Gareth Krantz
Lead Technical Analyst at Wayne State University
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGareth Krantz is a seasoned Lead Technical Analyst with over 16 years of multi-platform mobile and web development experience, currently driving enterprise integrations and student-facing applications at Wayne State University. He bridges front-end innovation (HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, Backbone, jQuery Mobile) with robust server-side engineering (Java, PHP, Oracle, Spring, CodeIgniter) and has led campus-wide DegreeWorks and Banner integrations. Gareth has founded a startup (Jobbidding), shipped native Android and iOS apps, and built real-time retention tools and card-reader iPad solutions—demonstrating a knack for turning complex institutional requirements into practical, user-focused systems. He’s comfortable across OSes, databases and legacy migrations, having rescued and modernized large codebases under tight deadlines. Collected academic training in computer science and astrophysics underpins his analytical approach and unusual ability to navigate both enterprise-scale systems and hands-on product development. Based in Royal Oak, MI, he excels at taking ambiguous requirements and delivering reliable, maintainable solutions that serve diverse stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Astrophysics Bsc, Astrophysics, B+, Astrophysics Bsc, Astrophysics, B+ at University of Wales, CardiffComputer Science Msc, Computer Science, B, Computer Science Msc, Computer Science, B at University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Github Skills (5)
love2d10
fivem10
defold9
lua8
reloaded4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ddraigcymraeg/mrp-missions
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
Crackdown Mission Resource for FiveM
Contributions:19 releases, 216 commits, 284 pushes in 3 years 1 month
luafiveminternaldefold
ddraigcymraeg/StreetRacesRandom
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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