James Candan
Lead Instructor at Stack Elevate
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolJames Candan is a lead instructor and seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience building and teaching web applications, primarily in Drupal and open-source ecosystems. He blends hands-on engineering—contributions to Pantheon's Terminus CLI improving backup handling and reliability—with curriculum design and public speaking at developer conferences and meetups. James has led migrations to Composer, CI/CD, and modern front-end workflows for enterprise clients, and has guided teams as a lead engineer and interim UX director. Based in Chattanooga, he mentors developers while still shipping production code for clients like Oak Ridge National Labs and Fortune 500 firms. An active open-source contributor, he pairs practical refactors and documentation improvements with a knack for turning operational pain points into more robust, user-friendly tooling.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Chattanooga State Community College
English, Turkish
Stackoverflow
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3answers
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Github Skills (15)
php10
terminusdb10
back-end-development10
terminal-app10
cli10
database-management9
bash8
semantic-versioning6
git6
semantic-release6
drupal6
gitlab6
gitlab-ci6
artifact6
gitlab-ci-runner6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
pantheon-systems/terminus
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
The Pantheon CLI — a standalone utility for performing operations on the Pantheon Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on improving the functionality and reliability of the Terminus CLI. They addressed inconsistencies in how backup elements were handled, specifically focusing on the `db` and `database` elements to ensure backward compatibility. The contributions involved refactoring code, updating documentation, and modifying the `create-local.sh` script to reflect the changes, resulting in a more robust and user-friendly command-line experience for Pantheon platform operations.
terminuswp-clidrushphpstandalone
jcandan/technibrary-prototype
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:67 pushes, 2 branches in 29 days
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