Jim Holmes
Owner Principal at Guidepost Systems
Ashland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolJim Holmes is a servant-led software delivery and quality expert with over three decades of practical experience helping organizations from Fortune 10s to startups modernize testing, delivery processes, and leadership culture. As Owner/Principal at Guidepost Systems and a former director and executive consultant, he blends hands-on work—writing code, driving whole-team testing, and shaping architectures—with mentoring leaders and reshaping organizational strategy. He founded and scaled the CodeMash conference, authored books and courses including a tested "Coding for Non-Coders" video series, and contributed to well-known open-source efforts like improving Selenium documentation. Based in Ashland, Oregon, Jim now focuses on volunteer leadership and coaching emerging leaders, retaining an active footprint in industry writing and speaking that reflects his practical, people-first approach.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS, MIS, Software development, BS, MIS, Software development at Chapman University
German
Stackoverflow
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selenium-webdriver
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automated-tests
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selenium
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testing
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Github Skills (18)
selenium10
selenium-ide10
documentation10
testing9
selenium-webdriver9
automated-tests9
html9
ui-automation6
gui-testing6
web-testing6
automation6
telerik6
acceptance-testing6
java6
unit-testing6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
SeleniumHQ/docs
May 2017 - Aug 2018
Project to rewrite the Selenium documentation.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Jim primarily focused on refining and updating the Selenium documentation. Their contributions involved renaming files, updating links, and improving the structure and content within the documentation. They removed instances of "best practice" and replaced them with "guidelines and recommendations." Furthermore, the user added component descriptions and graphics, improving the documentation's clarity and providing visual aids.
selenium-webdriverrewriteselenium
jimholmes/Abstracts
Aug 2015 - Jan 2022
Contributions:29 commits, 56 pushes in 6 years 6 months
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