Bryan Finster
Principal Architect at Enterprise Dojo Consortium
Rogers, Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolBryan Finster is a Principal Architect with over two decades of hands-on software engineering experience and a decade counted in leadership roles focused on improving flow and delivery for large enterprises. Currently at ACI Worldwide, he leads efforts to modernize software delivery for payment processing while also serving as Distinguished Engineer for DoD Platform One and contributing to multiple open-source delivery initiatives. He founded and maintains community projects like MinimumCD.org and helps curate the Enterprise Dojo Consortium’s knowledge base, blending practical CD practices with immersive team learning. His background spans long tenures at Walmart Global Tech and Defense Unicorns, where he built automation, tooling, and lean delivery practices at scale. An active maintainer on GitHub, he has applied full-stack skills to convert documentation sites to Hugo and improve search, navigation, and layout—showing a penchant for making technical guidance both accessible and actionable. Based in Rogers, Arkansas, he pairs systems-level architecture with grassroots open-source stewardship to drive measurable improvements in delivery flow.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Southern Methodist University
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Github Skills (7)
content-management-system10
hugo10
content-management10
front-end-development9
javascript8
css8
html8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Minimum-CD/cd-manifesto
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:175 reviews, 309 commits, 194 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Bryan primarily worked on converting the repository to Hugo, a static site generator, indicating a focus on content management and presentation. They updated the `lunr.min.js` file, potentially for search functionality within the Hugo-based site. The user also addressed navigation issues, fixed broken links, and implemented improvements to the layout and design of the site's content.
continuous-deliverycdcontinous-deliverycontinuous-integrationcontinous-deployment
defenseunicorns/defense-unicorns-hugo-theme
Jun 2023 - Aug 2025
Common theme for Defense Unicorns Hugo docs sites
Contributions:43 reviews, 129 PRs, 291 pushes in 2 years 1 month
hugo
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