Curiosity Media
Kenan Shifflett is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in the tech industry, currently serving as Principal Software Engineer at Curiosity Media since December 2012, contributing to fluencia.com and its applications. Prior to this role, Kenan held positions at Project Performance Corporation from August 2002 to January 2011, where responsibilities included implementing Drupal 6 for public websites, developing custom modules, and integrating systems with Apache Solr. Earlier career experience includes work as an IT Developer at Jenzabar while attending James Madison University, where customizations for various applications were administered and developed. Kenan holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from James Madison University, earned in May 2002.
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Curiosity Media
By bringing together a world-class team of engineers, content experts, and data scientists Curiosity Media uses cutting-edge technology to build accurate, innovative solutions to help people communicate across Spanish and English. Our flagship product, SpanishDict.com, is the world's top destination for Spanish-English language learners andreaches more than 20 million people each month. Our most beloved features provide users with state-of-the-art language learning tools including dictionaries, flashcards, videos, quizzes, and games, which are all supported by an active, friendly community. Our language learning app, Fluencia, is built on learning theory and neuroscience and revolutionizes digital learning by providing the most effective way to learn Spanish online. We are bootstrapped, profitable, and growing quickly. Having brought our users the best Spanish-English reference materials for free, we are now striving for more: to provide a high-quality, curated, and fun learning experience free for everyone.What makes us different? Beyond our mission to transform the way people learn Spanish-English, we focus on our employees being themselves so they can focus on work. We have a casual dress code, flexible hours, stocked snacks, as well as monthly happy hours, and volunteer events. Additionally, the problems we solve are complex, so we have a strong commitment to ensuring employees never stop learning, including investments in professional development and other learning opportunities.