Dan Raper
UX Lead at Boxfusion Consulting Limited
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Raper is a UX Lead and senior CRM consultant based in London with a decade of experience designing and implementing Siebel Open UI solutions that prioritise user experience and process optimisation. He blends a strong economics background with hands-on software engineering, having contributed full-stack work to Home Assistant and implemented OpenID Connect authentication for the popular Traccar GPS tracking system. At Boxfusion Consulting he advises enterprise clients on CRM and Oracle-related platforms, turning complex business requirements into streamlined interfaces and workflows. Dan’s open-source contributions show he moves comfortably between backend security integrations and frontend interaction models, improving reauth flows and device integrations. He’s equally at home translating data-driven insights from his early research career into pragmatic UX choices that reduce friction and boost adoption.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics, Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics at The University of Manchester
Github Skills (21)
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async10
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asyncio10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
traccar/traccar
Mar 2023 - Oct 2024
Traccar GPS Tracking System
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 4 PRs, 32 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Dan primarily contributed to the implementation of OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication within the Traccar GPS tracking system. Their work includes adding configuration keys related to OIDC, creating an `OpenIDProvider` class, integrating the provider into the `MainModule`, adding a user lookup method, and developing the initial implementation for handling OIDC callbacks. Additionally, the user exposed OIDC state on the server endpoint and added better error handling.
traccartrackinggpsgps-trackinglocation-tracking
home-assistant/core
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:45 reviews, 28 PRs, 90 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Dan primarily contributed to the development of the Ohme integration within the Home Assistant core repository. Their work involved implementing new features, including button, sensor, switch, number, time, select, and preconditioning entities. They also focused on the reauth flow, and integrating slot list service to the project, demonstrating proficiency in expanding the integration's functionality and enhancing user interaction.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
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