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Jonathan Maciel
Jonathan Maciel was a 2014 independent candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Rhode Island. He failed to file before the deadline.[1]
Biography
Maciel was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. While attending King Philip Regional High School, he performed quantitative research on the hydrometeorological cycle of a local brook. He was able to later present his findings at the Northeast Storm Conference in Burlington, Vermont and at the American Meteorological Society in Atlanta, Georgia.
Upon graduation from high school, he attended Lydon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont. Maciel's involvement in politics began in college. As a freshman and sophomore, he was elected as a student senator in the Student Government Association. As a junior, he was elected to the executive board as secretary of the SGA, and as a senior, he was elected president. As a member of the SGA, he entertained Senator Bernie Sanders and attended meetings at the Vermont state capital to discuss student issues with the governor and lieutenant governor. He also participated in weekly meetings with then College President Carol Moore.
Maciel graduated from Lyndon State College in 2009. He received a B.S. in computer information systems/technology and a B.A. in applied mathematics. He also minored in Meteorology.[2][3]
Career
Following graduation from college, in 2009, Maciel began work as a technical support representative for CVS/Caremark in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He assisted store and pharmacy employees with technical issues.
In 2010, he began a contract role as an infrastructure analyst for Mercer in Norwood, Massachusetts. At Mercer, Maciel assisted in a multitude of technical areas including storage, networking, server systems and virtualization.
At the end of 2011, Maciel received an internal promotion to work full-time as the global test lab engineer for the MMC Global Technology Infrastructure in Franklin, Massachusetts.[3]
Education
- B.S. computer information systems/meteorology, B.A. applied mathematics, Lyndon State College, 2009
Elections
2014
Maciel ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Rhode Island's 1st District. He failed to file before the deadline.[1]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jonathan + Maciel + Rhode Island + Congress"
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rhode Island Secretary of State, "Candidates for Representative In Congress District 1," accessed June 25, 2014
- ↑ Maciel for Congress, "About Jonathan," accessed October 13, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on October 8, 2013"
