Ferris Ellis
Founder & CEO at Urban Dynamics
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFerris Ellis is a founder and CEO with 11 years of hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale software and infrastructure systems for clients ranging from Global Fortune 100s to regional non-profits. He led a global security monitoring service at Apple, delivering a ten-fold cost improvement and measurable reliability gains, and previously provided network development expertise to Tier 1 ISPs at Brocade. At Urban Dynamics he combines strategic risk analysis with pragmatic engineering to help organizations build resilient, cost-effective systems and teams. A contributor to the popular Knex query builder, he’s comfortable across databases, CI, and type-safe tooling—reflecting a rare blend of infrastructure depth and product-focused leadership. Based in Lexington, KY, he’s also an experienced conference speaker and organizer who invests in cultural and operational practices that make technical projects sustainably successful.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics Physics Chemistry Philosophy, Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics Physics Chemistry Philosophy at Emory & Henry University
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
oracles10
postgresql10
knx10
oracle10
sql10
knexjs10
mysql9
schema-design9
db-schema9
database-schema9
schema9
database-design9
sqlite8
typescripts8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
knex/knex
Dec 2021 - May 2022
A query builder for PostgreSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, SQL Server, SQLite3 and Oracle, designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 7 commits, 10 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Ferris primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Knex query builder. Their work involved adding support for Oracle 18c to the CI system, ensuring compatibility and stability across different database environments. They also addressed specific database interaction issues, such as correctly inserting buffer data with Oracle's oracledb dialect and refining the behavior of the query builder concerning union operations, which enhanced database query handling. Furthermore, the user integrated Typescript support by adding associated files, supporting developers during the development process.
sql-serverjavascriptsqlite3sqlitedatabase
urbdyn/nexe_builds
Mar 2021 - Jan 2022
Cache of nexe binary builds for easy use!
Contributions:3 releases, 3 reviews, 11 commits in 10 months
buildsnexenodejscache
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