Hi, I'm Jacob Flores
I'm a product manager for work, an engineer by training, and a poet by practice.
Projects
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adæpt
An experimental retail and service design cooperative, providing a makerspace and software for creative portfolio development
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Wordpress
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Facebook Advertising
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Pop-Up Vendor Supplies
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Retail Inventory
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Workshop Curricula
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Mighty Networks
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Surveying & Interviews
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Customer Personas
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Empathy Mapping
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Design Thinking
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User Acceptance Testing
My Role
Lead designer, software architect, and business founder
Main Goal
Build a resource & networking growth framework for the young natives of gentrifying cities
"This is a resource I wish I had back when I was first starting my brand" - Edward B., Founder of Rahma Blends
Jukebocracy
Jukebocracy turns the dive bar jukebox into a digital game happening at the bar in real time. With Jukebocracy preloaded at every seat in a bar, the music will arrive democratically.
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Node.js
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Express.js
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Sequelize
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MySql DB
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Heroku Cloud Deployment
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Scrum/Sprint Planning
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Human Centered Design
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User Acceptance Testing
My Role
UX Designer and Lead Backend Engineer
Main Goal
To create a prototype that could be trialed by real users within 2 weeks
User Feedback
"This is a really fluid early prototype" - Ethan L., Developer at Oculus Rift
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Laser Foosball
Ideated and delivered in 6 months to stakeholders and over 13k attendees at the first STEAM Carnival
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Adobe Illustrator for laser cut files
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Acrylic panels
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Welded Metal Frame
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Arduino for sensors and LED Strips
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Lasers and Fog
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Design Research
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Game Design Thinking
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Play Testing
My Role
Product Manager, Designer, and Engineer
Main Goal
Deliver a functional game concept for the STEAM Carnival
"The idea is simple and genius at the same time. You rotate the mirrors to redirect laser beams to make it into your opponent’s goal. Some of the mirrors have blocking panels on them enabling you to play defense, but obviously this impacts your offense too.” - Ben D., Writer at Hackaday
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Proudly from Long Beach, California, I've worked with the nonprofit Uncoded and the Economic Development Commission as a board member and commissioner respectively. I hold that technology as an industry must design with social equity and systemic impacts in mind.
I studied biomedical engineering for my undergraduate degree because I want to build a machine that records dreams while you sleep. That ambition hasn’t gone away.
