Nicholas Rase worked as a software developer and algorithm expert for Marte Et Arte LLC, where he was selected to develop a mission critical solution. Despite challenges like working remotely across time zones, Nicholas consistently delivered high quality work on time and with more features than requested. His code was well-documented and organized, and he ensured project management tools were always up to date. Nicholas' analytical and problem solving skills, along with strong communication, make him well-suited for development positions involving process optimization and minimizing algorithm complexity.

1. Marte Et Arte LLC,
852 Monte Vista
Irvine, CA 92602
6/18/2015
To whom it may concern,
I had the pleasure to work with Nicholas Rase as his direct supervisor at Marte Et Arte LLC.
Nicholas worked with us as a software developer and algorithm expert . He was selected to
develop a mission critical solution that is highly valuable for the growth of our company. There
were many challenges surrounding this particular project: its innovative nature, Nicholas being
completely new to our technological stack, and having to work telecommuting from two different
time zones.
I am glad to say that, despite these potential issues, Nicholas consistently exceeded
expectations, always delivering high quality work on time and with more features and depth of
analysis than requested. Specifically he analyzed the problems and came up with an algorithm
to solve them which was very well-documented with detailed workflows that he used to present
to the rest of the team. After being exposed to more information about the problem and several
brainstorming sessions with cross-functional teams, Nicholas adapted the solution to cover new
performance requirements and functionalities, and consistently provided high-quality, precise,
and complete technical documentation with the right level of abstraction based on the targeted
audience.
Nicholas quickly mastered our tooling suites and implemented the solutions using an MVC
architecture coded in Ruby on Rails consumed by both web application and mobile apps. His
code was well-documented, organized, and maintainable. He also followed our standards of
documenting changes in our repository, having them being detailed and concise. The agile
methodology was followed to manage this project. Nicholas made sure Jira was always up-to-
date with the latest information and promptly requested inputs when needed. When he was
blocked on a task waiting for more information, he proactively identified the best one to be
tackled next in order to not delay the overall delivery time.
In conclusion, Nicholas’ unique analytical and problem solving skills, paired with excellent
communication and people skills, give him an edge, for which I strongly recommend him for any
development position that involves not necessarily only coding but also process optimization
and minimizing complexity of the algorithms.
Nicholas is a go-getter, and I have no doubt that he is going to be very successful in his career.
We are sad to see him leaving but we are looking forward to working again with him in the
future.
Sincerely,
Fabio Mattiussi
President at Marte Et Arte LLC