Brian Powell is a TS/SCI DoD 8570-compliant Senior Software Developer and Systems Engineer with over a decade of experience building secure, cloud-forward systems for defense and commercial customers. He blends hands-on full-stack development and AWS expertise with deep DoD security practices honed across roles at Tailored Access, Varen Technologies, and now GRVTY. A former lead game programmer with a BS in Game Software Development, he brings a pragmatic, performance-oriented mindset—evident in his open-source work enhancing gameplay analytics in the WoWAnalyzer project. Comfortable moving between Java, PL/SQL, and modern cloud tooling, he’s known for resolving runtime issues, modernizing imports and data models, and delivering auditable, mission-ready software.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS Game Software Development, BS Game Software Development at Westwood College - Denver North
WoWAnalyzer is a tool to help you analyze and improve your World of Warcraft raiding performance through various relevant metrics and gameplay suggestions.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:23 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian's commits primarily focused on adding and modifying World of Warcraft (WoW) specific data and functionality for the WoWAnalyzer project. This involved adding information related to guardian druid specializations, including conduits, soulbinds, and legendary spells. The user also addressed a deprecation issue by changing an import and fixed various runtime errors. Furthermore, they made adjustments to the statistics presentation within the application.
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