Charles Henry
Plans Officer, Adaptive Battle Staff (ABS), Joint Force Headquarters
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Henry is a seasoned software leader and military communications officer with 13 years of experience designing and fielding resilient, mission-first systems across tactical and research environments. He blends hands-on full-stack and embedded development with program-level leadership—specializing in open architectures, DevSecOps CI/CD, distributed net-centric applications, and system-of-systems integration for avionics and C4ISR. In both the Army National Guard and AFRL he has led teams to revive failing codebases, modernize legacy platforms, and architect scalable, secure services that operate in constrained, contested networks. A practical problem-solver and proposal-savvy manager, he pairs technical delivery with resource planning and finance acumen, and even contributes to open-source tooling (e.g., extending AnkiConnect back-end features). Based in Dayton, Ohio, he runs small businesses alongside his military and research roles, reflecting an entrepreneurial streak that accelerates transition from prototypes to fielded capability.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science Computer Science, Bachelor's of Science Computer Science at Northern Kentucky UniversityCertificate Program Emergency Medical Technician, Certificate Program Emergency Medical Technician at Sinclair Community CollegeCertificate Program Emergency Medical Technician, Certificate Program Emergency Medical Technician at TransCare of Kentucky, Inc.Honor Graduate Captains Career Course for Military Signal/Geospatial Intelligence, Honor Graduate Captains Career Course for Military Signal/Geospatial Intelligence at U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence
Github Skills (5)
api10
python10
apidoc10
anki10
json9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FooSoft/anki-connect
Jun 2017 - May 2018
Anki plugin to expose a remote API for creating flash cards.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 4 PRs, 14 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Charles primarily focused on extending the AnkiConnect API to add new functionalities such as retrieving, showing, and answering cards, and checking the current state of the review process. They refactored the code to use proper boolean values, single quotes, and simplified the code. The user also worked on updating the self-update mechanism to fix an issue, and adding a function to start card timers.
ankiremote-api
RuzuSoftware/ruzu-pop-ups
Feb 2021 - Apr 2025
Ruzu Pop-ups is an Anki addon that periodically presents Anki cards using a small pop-up window.
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 2 months
ankianki-addon
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