for working with Google on the AMP Plugin for WordPress
* Created Local CI, a VS Code extension in TypeScript with 12,000 installs that debugs CI/CD locally

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