Andrew Wood
Technical Lead at Culver Company
Dover, New Hampshire, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Wood is a Technical Lead with eight years of hands-on software engineering experience, currently leading delivery at Culver Company from Dover, NH. He specializes in back-end systems, data retrieval optimization, and full project lifecycles—having implemented features and performance improvements for the widely used DSpace digital asset management platform and contributed over 100 community changes. His background spans Java and AngularJS development, RESTful services, and database-driven analytics, with repeated responsibilities for requirements, design, and long-term maintenance for institutional clients like the UN and major universities. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he blends deep technical craft with client-facing project leadership and a knack for turning open-source enhancements into reusable, production-grade solutions.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology, Information Technology, Information Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology
English
Github Skills (8)
javas10
open-source10
git-repository10
package-repository10
java10
rest-api9
unit-testing9
database-management8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
DSpace/DSpace
Apr 2018 - Aug 2021
(Official) The DSpace digital asset management system that powers your Institutional Repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 47 commits, 27 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to back-end development tasks within the DSpace repository. Their work included implementing a lazy fetching iterator for long query results, configuring the ReindexerThread, and adding unit tests for entity and relationship concepts. These changes suggest a focus on optimizing data retrieval and ensuring the robustness of core functionalities within the digital asset management system. Additionally, the user worked on supporting indirect entity references and supporting querying MetadataValues by field and value.
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AndrewZWood/DSpace
Sep 2017 - Sep 2021
(Official) The DSpace digital asset management system that powers your Institutional Repository
Contributions:21 pushes, 20 branches in 4 years
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