Hi! 👋 My name's

John
Ragone

Profile of John Ragone

Bio

I like to run, and I work as a software engineer in Detroit ðŸŊ. I recently graduated with my Master of Science in Computer Science from USC. My career goal is the reduction of the cost barrier to personal computing.

Experience

Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Software Development Engineer II July 01, 2024 - Present
Software Development Engineer I September 26, 2022 - July 01, 2024
Filtered, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer June 01, 2022 - September 23, 2022
Software Engineer June 14, 2021 - June 01, 2022
Software Engineering Intern June 01, 2020 - August 21, 2020
Software Engineering Intern June 03, 2019 - August 20, 2019
MoQuality, Inc.
Software Engineering Intern May 29, 2018 - September 12, 2018
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Quality Engineering Intern July 01, 2017 - August 11, 2017

Education

University of Southern California
MS in computer science Fall, 2021 - Spring, 2023
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
BSE in computer science
Minor in physics
Fall, 2017 - Spring, 2021
Phillips Exeter Academy
High school diploma Fall, 2013 - Spring, 2017

Projects

Fontaine Compute (in development)
Founder September, 2025 - Present
John Ragone's Blog
Author December 30, 2023 - Present
Metaverse research
Lead student researcher May 18, 2022 - September 26, 2022
Project Paladin
Lead student researcher September 01, 2020 - December 19, 2020
Michigan Men's Rowing website
Webmaster Spring, 2020 - Spring, 2021
Competitive Farming
Student project lead Spring, 2020
Epic Gaming Dungeon
The Legend of Zelda
Student co-author January, 2020
Russell Norvig Exploratorium
Student project lead Spring, 2017
Wilhan Jomas Arcade
Student project lead Winter, 2017
Retro Dragon Arcade 3000
Student project lead Fall, 2016

Interests

🏃 Running
ðŸšī Biking
🏊 Swimming
🧑‍ðŸģ Cooking
📕 Reading
ðŸŠī Gardening
ðŸĪē Volunteering
⚡ïļ Electronics
🚗 Cars