Chris Parnin
Principal Researcher at North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Parnin is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft and adjunct associate professor at NC State with 15 years bridging human-centered software engineering research and practical tooling. He holds a PhD from Georgia Tech and has progressed through academia from assistant to associate professor while maintaining industry research ties since a Microsoft internship in 2009. His work focuses on making developer tools smarter and workflows more productive, combining rigorous research with hands-on systems and CI/CD engineering. On GitHub he has contributed to projects like ottomatica/slim, automating micro-VM image builds and release pipelines, reflecting a knack for reliable build and deployment automation. Based in Raleigh, he blends academic mentorship with production-focused experimentation, often surfacing usability insights that drive tangible tooling improvements. Colleagues know him for translating complex developer behavior into practical, scalable tool designs that teams can adopt.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (5)
bash10
docker10
dockers10
cicd10
virtualization9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ottomatica/slim
Mar 2019 - Feb 2022
Build and run tiny vms from Dockerfiles. Small and sleek.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:152 commits, 40 PRs, 145 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the build and deployment process for the `slim` project, which focuses on building and running tiny VMs from Dockerfiles. Their work involved modifying build scripts, configuring Docker builds, and integrating with a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. They also implemented and modified scripts related to image creation and iso generation for the micro-VMs. This indicates a focus on automating the build and release process.
vmsdocker-machinetinycloud-initdocker
chrisparnin/checkbox.io
Sep 2017 - Mar 2020
A simple web application for hosting surveys
Contributions:55 commits, 5 PRs, 51 pushes in 2 years 7 months
hostingreactdjangoweb-applicationsurveys
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