J Collier
Cloud Data Fusion Support PEL
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJ Collier is a seasoned cloud and systems engineer with 22 years of hands-on experience across software development, testing, deployment, and operations, currently supporting Google Cloud Data Fusion and Dataproc. Based in Seattle, he blends deep Linux and networking expertise with an open-source mindset—evidenced by long-term GNOME involvement and practical projects like integrating IP Webcam as a V4L2 source using GStreamer. His background spans release engineering at The Linux Foundation, product research at F5, and senior SDE roles at Amazon and Microsoft, giving him a rare mix of platform, tooling and customer-facing support skills. Known for delving into low-level hacks (wireless, OpenGL, Perl) and practical automation, he also brings community leadership flair—humorously claiming benevolent dictatorship over Cascadia on GitHub.
21 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
GNM Computational Linguistics, GNM Computational Linguistics at University of WashingtonNone Computer Science English Political Science CPR, None Computer Science English Political Science CPR at Edmonds CollegeNone Computer Science Music Mathematics Systems Administration, None Computer Science Music Mathematics Systems Administration at Olympic CollegeHigh School Diploma Technology, High School Diploma Technology at North Kitsap High School
English
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Github Skills (13)
sh10
video-streaming10
script10
shell10
pulseaudio10
scripting10
gstreamer10
v4l210
linux9
audio-processing9
automations8
automation8
git4
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
agarciadom/ipwebcam-gst
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Simple shell script for using IP Webcam as a V4L2 webcam / sound source
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:J primarily worked on a shell script (`prepare-videochat.sh`) to integrate an IP Webcam as a V4L2 webcam and sound source. Their contributions involved setting up and configuring the video and audio streams using GStreamer. The user refactored the script for better job control, user prompting, and incorporated echo cancellation. Additionally, they renamed variables and modified the audio pipeline, and also added audio plugins to enhance the functionality of the script.
webcamv4l2shell-scriptsimple-shellshell
alljoyn/core-alljoyn-js
Dec 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 2 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 4 months
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