Chris Brooks
Faculty Member at Western Oregon University
Village of Hammondsport, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChris Brooks is a seasoned technology leader, educator, and coach who combines nearly three decades of technical and leadership experience with a passion for developing people. As a long-standing faculty member at Western Oregon University and a repeat interim CTO for companies like Payscale and StayWell, he thrives in transitional, high-stakes environments where clear communication and pragmatic decision-making matter. He founded WingT-Coach.com and led community programs like the Oregon Game Project Challenge, reflecting a commitment to coaching both in tech and on the football field. With senior roles at WebMD and earlier engineering leadership at Micron and GenRad, he blends hands-on engineering chops with executive-level strategy. Based in Hammondsport, NY, he brings a rare mix of classroom pedagogy, interim executive discipline, and youth-sports mentorship that helps organizations and individuals improve leadership, communications, and performance.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCSBHigh school diploma, High school stuff, High school diploma, High school stuff at North Central High SchoolBS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at Washington University
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Github Skills (23)
monolithic9
spring-boot8
architecture8
docker7
python6
safari6
epub6
microservices5
calibre5
pdf5
non-blocking4
jekyll4
eventmachine4
text-files3
hugo3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wou-cs/wolfit
Jun 2018 - Dec 2022
Sample monolithic app for CS 465, Microservices Architecture, at Western Oregon University
Contributions:79 commits, 1 PR, 55 pushes in 4 years 6 months
spring-bootoregondockerwesternmicroservices
brookscl/brookscl.github.io
Mar 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:467 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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