John Mikos

Hi, I'm John!

Entrepreneur, educator, and engineer passionate about bringing innovative projects to life. Lifelong creative blending technical expertise with imaginative problem-solving.

Ventures & Products

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Howpah

Proactive AI-Powered Productivity & Collaboration

AI Focused Consulting Firm

Active Collaboration

Work Experience

Lewis University

August 2024 - current

Adjunct Faculty, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Instructed over 45 students in fundamental computer science principles, including algorithms, data structures, and programming methodologies, cultivating a deep technical proficiency and analytical problem-solving abilities.
Instructed Introduction to Computer Science (CPSC 20000) and Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (CPSC 24500) courses, guiding students through the development of real-world applications and projects.

ChattyNotes

April 2024 - current

Co-Founder and CEO

Founded and led ChattyNotes, driving product development, market research, and business strategy from concept to launch.
Defined and executed product vision, creating a service that addressed meeting inefficiencies and delivered measurable value to early adopters.
Built and managed a cross-functional team of 6 to successfully bring a product to market.

Neuronable Solutions

October 2022 - current

Co-Founder and COO

Utilized artificial intelligence knowledge and experience to drive value to businesses in 3 different industries
Created and managed all legal, tax, sales, and logistical documents providing efficienct structure
Provided adaptable and efficient development to have reoccuring customers and profitability
Utilized: Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, UiPath, AWS

Capital One

March 2022 - November 2023

Senior Associate Software Engineer

Led onboarding of new retailer’s credit card letter templates & functionality, responsible for 1,000+ letters per day
Developed & supported development environments in AWS to reliably test & send 100,000+ automated letters daily
Proposed machine learning projects to reduce the manual effort of letter processing
Participated in routine technical recovery sessions late nights to test resiliency of team databases
Utilized: Java, Bogie, AWS ECS + EC2, AWS Lambda, AWS RDS

Motorola Solutions

May 2021 - March 2022

Software Engineer

Coordinated feature pipeline for company chatbot, techBOT, between three different development teams
Designed a fully automated chatbot experience that served 6k+ employees daily utilizing IBM Watson Assistant
Enacted machine learning policies that enabled 6,500 manhours savings in 2021 across 100+ different teams
Expanded chatbot capabilities by enabling IBM cloud products beyond IBM Watson Assistant
Utilized: IBM Watson Assistant, Python, AWS Lambda, IBM Watson Discovery, UiPath, JS, HTML, CSS, React, NodeJS

Motorola Solutions

June 2020 - May 2021

Chatbot Developer (Intern/Co-Op)

Developed and deployed an efficient chatbot experience for over 1,700 global users of the company chatbot, Motbot
Onboarded IBM Watson Assistant as the main language model and routing of conversations for Motbot
Developed a website with easy User Interface to display real-time analytics of Motbot to Business Relation Managers
Utilized: IBM Watson Assistant, Python, AWS Lambda, IBM Watson Discovery, UiPath, JS, HTML, CSS, React, NodeJS

Loyola University Chicago

January 2019 - May 2020

Provost Fellow

Developed Java code to read large datasets to find a correlation between time and packet size
Created a Google Chrome extension, mainly using JavaScript, that records a user’s browsing history
Utilized: Java, JavaScript, Chrome API, HTML, CSS, Linux, SQL

Scuba U

October 2014 - October 2019

Technology Coordinator and Sales Associate

Designed store website and advertisements to increase customer outreach
Consult with customers on their needs and make appropriate recommendations

Education

Loyola University Chicago

2021 - 2022

Master's Degree of Computer Science (Focus in Artificial Intelligence)

3.83 / 4.00
Groups & Activities: President of RIF Quant Team, President of Graduate Student Advisory Council

Loyola University Chicago

2017 - 2021

Bachelor's Degree of Computer Science Bachelor's Degree of Theroetical Physics & Applied Mathematics

3.86 / 4.00 – Dean’s List 2017 - 2021
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 4.00 / 4.00
Bachelor of Science in Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics, 3.81 / 4.00
Groups & Activities: Treasurer of Mathematics & Statistics Club, Treasurer of Physics Club, Treasurer of LUTech

John F. Kennedy High School

2013 - 2017

IB Diploma

5.43 / 4.00 – Valedictorian
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Diploma Recipient
Activities and societies: Captain Boys Water Polo, President of National Honor Society, President of Polish Club, Boys Swim Team, Math Team, and founded handball, chess, and movie clubs.

Skills

Python

SQL

Typescript

Node.js

React

Python

SQL

Typescript

Node.js

React

Python

SQL

Typescript

Node.js

React

Python

SQL

Typescript

Node.js

React

Java

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

AWS

Agile

Java

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

AWS

Agile

Java

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

AWS

Agile

Java

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

AWS

Agile

Contact

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