David P
Systems Administrator, ITS
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid P is an experienced systems administrator based in Prince George, BC, with eight years in higher-education IT and a decade-plus background supporting enterprise and retail environments. At UNBC he manages and secures campus systems while bringing hands-on troubleshooting, ticketing customization, and cross-team coordination skills honed at Canfor and MicroAge. He contributes to open-source projects like RSS-Bridge, improving back-end integrations and API endpoints—demonstrating a knack for practical automation and data access for sites that lack feeds. His BA in Cognitive Systems informs a user-centered approach to tools and documentation, and his early QA and support roles reflect a pragmatic attention to detail and reproducible processes. Colleagues rely on him for steady operational support, pragmatic problem solving, and quietly improving workflows behind the scenes.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Cognitive Systems: Cognition and Brain (Psychology, Philosophy, Computer Science & Linguistics), BA, Cognitive Systems: Cognition and Brain (Psychology, Philosophy, Computer Science & Linguistics) at The University of British ColumbiaCommunications, Communications at Trinity Western University
French, English
Github Skills (12)
apim10
rss10
php10
api10
webscraping10
json9
mysql8
atom-feed8
phpunit7
javascript7
dockers5
docker5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
The RSS feed for websites missing it
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 19 commits, 18 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to enhancing the functionality of the RSS-Bridge project by implementing new bridge integrations and refining existing ones. Their work included adding endpoints for the GiphyBridge, incorporating a new bridge for the CBC Editors Blog, and switching to the EZTV and Mixcloud APIs. The user also addressed issues in existing bridges and made improvements to the TwitterV2Bridge, updating parameters and output formatting.
json-feedrssrss-bridgeunlicenserss-reader
quickwick/rss-bridge
Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
The RSS feed for websites missing it
Contributions:3 PRs, 52 pushes, 39 branches in 8 months
rssrss-readermissingrss-feedfeed
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