patrick ruggiero

As a student, worked for a well-known optometry office, where I was responsible for all clerical work and in charge of inventory management.

I worked on several assignments, touching on both human rights law, psychology and business. I wrote a policy for the Judicial Inspectorate, oversaw the training of Independent Prison Visitors (IPVs) and worked closely with the full-time staff to help improve prison conditions in South Africa. I also wrote a full training manual on Prison Rape in South African Prisons, which touched on the sensitivities of obtaining and making use of such taboo cultural topics. I applied my knowledge in Psychology to the sensitive prison structure and the understanding of how to deal with the psychopathologies that develop from prison rape and the power struggle that goes with it.

* Founded Musclr, an iOS niche matchmaking app. Development entirely in Swift, incorporating the main features: * Creating a profile, adding a photo, gallery creation and more * Browse nearby users, shown based on preference * Chat instantly with unlimited members, real-time * Block and Manage members who the user would prefer not to chat with * Keep track of favourite members by creating a fav list * Find the perfect match by playing the Musclr Game - under 'Play,' guys from the Musclr community will be shown one at a time, sorted by distance. Swipe and drag the user's photo to the right to like and left to reject. If both choose each other, they'll have a new match

* Acting as Developer for a new niche Matchmaking app: * An iOS app catered to young socialites in Russia, as well as Russian speaking countries. The app will allow users to connect by anonymous matchmaking, as well as location-based chat services. The main features of the app include: * Listing users according to their distance * Real-time one-on-one chat * User Profile & Extended Gallery * Anonymous matchmaking via swipe accept/reject 'Match Stacks' * Once two users like each other, they both get notified and can chat with each other * Users choose Gender / What they are interested in when signing up, and see filtered results according to their preferences * In Russian, and will be marketed to the precise, distinct community; Currently in development

* An iOS app for guys to meet others in their area who are into wrestling, fighting, or meeting up - Coded in Swift and currently in Beta. * Main features of the app include: * Create a profile and add photos, info and a gallery * See a listing off all those closest to you, and instantly connect with other wrestlers or fighters in your area * See a listing of random online users by toggling the 'Online' tab * Check out a user's profile and favourite him, choose whether you'd like to wrestle with him, or mark him as a Past opponent who you've already wrestled with. * Chat with unlimited guys and keep track of all your messages from the start * Keep track of your past opponents or view others' past opponents from their profiles * Anonymously match-up and find other wrestlers who want to wrestle with you - if you've marked them as 'Want to Wrestle' and they've marked you, the guys will appear instantly in your 'Matches' tab.

Courses in Personnel Psychology, Czech Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Psychosocial Intervention and Metaphysics

Encompassing courses in Psychology, Neuroscience, Mathematics, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology & Physics

Courses in International Economics, International Marketing, E-Business, Mathematical Economics 
(Macro, Micro and Theory), Intellectual Property, International Trade and related fields