CharlesĀ Lombardo
Retired at Lombardo Family Australia Inc
Greater Brisbane Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Lombardo is a seasoned IT professional with over 35 years in the industry and a track record of leading IT and ERP operations across retail and distribution businesses in Australia. As a former CIO and group IT manager he led Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementations, SQL database development, and enterprise server and virtualization environments while balancing hands-on technical work. Even in retirement he remains active in software, contributing Android UI and theming improvements to the well-known Dolphin emulator project, showing a penchant for modernizing user experiences. Based in Greater Brisbane, he combines deep legacy system knowledge (VAX/VMS, INGRES) with contemporary Microsoft stack expertise, making him adept at bridging old and new technologies. Colleagues value his practical problem-solving, business-focused IT leadership, and continued curiosity about software craftsmanship.
8 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Saint Augustines College CairnsCapricornia Institute of Advanced Education
Italian
Github Skills (8)
kotlin10
android-development10
ui-design9
theming9
javas8
java8
gradle7
gradlew7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dolphin-emu/dolphin
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:153 reviews, 107 commits, 164 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Charles primarily contributed to the Android application, focusing on UI and theming enhancements. Their work involved modernizing the theming system to accommodate future flexibility, adding UI elements such as a splash screen, and improving the visual appeal of the application with vector icons and the option to disable game cover text. The commits also indicate efforts to improve the user experience by fixing a lockup issue and applying changes to the user's main activity.
gameboycppemulatorgamesplatforms
t895/dolphin
Mar 2022 - Feb 2024
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
Contributions:4 PRs, 776 pushes, 261 branches in 1 year 11 months
gameboyemulatorgamesplatformsgamecube
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