Gary Strong
Software Consultant at Stone Valley Solutions
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolGary Strong is a pragmatic software consultant with 15 years of experience building and modernising web applications using Microsoft server technologies, from ASP.NET Core back-ends to Angular PWAs. He has led small teams and end-to-end projects—redeveloping digital platforms, centralising business logic with TypeScript Node APIs, and creating CI/CD pipelines—while maintaining high-performance sites and optimising data access for scale. Gary is a hands-on maintainer of the open-source MrCMS C# MVC framework, focusing on dependency and security updates to keep core libraries resilient. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, he combines craftsmanship and mentoring experience to help teams adopt best practices and deliver pragmatic, maintainable solutions. An audio-video broadcast BSc graduate, he brings an unusual cross-disciplinary perspective to system design and user-focused engineering.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Audio Video Broadcast Technology BSc, 2:1, Bachelor’s Degree, Audio Video Broadcast Technology BSc, 2:1 at The University of Salford
Github Skills (6)
dependency-management10
web-framework10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
security10
asp-net-mvc9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
MrCMS/MrCMS
Nov 2012 - Feb 2022
Mr CMS is an open source C# MVC CMS Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 1554 commits, 10 PRs in 9 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Gary primarily worked on upgrading dependencies of the MrCMS framework, specifically related to Owin and Security versions. These updates involved modifications to project files, with changes to dependencies related to authentication and authorization components. The user's commits suggest a focus on maintaining and updating the core libraries used by the framework, ensuring security and functionality.
cmscms-frameworkcfmlosgicsharp
MrCMS/Ecommerce
Feb 2013 - Aug 2018
C# Ecommerce App for Mr CMS
Contributions:1112 commits, 3 PRs, 39 pushes in 5 years 6 months
cmscsharpecommerce-appecommerce
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