Jeffrey Wescott is a Berkeley-based technology leader and engineering executive currently serving as VP of Engineering at Expel. With more than a decade of leadership experience, he has built and scaled engineering organizations—from interim Head of Engineering at Stellic to VP-level roles at Lattice and Splunk—across frontend, backend, data, and platform domains. His entrepreneurial track includes co-founding cine.io (acquired in 2015) and Zivity, giving him a pragmatic blend of product leadership and startup execution. An active open-source contributor, he has worked on backend refactoring for mongo-express, upgrading its routing to Express 4 and improving base URL handling. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Bucknell University and is based in Berkeley, California.
13 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BCSE Computer Science and Engineering, BCSE Computer Science and Engineering at Bucknell University
Web-based MongoDB admin interface, written with Node.js and Express
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jeffrey primarily focused on refactoring and updating the backend code of the mongo-express application. They upgraded the application to Express 4 routing style, ensuring the proper propagation of the base URL. Significant changes were made to `routes/collection.js` and `router.js` to manage routing, database interactions, and user interface elements. These commits demonstrate a strong understanding of the application's architecture and core functionalities.
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