Ray Villalobos

Ray Villalobos Ray Villalobos is an influencer

Generative AI, Prompt Engineering and Full Stack Development. LinkedIn Top Voice. Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn, Instructor at Stanford University.

DeLand, Florida, United States
51K followers 500+ connections

About

As a Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning, I leverage my expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Full-stack Development, GitHub, and social media to produce high-quality content that helps learners achieve their goals and advance their careers.

I have created over 130 courses focusing on various technologies including Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, JavaScript, Angular, React and GitHub. I have also led a team that worked with GitHub to add repositories to our technology courses, enhancing the practice environment and the collaboration opportunities for our learners.

I have pioneered innovative courses, such as JavaScript as a Second Language, which brought a graphics-based approach to teaching. I have also used various tools, such as newsletters, streaming, posts, and the feed, to build a growing and engaged audience on the LinkedIn platform.

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  • It's PLAI time

    It's PLAI time

    Since I've started teaching about Artificial Intelligence at LinkedIn and Stanford, I get a lot of questions about how…

  • The Ubiquitous 360

    The Ubiquitous 360

    I meet lots of people who wonder if AI will be a fad, like Web3 or other past technology bubbles. However, AI is…

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  • The Subtle Changes

    The Subtle Changes

    Many important changes go unnoticed, but they can be indicative of AI's future direction. Some of these don't seem…

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  • The AI Edit

    The AI Edit

    When AI does something you weren't expecting it sort of shocks you. I wasn't really expecting it to be good at a lot of…

    9 Comments
  • The 2024 Paradox

    The 2024 Paradox

    We got a decade of activity in 2023 with Chat GPT exploding into the scene, becoming the fastest growing product in the…

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  • The Auspicious Reboot

    The Auspicious Reboot

    I know. It's been a while since I posted an episode of the newsletter and so much has happened since.

    2 Comments
  • Hold on to Your Bots

    Hold on to Your Bots

    Last year, I thought I'd start 2023 with a new series..

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Experience

  • Stanford University Graphic

    Contract Instructor/Teacher

    Stanford University

    - Present 1 year 8 months

    United States

    At Stanford University, I teach a variety of technical topics focusing on Generative AI, Pro Prompting, GitHub and Chat GPT.

  • LinkedIn

    LinkedIn

    9 years 8 months

    • LinkedIn Graphic

      Senior Staff Instructor

      LinkedIn

      - Present 13 years 4 months

      Deland, FL

      • Created over 140 courses focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Front End Development and Full Stack Design

      * More than 1 million learners with top performing courses on technology topics.

      • Led a team that worked with GitHub to add repositories to our technology courses. Worked with national and international stakeholders to create the vision and delivered hundredths of courses with GitHub repositories to help our students take advantage of the GitHub platform.

      • Pioneered…

      • Created over 140 courses focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Front End Development and Full Stack Design

      * More than 1 million learners with top performing courses on technology topics.

      • Led a team that worked with GitHub to add repositories to our technology courses. Worked with national and international stakeholders to create the vision and delivered hundredths of courses with GitHub repositories to help our students take advantage of the GitHub platform.

      • Pioneered the use of practice environments using Compilr, added practice environments through CodePen and GitHub CodeSpaces.

      • Created innovative courses including JavaScript as a Second Language, which brought a graphics based approach to teaching.

      • Social Media innovator, exploring the use of tools like Newsletters, Streaming, Posts and the feed to build a growing engaged audience.

    • LinkedIn Graphic

      Staff Author, Lynda.com

      LinkedIn

      - 11 months

      Deland, FL

      Created more than 50 courses as Full Stack Web Development/Design Teacher, Speaker, Workshop Trainer and Writer.

  • Entravision Communications Graphic

    Director of Multimedia

    Entravision Communications

    - 7 years 2 months

    • Created a network of radio and TV station sites for Hispanic Media in the East Coast.

    • Managed licensing agreements for live streaming of music from ASCAP, SESAC and BMI.

    • Created a social media platform to help build engagement in our different markets.

    • Oversaw a series of contests to build awareness and recognition of the brand in the different markets.

    • Managed a team of FTEs, Producers an Interns in our radio markets including: Boston, Philadelphia, Tampa,…

    • Created a network of radio and TV station sites for Hispanic Media in the East Coast.

    • Managed licensing agreements for live streaming of music from ASCAP, SESAC and BMI.

    • Created a social media platform to help build engagement in our different markets.

    • Oversaw a series of contests to build awareness and recognition of the brand in the different markets.

    • Managed a team of FTEs, Producers an Interns in our radio markets including: Boston, Philadelphia, Tampa, Washington DC, and Orlando.

  • Senior Interactive Designer

    Tribune Interactive/The Orlando Sentinel

    - 6 years 1 month

    Orlando, Florida, United States

    • Designed the flagship websites for the Orlando market, including OrlandoSentinel.com and elSentinel.com.

    • Created innovative games and interactive projects for the editorial team.

    • Led a team that built websites for newspaper clients such as The Florida Panthers, Central Florida YMCA, The City of Orlando and The Orlando Arena.

    • Worked in the news room with writers and producers to create interactive projects.

    • Won a Society for New Design award for one of my…

    • Designed the flagship websites for the Orlando market, including OrlandoSentinel.com and elSentinel.com.

    • Created innovative games and interactive projects for the editorial team.

    • Led a team that built websites for newspaper clients such as The Florida Panthers, Central Florida YMCA, The City of Orlando and The Orlando Arena.

    • Worked in the news room with writers and producers to create interactive projects.

    • Won a Society for New Design award for one of my interactive projects

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Publications

  • Net Magazine

    Writer

    Authoring a number of articles focused on Front End Development and Full Stack Development topics including articles on Bootstrap, Front End JavaScript and Design Frameworks.

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  • Lynda.com/LinkedIn Courses

    Lynda.com

    Produce front end and full stack development courses for Lynda.com/LinkedIn including courses on Bootstrap, AngularJS, React, Sass, PostCSS, GulpJS, Grunt, NPM, Node & ExpressJS, D3 as well as a focus on JavaScript with courses on Functions, The DOM, Events, AJAX, JSON and more. Some of my courses have been translated to German and Japanese.

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Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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