Eric Wellnitz
Vice President, Architecture at Ellucian
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolEric Wellnitz is a seasoned technology leader and Vice President of Architecture with over two decades of hands-on software and architecture experience, now leading platform strategy at Ellucian after a long tenure modernizing global EdTech at Anthology. He specializes in turning legacy systems into scalable, secure, multi-tenant SaaS platforms across education, commodities trading, and healthcare, with deep expertise in .NET, cloud migrations (Azure/AWS), and API/data-model governance. Eric has driven measurable engineering acceleration through developer-focused AI initiatives—running a structured Copilot study and scaling Copilot to hundreds of developers to boost velocity and reduce defects. He combines technical rigor (dependency injection, DDD, event-driven patterns) with customer-facing architecture leadership in large M&A and integration efforts. Based in Boca Raton, he pairs pragmatic engineering with strategic advisory for CIOs/CTOs, and is known for building repeatable onboarding, guardrails, and governance that sustain long-lived platforms.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Oklahoma State University
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Github contributions (5)
anthology-inc/student-api-samples
Jul 2018 - May 2019
A set of CampusNexus integration samples to help get started integration with CampusNexus APIs.
Contributions:4 reviews, 34 commits, 2 PRs in 10 months
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ewellnitz/pr-inspection-assistant
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
Automate PR reviews in Azure DevOps using OpenAI. This bot analyzes code changes, offers suggestions, detects potential bugs, and ensures adherence to coding standards. Streamline code reviews with customizable criteria and natural language feedback, improving code quality and reducing review time.
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 35 pushes in 6 months
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