Jim Helwig
Application Development Manager
Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolJim Helwig is an experienced application development manager with over a decade in technology leadership and more than two decades at the University of Wisconsin system guiding IT strategy, project delivery, and application teams. He combines hands-on software and internet development roots from the late 1990s with a strong track record in governance and nonprofit board service, including long-term roles with Apereo Foundation and JA-SIG. Based in Wisconsin, Jim is adept at translating institutional needs into scalable, maintainable application solutions and has led cross-functional teams through complex academic and enterprise environments. His background blends formal MS-level training with practical project management across publishing, education, and higher-education IT, and he brings a steady, governance-minded approach that helps organizations balance innovation with accountability.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., B.S. at University of Wisconsin-River FallsMS, MS at University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeUniversity of MinnesotaNorth Central College
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Github Skills (38)
authentication10
authorization10
portal10
ldap-authentication10
jasig10
spring-cloud9
identity9
portlet9
fido9
java9
cas9
single-sign-on9
jwt9
spring-boot9
aws9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
uPortal-Project/uportal-project.github.io
Jul 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:17 reviews, 22 commits, 18 PRs in 4 years 4 months
uPortal-contrib/uportal_commit_stats
May 2021 - May 2021
This is a PHP script to collect stats for Apereo uPortal contributions.
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
collectphpapereouportalstats
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