Harry Hoots
Senior Development Manager In SWG at IBM
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHarry Hoots is a seasoned software leader with over 25 years in enterprise IT and eight years focused on modern Java runtimes, currently serving as Senior Development Manager in IBM’s Software Group working on WebSphere/Open Liberty. He began as an IT specialist building Web Services and MQSeries solutions, evolved into a Java engineer on the Open Liberty kernel, and now blends technical oversight with delivery leadership in RTP, NC. Hands-on experience includes back-end and DevOps contributions to the high-profile Open Liberty project—upgrading dependencies, resolving build and packaging issues, and tuning XML configuration parsing. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he moves between code, build systems, and team coordination to keep complex server runtimes shipping reliably. Active in his local community as a board member for Triangle Fly Fishers, he brings collaborative outreach and mentoring to his technical leadership. He holds a BS in Computer Science from NC State and pairs deep institutional knowledge of IBM products with continuous open-source engagement.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at North Carolina State UniversityUniversity of North Carolina Asheville
Github Skills (11)
javas10
configuration-management10
osgi10
openliberty10
build-automation10
java10
apache-commons9
maven9
dependency-management9
xml8
devops8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
OpenLiberty/open-liberty
Sep 2017 - Dec 2022
Open Liberty is a highly composable, fast to start, dynamic application server runtime environment
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:271 reviews, 316 commits, 348 PRs in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Harry primarily worked on Open Liberty configuration and build processes, focusing on updating dependencies and fixing build-related issues. They were involved in upgrading Apache Commons libraries and HTTP components by creating temporary packages and modifying build configurations. The user addressed issues related to server configuration, including warnings and errors in the XML configuration parser, and made changes to the packaging process to address issues. The user also modified test configurations to incorporate changes.
open-libertyruntimelibertycomposableruntime-environment
hlhoots/open-liberty
Sep 2017 - Mar 2025
Open Liberty is a highly composable, fast to start, dynamic application server runtime environment
Contributions:360 pushes, 191 branches in 7 years 7 months
open-libertyruntimelibertycomposableruntime-environment
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