Graham Weldon
Group Manager, Technical Coordinator And Vision Lead - Global Operations
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolGraham Weldon is a seasoned engineering leader with 17 years’ experience driving global operations automation and platform engineering at Rakuten, where he leads technical strategy, Chef-based implementations, and cross-cultural teams to standardize practices across a sprawling international organization. He combines hands-on systems and backend development—spanning PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, Node.js and more—with strong architecture, deployment and DevOps expertise demonstrated by contributions to CakePHP and Habitat core plans. An experienced public speaker and educator, he mentors engineers, runs automation best-practice assessments, and has a track record of improving security and core functionality in open-source projects such as CakePHP’s session and search subsystems. Comfortable operating across Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows Server environments, Graham pairs pragmatic engineering with documentation and infrastructure improvements that make large-scale automation sustainable.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (Software), Bachelor of Engineering (Software) at University of NewcastleZend Certified Engineer for PHP 5, Zend Certified Engineer for PHP 5 at Zend
Stackoverflow
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cakephp
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Github Skills (49)
markdown10
cakephp10
back-end-development10
package-management10
validations10
session-management10
scripting10
testing10
plugin-development10
configuration-management10
internationalization10
rs10
bash10
validation10
automation10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
habitat-sh/core-plans
Sep 2017 - Sep 2020
Core Habitat Plan definitions
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 1040 commits, 938 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Graham contributed primarily to the core Habitat plan definitions, making updates and enhancements to the build processes for various packages. Their work included adding support for new tools like RabbitMQ Admin and improving the configuration of existing packages such as Elasticsearch and Jenkins, including fixes for building paths, dependencies and the deployment scripts. The contributions also involved fixing build-related issues within the project.
planhabitatpackage-managerdefinitionspackages
cakephp/localized
Dec 2009 - Jul 2013
I18n and L10n related CakePHP code
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:46 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Graham primarily contributed to the localization efforts within the `cakephp/localized` repository. Their work focused on standardizing code and correcting whitespace. They added and refined validation methods for various countries, including Turkey, Spain, Portugal, and others, ensuring accurate postal code validation. Additionally, the user addressed code style issues and formatting in the validation files.
l10nphpcakephpi18n
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