Gary Park
Principal Software Engineer at Chocolatey Software
Ellon, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGary Park is a Principal Software Engineer with over 14 years of professional experience and two decades of hands-on .NET expertise, having shipped enterprise and tooling work since 2004. Based in Ellon, Scotland, he now helps steer Chocolatey’s engineering efforts while contributing substantive backend, DevOps and automation improvements to Chocolatey, Chef and Cake projects. His contributions range from creating robust PowerShell package scripts and binary shim helpers to improving CI/CD integration, build bootstrappers, and developer workstation automation. A pragmatic tech lead and organiser, he co-founded and runs the Aberdeen Developers .Net User Group, blending community mentorship with practical engineering. He also surfaces in docs and website improvements, showing a rare attention to developer experience alongside core platform work. Familiar with Windows ecosystems, installers and package management, he pairs deep legacy .NET knowledge with modern automation and security-minded updates.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University of AberdeenMintlaw Academy
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Github Skills (62)
unit-testing10
nuget10
git10
markdown10
content-management-system10
cakephp10
dependency-management10
sem10
package-management10
scripting10
technical-writing10
windows10
net10
dotnet10
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Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI
Feb 2013 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 releases, 74 reviews, 919 commits in 10 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Gary primarily contributed to updating NuGet packages, specifically related to StructureMap. They also updated package dependencies and fixed related issues within the test projects. Furthermore, the user made efforts to resolve issues related to the build process, including those related to WiX binaries and common versioning.
c-sharpdeliciouschocolateygui
chocolatey/docs
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
https://docs.chocolatey.org - new docs website
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:443 reviews, 905 commits, 347 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Gary's contributions primarily focused on updating and organizing documentation within the "chocolatey/docs" repository. They moved and updated files, added ordering information, and corrected anchor links to ensure proper functionality within the documentation. Additionally, the user updated the layout and added features such as a search box to enhance the user experience.
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