Brad Wood
Software Architect And Developer Advocate
Mission, Kansas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrad Wood is a seasoned software architect and developer advocate with 15 years of experience building and improving web frameworks and tooling, currently leading architecture and community efforts at Ortus Solutions. He is a hands-on contributor to major open-source CFML projects (ColdBox, Lucee) and the lead developer of the widely used CommandBox CLI, blending framework design with developer experience work. His contributions extend beyond CFML into performance-critical projects like TechEmpower benchmarks and the Undertow webserver, where he implemented request-size predicates and logging improvements. A pragmatic engineer comfortable with Linux, OOP and automation, he focuses on reliable, testable systems and measurable performance gains. Based in Mission, Kansas, he pairs a formal Computer Science/Music education with a knack for turning niche platform expertise into broadly useful developer tools.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science/Music, Computer Science/Music at MidAmerica Nazarene University
Github Skills (35)
jakartaee10
docker10
application-server10
jvm10
cfml10
webpages10
io10
dockers10
web-content10
java10
servlet10
hmvc10
javas10
http-server10
sql10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
ColdBox/coldbox-platform
Apr 2011 - Oct 2022
A modern, fluent and conventions based HMVC framework for ColdFusion (CFML)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 157 commits, 58 PRs in 11 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Brad contributed to the ColdBox HMVC framework by implementing enhancements to its DSL functionality, specifically regarding shortcut naming conventions and module configuration. Further contributions include adding a `$toString()` method to the `exceptionBean` class to improve logging capabilities. The user also made updates, incorporating bug fixes, and merging in development branches, indicating their involvement in maintaining and improving the framework's core components.
hmvccfmlframeworklogging-librarydependency-injection
TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks
Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
Source for the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 8 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Brad primarily contributed to the implementation and integration of CFML frameworks within the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project. Their work involved adding new CFML engine implementations like CFML-Lucee, Coldbox and Adobe CF Engine, modifying existing code, and adjusting Docker configurations. They also focused on performance enhancements and addressing potential deadlocks within the codebase, alongside updating CFML versions. This work directly contributes to the benchmarking and performance testing of web application frameworks.
techempowerframeworkbenchmarkperformancebenchmarks
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