Jase Wilson PO Box 412434, Kansas City, MO 64141 | 913.226.0715 | jase@mit.

edu

Experience Luminopolis 2004–Present Kansas City, MO

•›  Founded and operated a web development agency
•›  Hired, trained, and managed three full-time employees
•›  Grew organization from 0 to $550,000 revenue with zero starting capital
•›  Kaufmann Foundation FastTrac entrepreneurial program 2005
•›  Started the Luminopolis Prize - annual $1,000 UMKC AUPD scholarship

Education MIT 2006–2008 Cambridge, MA

•›  Sep. 2008: Degree of Masters in City Design and Development (MCP '08)
•›  Dept of Urban Studies & Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
•›  Authored Thesis: Web 2.0 in Urban Design & Planning
•›  Emphasis on web development and its role in shaping sustainable cities
•›  Studios included consulting municipalities in India, China, and Italy on
technology infrastructure and sustainable energy production
•›  Coursework included intensive programming at the Computer Science /
Artificial Intelligence Lab (csail.mit.edu)
•›  Web Master for Anne Whiston Spirn, Lorlene Hoyt, and MIT CoLab

UMKC 2002–2005 Kansas City, MO

•›  Awarded B.A., Urban Planning & Design, with Honors
•›  Developed two school-funded research projects
•›  Founded Luminopolis as an undergraduate
•›  Served as VP for American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) KC
•›  Founded Planning + Design Students (PDS), the KC chapter of APA Students
•›  Published twice in regional culture publication Review

Skills Web Design, Development, and Strategy, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurial Ven-
tures, Urban Design, 3D Rendering, Photography, Grant Writing

Tools LAMP Stack (especially PHP), Javascript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, JSON,
WordPress, Drupal, Mediawiki, APIs for Google, Facebook, Twitter

Recognition Ingram's Magazine "20 in their Twenties" (Oct 2008); MIT Hugh Hampton
Young Fellowship nominee (Sep 2007); UMKC Honors graduate (2005)