Andreas Fruth
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Graz, Austria
Toptal member since October 31, 2018
Andreas was the marketing manager of a well-established software company then he began a PhD program which led him to programming. He is now a full-stack JavaScript developer with a decade of experience and a CTO for a growing startup. Andreas is passionate about JavaScript and specializes in building MVPs using React, Node.js, Meteor, and REST APIs. Having both marketing and development experience, he builds great user-oriented products.
Portfolio
Experience
- HTML - 12 years
- CSS - 12 years
- JavaScript - 10 years
- MongoDB - 7 years
- Node.js - 6 years
- REST APIs - 5 years
- GraphQL - 3 years
- React - 3 years
Work Experience
CTO
Schrott24
- Created a full operational MVP platform for order processing; complete with dashboards, workflow, and a third-party system integration.
- Managed a team of developers.
- Built multiple front-end interfaces for various user types.
- Set up the entire CI and deployment workflow.
- Defined and architected the entire operational system.
Freelance Full-stack MVP Developer
Freelance Work
- Developed, in a team, a working MVP for a text classification app using NLP and ML; I built the consumer-facing part, Vimeo.com/134576676.
- Built a VR launcher for GearVR using Unity.
- Constructed a children's story Android app, Ursul Pacalit de Vulpe.
- Developed the MVP for a social gaming platform, including SMS sending and receiving, and projecting statistics on fieldside panels at football matches.
- Worked as a member of Respondly, a communication enabling startup in San Francisco.
- Built a Meteor-based MVP of an eCommerce store for an Austrian company.
- Developed, in a team, an MVP of an internal real-estate social platform.
- Participated as a team in multiple hackathons—building working MVP's.
- Consulted on the project management of the development of a product for a leading Romanian healthcare organization, Regina Maria.
Chief Marketing Officer | Developer
Softeh Plus
- Built a mobile patient account app for a large Romanian healthcare organization, Regina Maria; used Titanium and JavaScript.
- Helped build an online patient account portal for the same healthcare organization, Regina Maria.
- Developed another mobile patient account app for a different Romanian healthcare organization, IXIA Medica; used Titanium and JavaScript.
- Constructed a REST API using C# and ASP.NET which serves secure medical data.
- Produced a fully functional website/app for a large Romanian healthcare organization, Sanador.
- Spearheaded the marketing department; personally recruited a team of six and set the long-term marketing strategy as well as the short-term implementations of said strategy.
- Defined the image and branding strategy of the company, including the promotional materials, packaging, websites, and more.
- Conducted market research campaigns and customer satisfaction surveys and used the results to amend the marketing strategies.
- Managed the relationships with large partners like Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and Orange and also with the company's network of over 60 national distributors all over Romania.
- Participated in numerous trade fairs and expositions while promoting the company's products.
- Project-managed multiple tech projects.
- Product-managed various company products.
Project History
Thoughtly Ellipse
Course Shop and Management Application
https://www.paleologu.comI used Vue and Nuxt.js for the front end and Directus for the back end.
Phigitals
Safestmenu
I built the entire system using React, Node.js, OpenAI APIs, and MUI.
Education
PhD Degree in Economics (Marketing)
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania
Master's Degree in European Integration (European Business and Law)
Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University - Bucharest, Romania
Bachelor's Degree in International Business and Economics
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania
Certifications
Certificate of Completion: SQL Fundamentals
SoloLearn
Project Manager
Autoritatea Națională Pentru Calificări
edX Verified Certificate for Programming with C#
edX, Microsoft
Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation 10.1.3 Sales Specialist
Oracle
Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation 10.1.3 Presales Specialist
Oracle
Authorized Trainer
Gaudeamus International
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, REST APIs, React, Google Maps API, Google Cloud API, Facebook API, Web3.js, Vue, Google Maps, WebRTC
Tools
Mongoose, Figma, Vue CLI
Languages
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, HTML5, SQL, GraphQL, Lua, Python, C#.NET, PHP 5
Frameworks
Titanium, Next.js, Express.js, React Native, Nuxt.js, Tailwind CSS, ASP.NET, Material UI
Paradigms
Rapid Prototyping, REST, Testing, Agile Software Development
Platforms
Meteor, WordPress, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Directus
Storage
JSON, MongoDB, NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Other
Prototyping, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Full-stack, CTO, SaaS, APIs, API Integration, Integration, Front-end, Software Architecture, API Testing, Gatsby, Apollo, Blaze, 2D Graphics, Payment APIs, Card Payments, App Integration, Web App UI
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