Jim Van Fleet
Senior Consultant at Pellera Technologies
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJim Van Fleet is a Senior Consultant and seasoned software architect with 18+ years building secure, cloud-native systems and DevSecOps pipelines for startups and enterprises. He designs identity and RBAC solutions using OAuth2/OpenID Connect, leads Kubernetes adoption and automation efforts, and has implemented CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code across AWS and Azure. Jim blends hands-on engineering—spanning Ruby, Go, Python, Rust and build systems—with leadership mentoring teams to institutionalize best practices. His open-source contributions include test automation for the Netrunner game and practical extensions to Chef and background-processing gems, illustrating a pragmatic focus on reliability and developer workflows. Recognized locally for fostering tech communities, he also brings operator instincts from roles as CTO and founder to ensure systems are both innovative and maintainable. Based in Charlotte, he pairs a Rice University computer science background with a long-standing commitment to making software safer, more joyous, and more free.
18 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science / Managerial Studies, BA Computer Science / Managerial Studies at Rice University
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Github Skills (35)
unit-testing10
resque10
clojure-cli10
testing10
background-processing10
ruby10
clojure10
chef-client10
automation10
chef-solo10
automations10
paperclip10
devops10
test-automation10
event-sourcing9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mtgred/netrunner
May 2017 - Jul 2017
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:16 commits, 11 PRs, 1 comment in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jim primarily focused on writing and adding new tests for the card game Netrunner, specifically testing various agenda cards and their interactions. These tests cover diverse scenarios including card effects, scoring mechanisms, and interactions with other cards. The contributions demonstrate a focus on comprehensive testing of game mechanics and edge cases.
jstorimer/delayed_paperclip
Feb 2010 - Feb 2010
Process your Paperclip attachments in the background with delayed_job or Resque.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 5 days
Contributions summary:Jim primarily focused on integrating Resque for background processing within the `delayed_paperclip` gem. They modified the code to enqueue Paperclip attachment processing jobs with Resque, including creating a ResquePaperclipJob. Key contributions involved adapting existing code to work with Resque, assigning queue names, and ensuring jobs were correctly enqueued and executed. They also added tests to verify the correct functioning of the Resque integration.
paperclipresque
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