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I'm one of the people behind Edify, a company we built on the idea that good software is never just about code. I help steer the big-picture direction and keep things grounded—talking with clients, listening to the team, and trying not to lose the thread between strategy and the everyday. I've been working in tech for over 20 years. Started on the visual and interaction side, then got pulled into deeper engineering challenges. At one point, I was CTO and focused on internal tooling and standards so our team could ship consistently good work without burning out. I care about systems that work, but more than that, I care about the people building them. I like thoughtful processes, clear code, and teams that leave room for questions. I tend to get drawn to education and learning tools—maybe because they feel like they still matter when the laptop’s closed.

Edify Software Consulting 2010-04-01 — Current

Partner & Co-Founder

These days I mostly focus on where we're headed and how we get there; Business direction, long-term vision, and making sure our day-to-day doesn’t drift too far from what we believe in.

Edify Software Consulting 2010-04-01 — 2021-09-01

Chief Technology Officer

Focused on how we built software: dev experience, internal tools and compliance.

RoundBox Global 2008-11-01 — 2010-04-01

Senior Interactive Engineer

Led interactive development for large-scale educational products, working alongside designers and back-end engineers to build tools that actually helped people learn.

El Domo Comunicación 2005-01-01 — 2009-04-01

Chief Interactive Designer

Created interactive experiences and learning content for NGOs and corporate clients. A mix of design, code, and improvisation.

Highlights

Event Technologies 2007-04-01 — 2008-11-01

Senior Interactive Designer & Front-End Developer

Worked on video streaming interfaces and the kind of front-end development that lived somewhere between experiment and production.

Silver Arrow Marketing 2005-04-01 — 2007-04-01

Senior Web Developer

Led usability and front-end improvements on client websites. Mostly learning on the fly and making things work under pressure.

IMCTS 2004-03-01 — 2005-03-29

Senior Interactive & Web Designer

Did interface and interaction design for some big-name clients (Leo Burnett, Nike, Nakamichi...). Also learned that even Fortune 500 projects can be a mess behind the scenes.

Web Design Awards

Awarded 2006-01-15
by DesignFirms
Awarded for the design of Nakamichi.com

Gold Award

Awarded 2005-01-10
by American Design Awards
Awarded for the design of Nakamichi.com

Standard of Excellence

Awarded 2005-01-30
by Webaward
Awarded for the design of Nakamichi.com

Programming Languages

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Ruby

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • CouchDB
  • SQL Server

Front End & Web Technologies

  • React
  • Vue.js
  • Modern JavaScript
  • CSS3
  • HTML5

Design

  • Creative direction
  • Interaction design
  • User experience
  • Storytelling through interface
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Design systems
  • Visual consistency
  • Design–engineering flow

Infrastructure & Platform

  • AWS
  • CI/CD
  • DevOps principles

Leadership & Strategy

  • Leadership
  • Technical strategy
  • Team building
Spanish
ILR Level 5 – Native or bilingual proficiency
English
ILR Level 4 – Full professional proficiency
French
ILR Level 2 – Limited working proficiency

Professional

  • Instructional technology
  • Interaction design
  • User experience
  • Accessibility
  • Usability research

Personal

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Music composition
  • Sci-fi
  • Contemporary arts
  • Philosophy of culture

Jasson brings incredible technical ability to every opportunity. This is further fueled by his curiosity and for his passion to work efficiently and use the best tool for the job. In his work at Roundbox he quickly met every challenges placed before him, even when the challenges originated in foreign codebases brought by clients coming to us in need of rescue from failed code by previous vendors.

— Brian Hochhalter

Jasson is one of the brightest people I know. He is continually creative and innovative in solving issues related to interactive web-based user interfaces. He has one of the strongest design abilities I've ever seen when it comes to the user's experience with the systems he helps create.

— Brian Shaw

Working with Jasson -Yeco- is one of the easiest and most exciting things that I've done. He is incredibly good and committed to the projects and the company. You can always find great technical and leading support from Yeco. He has so much knowledge, and he's been always willing to share it.

— George Zoghaib

A brilliant front-end technologist with a passion for his art, Yeco will do what it takes to make it happen.

— David Coe

Jasson Cascante is truly a rock star when it comes to open source architecture and web-based software development. He did a phenomenal job of crafting an architectural structure for our web-based learning system with multiple layers of permissions and functionality.

— Doug Blumhardt

Jasson is a natural software scientist with true passion for technology and innovation. A highly knowledgeable guy with excellent teamwork and project management skills.

— Jairo Barahona

Jasson's ability to conceptualize and implement client wishes and goals on time and under budget was a great asset.

— Joshua Sutherland

Smart, polite, very detail oriented, excellent sense of visual design and technologically expert.

— Javier Cerdas

I continue to have the utmost confidence in Jasson Cascante as a knowledgeable and professional programmer and talented interactive web designer.

— Bryan Lanza

When it came time to redesign my web site, he came up with several options within my guidelines and delivered a result that surpassed expectations.

— Frank Duffy

Jasson provided exceptional design and above-and-beyond service. Communication was strong despite remote collaboration.

— Timothy Kincaid

Jason was an outstanding designer and contributor at all stages of projects, recommending creative solutions to make projects come alive.

— Robert Szmigiel