Bill Blough
Senior Software Engineer at Bigleaf Networks
Gainesville Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBill Blough is a senior software engineer with over 25 years in IT and 17 years focused on software development, currently building Linux-based SD-WAN firmware and tooling at Bigleaf Networks. He combines deep systems-level C/C++ expertise with Python, Yocto, and scripting languages to lead projects through full SDLC, deployment, and long-term maintenance. At Conduent he drove platform migrations, CI and testing adoption, and operational improvements that cut licensing costs and reduced production defects, while mentoring teams and handling escalations. An active contributor to the open-source Password Safe project, he has improved build reproducibility and fixed subtle portability bugs involving endianness and time conversion. Based in the Gainesville area, he pairs hands-on engineering with pragmatic ops experience and a track record of translating legacy systems into more secure, automated, and cost-effective solutions.
17 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Florida State UniversityAssociate of Arts (A.A.) General Studies, Associate of Arts (A.A.) General Studies at Valencia College
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Github Skills (13)
linux10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
makefile10
build-automation9
smtp9
e-mail9
debug9
debugging9
endianness8
configurations6
apache6
python6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
pwsafe/pwsafe
Oct 2015 - Oct 2020
Password Safe - popular secure and convenient password manager
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:36 commits, 17 PRs, 48 comments in 5 years
Contributions summary:Bill primarily contributed to the Password Safe project by modifying code related to the build process, including updates for Debian and gtest-related enhancements. They also addressed logic mismatches and made improvements to the build's reproducibility by stripping extra fields from zip files and preventing locale-specific sorting. Additionally, the user fixed issues related to endianness and time conversion within the codebase.
securewindowspassword-generatorpassword-managerpassword
bblough/pwsafe
Oct 2015 - Oct 2020
PasswordSafe - popular secure and convenient password manager
Contributions:40 pushes, 29 branches, 1 comment in 5 years
securepassword-generatorpassword-managerpasswordpasswordsafe
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