Brad Busenius
Web Administrator (Developer)
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolBrad Busenius is a versatile web administrator and full-stack developer with over a decade of experience building user-centered, accessible websites and applications for large institutions like the University of Chicago Library. Trained as a visual designer and former art director, he blends strong aesthetic judgment with hands-on front- and back-end skills in Python, Django/Wagtail, PHP, HTML/CSS and JavaScript. He’s led major site rebuilds and migrations for 5,000+ page sites and contributed UI and backend improvements to notable open-source projects such as the Wagtail CMS and VuFind library portal. Comfortable moving between design tools and the terminal, Brad focuses on craftsmanship—clean code, responsive interfaces, and pragmatic architecture. Outside work he tinkers with Linux and produces photography and digital art, some of which has been featured on a magazine cover.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Digital Arts, 3.68, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Digital Arts, 3.68 at Northern Michigan University
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Github Skills (12)
php10
cms10
api10
python10
apidoc10
django10
javascript9
html9
database-api8
databases8
database8
css7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
vufind-org/vufind
Aug 2020 - Jun 2022
A library resource discovery portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:57 reviews, 9 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Brad primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the VuFind library resource discovery portal, focusing on the integration with the FOLIO ILS system. Their commits involved modifying the ILS driver to access location codes, adding call number prefix support, enhancing note fields, and incorporating bookplate functionality. These changes improved data retrieval, display, and overall user experience within the VuFind interface.
portalresource-discoverydiscoveryresource-librarydiscovery-portal
wagtail/wagtail
Apr 2016 - May 2016
A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 16 comments in 17 days
Contributions summary:Brad primarily contributed to the table block functionality within the Wagtail CMS. Their work involved modifying the table block's templates and JavaScript to improve the user interface and responsiveness. Key changes included removing potentially unsafe HTML filters, improving table resizing, upgrading Handsontable, and enhancing the admin interface with better spacing. They also worked on the backend by adding code to resize tables as rows are added.
content-management-systemdjangopythoncmswagtail
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