Dave Gilbert
Business Development Manager at LandFox photography
Bridgnorth, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Gilbert is a versatile business development and marketing leader with a technical foundation in chemistry and chemical engineering and over 25 years of experience spanning R&D, international product management and senior marketing roles. He has led product development and go-to-market activities across EMEA, APAC and the Americas, and currently drives new commercial opportunities and NPI of advanced coatings for automotive dealer networks. Since 2010 he has also built a successful international freelance photography business, with published work in sports, events and stock imagery, demonstrating creative entrepreneurship alongside his commercial roles. Complementing his industry experience, he contributes to quality and test automation in open-source software (notably improving LibreOffice’s PDF export reliability), signaling strong attention to technical detail and cross-discipline problem solving.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Automotive catalysis, N/C, Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Automotive catalysis, N/C at Hatfield Polytechnique
English
Github Skills (20)
c-language10
libreoffice10
qemu10
testing10
pdf10
c1110
exporter10
c1710
virtualization10
pdfa10
cprogramming-language10
emulation10
cppcheck9
architectures8
architecture8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
LibreOffice/core
Sep 2020 - Nov 2022
Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:36 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Dave's contributions primarily involve fixing issues identified by static analysis tools like cppcheck, and extending and improving the test suite for the LibreOffice project. They addressed issues such as incorrect bracketing, undefined shifts, and incorrect URI handling in the PDF export module. The commits demonstrate a focus on enhancing the quality and reliability of the software through rigorous testing and code review practices.
libreofficedevzippull-requesttdf
penguin42/purple-matrix
Aug 2016 - Jul 2022
Libpurple protocol plugin for matrix
Contributions:133 commits, 45 pushes, 19 branches in 5 years 11 months
matrixlibpurple
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