Gerald Wiltse
Build And Release Engineer at Adobe
Northville, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolGerald Wiltse is a Build and Release Engineer with a decade of experience designing and maintaining CI/CD and build infrastructure for large C++ codebases, currently shaping release tooling and dependency practices at Adobe. He brings deep hands-on expertise in Jenkins Shared Libraries, Conan package management, and cross-platform build systems (CMake, MSBuild, GNU Make), and writes developer tools in Python and Go. Previously a senior contributor to the Conan team at JFrog and an active open-source contributor to prominent projects like Gradle and Conan, he focuses on test automation, packaging reliability, and improving developer ergonomics. Gerald pairs systems-level build engineering with practical developer-facing solutions—writing tests, docs, and training material—and has presented at conferences and led community integrations. Based in Northville, Michigan, he has a track record of turning complex build and dependency problems into maintainable automation and clearer documentation. An unusual strength is his blend of technical writing and code contributions, ensuring both robust systems and accessible developer guidance.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
A.S., Business Administration, A.S., Business Administration at Valencia CollegeStandish-Sterling Central HSDeVry University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
gradle10
c-language10
restructuredtext10
conan10
groovy10
actionresult10
testing10
cmake10
doc10
dotnet-core10
hresult10
build-tools10
functional-programming10
package-manager10
resultset10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
conan-io/docs
Jul 2017 - Jun 2021
conan.io reStructuredText documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:21 reviews, 47 commits, 51 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Gerald primarily contributed to the documentation of the conan-io/docs repository. Their work involved correcting typos, clarifying documentation, and adding explanations to various aspects of the Conan package manager. They also updated and improved the structure and clarity of several documentation files, addressing areas such as build processes, environment variables, and toolchains. Furthermore, the user enhanced the documentation with new examples and improved descriptions.
restructuredtextconan-ioconanswigconan-documentation
conan-io/conan
Aug 2017 - Oct 2020
Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:56 reviews, 11 commits, 23 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Gerald primarily contributed to the Conan package manager's core functionality, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes related to Conan's internal workings. Their contributions included adding properties for accessing dependency information, improving error messages, and simplifying the makefile unit test. These changes improved usability and maintainability, leading to a more robust and reliable package management system. Additionally, the user implemented support for exports and exports_sources as methods.
cppcmakepackage-managerlinuxmulti-platform
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