James Krepelka
Founder at Chico Automation & Software Technologies
Chico, California, United States
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Top SchoolJames Krepelka is a founder and engineering productivity specialist with 11 years of experience building developer tooling, automation, and scalable systems across startups and large companies. He has led cross-functional teams at Palo Alto Networks and Juniper, built CI/CD and validation pipelines at Google, and shipped mobile and full‑stack products while continuously improving processes. Based in Chico, CA, he now runs Chico Automation & Software Technologies, delivering automation and user-focused apps for local SMBs (including a soft-launched HamWatch mobile app). James also teaches programming and designs CTE pathways, demonstrating a talent for scaling not just systems but education and mentorship. He combines hands-on engineering (Go, Python, Terraform, GCP) with a knack for operationalizing repeatable workflows and increasing team throughput.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Took college classes during Junior year and graduated a semester early., Took college classes during Junior year and graduated a semester early. at Pleasant Valley High SchoolMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at California State University, ChicoComputer Science, Computer Science at Butte College
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Github Skills (9)
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javascript8
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python3
matchmaking3
jquery-ui1
rails1
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ChicoCoderCrew/Menta
Mar 2022 - Jun 2022
A Mentor/ Mentee Matchmaking App
Contributions:3 reviews, 12 commits, 11 PRs in 3 months
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Jooms/mtgSetPicker
Jul 2024 - Jul 2024
Given a list of cards in MTG, find the sets where the most of them show up.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 61 pushes in 11 days
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