James Fitzsimmons
Applications Developer Programmer
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Fitzsimmons is an applications developer/programmer with over four decades of software experience and a current 12-year tenure building PeopleSoft solutions for the largest community college district in the U.S. He specializes in enterprise integrations, rule-driven bill review systems, and legacy-to-modern system enhancements across healthcare, education, and financial services. James has deep hands-on experience with decision engines (FICO Blaze Advisor), PL/SQL, COBOL-era systems, and complex interface work—skills that have repeatedly increased automation, revenue recovery, and operational reliability. He pairs technical implementation with testing, user documentation, and support, keeping projects production-ready and auditable. Beyond engineering, he’s edited and refined content as a copyeditor, reflecting an unusual blend of technical precision and strong written communication. Based in Los Angeles, he brings pragmatic problem-solving and institutional memory to teams managing long-lived, mission-critical systems.
12 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English Language and Literature, General, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English Language and Literature, General at California State University-Los AngelesAdvanced COBOL, Advanced COBOL at Cypress CollegeProgramming and data processing coursework, Programming and data processing coursework at Pasadena City CollegeOracle PL/SQL Programming, Oracle PL/SQL Programming at California State University-Long Beach
Github Skills (28)
accessibility10
contenteditable10
airplay10
draft-js10
audio10
wysiwyg10
extensible10
lexical10
audio-streaming10
audio-player10
reliability10
rich-text-editor10
text-editor9
apple-tv9
player9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jrfitzsimmons/shairport-sync
Feb 2022 - Mar 2024
AirPlay audio player. Shairport Sync adds multi-room capability with Audio Synchronisation
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
synchronisationaudio-playersyncairplayshairport
matblair/Wiz-Compiler
Mar 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:23 commits in 2 months
compilerprogramming-languageinterpreter
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