Eddy Young
Director Data Solutions
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEddy Young is a seasoned software and data leader with 11 years’ experience driving engineering and data solutions at Publicis Media, now serving as Director Data Solutions after progressing through Head of Development and team lead roles. He blends hands-on software engineering (with roots in .NET, Java, search and integration projects) with strategic delivery of automated, data-driven business transformation across large media organisations. Eddy has a history of building production-grade systems—from federated SAML authentication and large-scale catalog crawling to financial planning and payment gateways—demonstrating strong architectural judgment and TDD discipline. He also contributes to open-source Java projects, improving backend ticket management and UI filtering in notable repos like Gitblit, showing continued curiosity for code-level improvements. Based in England and originally trained in Mauritius, he brings a pragmatic mix of legacy system modernization and modern data orchestration to complex enterprise environments.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BTS IG, BTS IG at Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry Centre for Business StudiesHSC, HSC at Royal College of Port Louis
French, creoles and pidgins, french-based
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Github Skills (7)
javas10
git10
wicket10
back-end-development10
java10
gitblit9
html8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gitblit-org/gitblit
May 2015 - May 2015
pure java git solution
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 5 PRs, 10 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Eddy primarily focused on enhancing the MyTickets page within the Gitblit project. Their contributions included implementing repository filtering capabilities, transitioning from repository names to IDs for search criteria, and refactoring code to improve maintainability. These changes involved modifications to Java source code and HTML files, suggesting a focus on backend logic and user interface elements related to ticket management.
pure-javagitblitjavagit-gui
jeyoung/CapsNumScroll
Feb 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:15 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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