Chris Ortman
Lead Application Developer
North Liberty, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Ortman is a Lead Application Developer with 18 years of experience building web, mobile, and embedded systems and leading cross-functional teams in both academic and commercial settings. Known for trailblazing roles, he has designed large data warehouses, led agile transformations, and implemented TDD and pair programming across billing and self-care platforms. Comfortable across the stack, he gravitates toward Ruby on Rails as his default toolset because it both accelerates delivery and brings him joy. At the University of Iowa he combines hands-on development with team-building and process improvement, preferring to “make something awesome or make things awesome.” Based in North Liberty, Iowa, he blends technical depth with a people-first approach to solve ambiguous problems and mentor others.
18 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Dakota State University
Stackoverflow
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21answers
16questions
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Github Skills (200)
researchkit10
reverse-proxy10
http10
mvc10
ruby10
security10
caddy10
automation10
activerecord10
extensible10
webserver10
medical10
ruby-on-rails10
acme10
golang10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
chrisortman/SassAndCoffee
May 2011 - Sep 2011
Contributions:8 commits in 3 months
sassasp-net-mvccssaspasp-net
ui-icts/redcap-admin-dashboard
Feb 2018 - Sep 2022
Provides a sortable table view of various reports on REDCap metadata
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 2 PRs in 4 years 6 months
reportsadminredcapsortablemetadata
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