Eric Preston
Principle Software Engineer at Turnitin
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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SeniorEric Preston is a principal software engineer with over 30 years of experience delivering production software across enterprise and education technology. He has spent the last 15 years building tools for teachers and learners, and for the past three years led developer relations at Blackboard to help 3rd-party developers build integrations using REST APIs and EdTech standards like LTI and Caliper. He actively shapes the industry by serving on 1EdTech (IMS Global) standards committees and representing Anthology in EdTech technology groups. Based in the Greater Madison Area, he combines hands-on software delivery with strategic developer advocacy and standards leadership. His career spans roles from chief architect at TheServerSide to senior engineering positions at Blackboard, Xythos, Borland, and beyond, demonstrating a track record of shipping scalable solutions. He is an engaging speaker at conferences, translating complex education technologies into practical guidance.
9 years of coding experience
37 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (67)
node-js10
testing10
blackboard10
caliper10
api9
docker-desktop9
lti9
rest-api9
nodejs9
embedding7
redisearch7
documentation7
redis7
notebook6
nlp6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
blackboard/BBDN-LTI-Tool-Provider-Node
Dec 2016 - Oct 2022
A node.js LTI Tool Provider for testing LTI launches, Caliper, and Outcomes.
Contributions:14 reviews, 118 commits, 86 PRs in 5 years 11 months
providerlaunchesnode-jslti-tooltesting
ewpreston/BBDN-LTI-Tool-Provider-Node
Dec 2016 - Jan 2019
A node.js LTI Tool Provider for testing LTI launches, Caliper, and Outcomes.
Contributions:13 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
providerlaunchesnode-jslti-tooltesting
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