Dave Woodward
Software Engineer at Threaded
Bozeman, Montana, United States
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Top SchoolDave Woodward is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with nearly two decades of experience building full-stack web and embedded systems, from multi-process backend architectures and databases to high-performance browser UIs. He has led teams and programs at startups and enterprises—driving design systems and accessibility work at ExactTarget/Salesforce and operationalizing generative AI and client-side model inference using WebAssembly/WebGL and tensorflow.js. Comfortable as both an individual contributor and manager, he pairs hands-on expertise in PostgreSQL, Typescript, Python, Docker, and system design with experience shipping embedded firmware, mobile apps, and desktop tools. He’s contributed to prominent open-source UI efforts like FuelUX and Salesforce’s design-system-react, improving component behavior and navigation experiences. Based in Bozeman, Montana, he combines an engineer’s curiosity—ranging from Rust and Lisp to graphic design—with a track record of instituting SDLC best practices, mentoring teams, and turning research prototypes into production-ready products.
17 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Creative Writing, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Creative Writing at Purdue University
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frontend10
react10
bootstrap9
ajax9
socket-io9
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bootstra9
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Github contributions (5)
ExactTarget/fuelux
Oct 2014 - Jun 2017
As of March 2019, this repository is read-only as Salesforce has archived the FuelUX open-source UI framework and will no longer be supported.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:112 commits, 90 PRs, 77 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Dave primarily contributed to the Fuel UX framework by addressing issues related to search and repeater components. They modified the `search.js`, `repeater.js`, and `test/repeater-test.js` files, suggesting improvements to search functionality, including the handling of search cancellations and interaction with repeater components. These changes, along with edits to CSS and JavaScript files, suggest the user's work was focused on UI enhancements and component behavior within the Fuel UX framework.
marchui-frameworksupportedsalesforcesalesforce-lightning
salesforce/design-system-react
Aug 2016 - Mar 2019
Salesforce Lightning Design System for React
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:187 commits, 46 PRs, 38 pushes in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Dave primarily contributed to the development of UI components within the Salesforce Lightning Design System for React. Their work involved adding functionality to the Global Navigation Bar by adding a dropdown with additional menu items. They also focused on enhancements, adding properties to existing menu dropdown components and implementing unit tests to cover new functionality. The commits also addressed various linting errors within several form control components.
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