Jason Root

• Currently own and operate my own health coaching and consulting business. I conduct health coaching sessions with clients both remotely and in person. I work with clients on a variety of physical and mental/emotional health and wellness topics which generally focus on an integrative approach to preventing and managing a wide variety of health conditions utilizing lifestyle medicine (functional nutrition, exercise, stress management, avoiding risky/toxic substances, sleep, and social health). Additionally, I run group coaching workshops centered toxic load reduction and general detoxification strategies using a combination of lifestyle medicine and nature-based strategies.

• Part time K-12 substitute teacher for Robbinsdale School District. Primarily focused on grades 6-8 with experience working with special education and students with mental/emotional and behavioral disorders.

• Various information technology tasks related to supporting on site hardware and cloud based communication, administration and website support for various indigenous-based non-profits in the environmental advocacy and sustainable agriculture sectors. (akiing.org, anishinaabeagriculture.org, giiwedinong.org)

• Worked as an Integrative Health and Wellness Coach within a retirement community to assist residents and staff with their health and wellness goals. Utilized skills such as Motivational Interviewing, Appreciative Inquiry and general coaching psychology to help work with clients navigate a variety of health-related topics such as nutrition, exercise, social health and mental/emotional health.

Previously worked as the lead Technology Coordinator for HonorEarth.org; an indigenous led environmental-based non profit organization.

• Job Duties include:
• Managing the technology workflows and processes for our base team of 25+ employees and various contractors using a variety of software and web/cloud based solutions.
• Internal/external website and database development utilizing platforms such as Salesforce and SquareSpace.
• External Mass Email communications using platforms such as NewMode and ActionNetwork.
• General Hardware and Software Support
• Creating and Presenting Tech based training for new employees
• An indigenous led environmental-based non profit organization.

• Worked as a Web Developer for the Home Mortgage and RCRM Groups developing internal Coldfusion and .NET based web applications to support and streamline internal business functions within Risk Management Data Analytics & Reporting on the company's intranet.

• Worked as a Web Developer supporting several internal and external web applications using Coldfusion, .NET, AS/400 & SQL Server as a back-end data system.

• Began my software development career at James Tower Media Design (part of Taylor Corp) as an intern supporting several small internal web applications using Coldfusion/SQL Server as well as some external sites using PHP/MySQL. After graduating in 2001 with a CIS degree, I moved into a full time Software Developer position continuing to develop software using primarily Coldfusion/HTML/Javascript and SQL.
• Also worked as a mentor training incoming interns on various development platforms utilized within the company.