Herbert Balagtas
Information Technology Specialist
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolHerbert Balagtas is an Information Technology Specialist with over 10 years of hands-on experience designing web applications, administering Linux-based infrastructure, and integrating campus-wide IT solutions at the University of Waterloo. He leads development of several faculty-originated web apps now adopted across campus, blending systems administration, web development, and training of co-op students. Prior roles in web hosting and e-commerce saw him implement high-availability architectures—Memcached clusters, MySQL replication, distributed filesystems—and introduce version control and CI tooling to teams. With an M.Sc. in Library and Information Science and a BS in Computer Science, he pairs user-focused service design with deep technical chops and a strong track record in ITIL-aligned operations. Nominated for a 2024 Arts Excellence Award, he’s equally comfortable optimizing server reliability as mentoring others in best practices.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc, Library and Information Science, M.Sc, Library and Information Science at Louisiana State UniversityBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at La Consolacion University Philippines
English, Filipino
Stackoverflow
1,949reputation
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Github Skills (53)
prepared-statements10
insert10
pdo10
php9
in-place8
javascript7
jquery-ui7
editing6
owncloud6
nextcloud6
collaboration6
encryption6
fancybox6
connections6
http6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hbalagtas/jijiki2
Jul 2017 - Oct 2019
Contributions:5 PRs, 40 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
hbalagtas/jijiki
Sep 2015 - May 2021
Custom alerts for Kijiji
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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