Eric Franz
Staff Engineer at Unite Us
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolEric Franz is a Staff Engineer with 11+ years building production-grade infrastructure and developer-facing platforms, currently shaping engineering practices and AI adoption at Unite Us. He previously led the Ohio Supercomputer Center's Gateways team, driving Open OnDemand from an internal tool to a global HPC portal used by over 1,600 institutions and half a million users across academia, industry, and government. Grounded in pragmatic tradeoffs, Eric brings deep Linux and performance expertise alongside a taste for declarative programming and practical system design. His career blends hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and startup experience as a former CTO/co-founder, giving him a knack for shipping scalable tools that bridge research and real-world workflows.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at Capital University
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Github Skills (137)
python10
windows10
rstudio-server10
terminal-color10
vnc-client10
konsole10
visual-studio10
gpu10
kitty10
xterm10
putty10
core-library10
journal10
color-scheme10
hpc-applications10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
OSC/ood_auth_registration
Jul 2016 - Jul 2018
OSC OnDemand Open ID Connect CI Logon Registration page
Contributions:3 releases, 12 PRs, 19 pushes in 2 years
registration-pageidpregistrationopen-id-connectsaml2
OSC/shiny_admin
Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
Shiny Admin Tool facilitates administration of mappings between users, applications and data sets.
Contributions:19 PRs, 33 pushes, 20 branches in 1 year 6 months
data-setsadminadministrationweb-appshiny-apps
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