James Collins
Managing Partner at Tectalic
Perth, Western Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Collins is a Perth-based software engineer and managing partner who has spent 14 years building and scaling ecommerce tools and digital services through Tectalic (formerly OM4). He blends hands-on back-end engineering—contributing to prominent open-source projects like WooCommerce and WP eCommerce—with product and agency leadership, shipping extensions used by tens of thousands of stores worldwide. His technical work emphasizes reliability in integrations and webhooks, and he’s fixed real-world issues from REST API auth to encoded product image filenames. At Tectalic he combines software products, digital marketing and AI enablement, uniquely positioning technical strategy alongside growth and automation for ecommerce clients.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), Software Engineering at The University of Western AustraliaApplecross Senior High School
Github Skills (13)
wordpress10
woocommerce10
php10
ecommerce10
webhooks10
testing10
apidoc9
api9
database-administration9
unit-testing9
databases8
database8
sql7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce
Apr 2012 - Oct 2020
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 30 commits, 8 PRs in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on back-end development, specifically addressing issues related to webhooks in the WooCommerce platform. Their contributions included fixing duplicate webhook deliveries, deleting cached webhook data, and adding unit tests for webhook functionality. Additionally, the user worked on a REST API authentication fix to improve the user experience, and re-assigning webhooks during user deletion to prevent payload failures. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the reliability and functionality of the WooCommerce core features.
ecommercecommercewordpressautomatticphp
wp-e-commerce/WP-e-Commerce
May 2013 - Jun 2013
WP eCommerce - The most popular independent eCommerce platform for WordPress
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 1 issue in 1 month
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements within the WP eCommerce platform. Their work involved addressing issues related to product image handling, specifically ensuring spaces in filenames are correctly encoded and displayed across the application. They also added support for Australia Post's Express Courier International Merchandise service and implemented a database upgrade to rename product metadata keys. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug preventing preg_match() warnings and refactored code based on coding standards.
ecommercewordpressphpwoocommerceindependent
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