Alexandru Gologan
Principal Architect at Wiley
Iași, Romania
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Top SchoolAlexandru Gologan is a Principal Architect based in Iași, Romania, with a decade of experience designing cloud-native platforms, mobile products and infrastructure for publishing, media and telecom clients. He currently shapes Wiley’s Research Publishing architecture and leads SRE/DevOps operations for AWS and Kubernetes-backed editorial services, blending hands-on platform work with team leadership. His background includes building Android TV and AOSP set-top solutions for major US telcos and leading mobile and streaming efforts at TiVo, plus delivering enterprise Android apps at Alfresco. An active contributor to open-source projects, he has improved OAuth/OpenID Android client tooling and modernized macOS WebView screensavers, showing a practical cross-platform mindset. Known for resolving deep integration and platform challenges, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a strong emphasis on operational reliability and continuous delivery.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Universitatea Tehnică „Gh. Asachi” din Iași
English, Romanian
Github Skills (22)
objective-c10
wkwebview10
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mobile-development10
openid-connect10
android-sdk10
android-development10
java10
javas10
android10
android-webview10
swift10
macos10
native-android10
oauth10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
openid/AppAuth-Android
Mar 2020 - Dec 2021
Android client SDK for communicating with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect providers.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:5 reviews, 59 commits, 44 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Alexandru primarily contributed to the Android client SDK for OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect providers. They implemented features like package visibility queries for SDK 30, end session support, and added the functionality to skip issuer HTTPS checks and nonce verification. The user also refactored the demo application to use the end-session endpoint only when available and updated the target SDK.
openidoidcoauth-2authenticationproviders
liquidx/webviewscreensaver
Dec 2019 - Jul 2021
Mac OS X Screen Saver powered by a Web View
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 30 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Alexandru primarily focused on enhancing and maintaining the macOS screensaver application. Their contributions involved migrating the existing `WebView` to `WKWebView` for improved performance and compatibility. They also implemented features such as clearing webView data, adding support for infinite timer durations, and improving URI handling. The user also addressed usability issues by fixing a white flash on loading and improved the build process.
wkwebviewmac-osscreensavermacsaver
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