John Culviner
Software Enginer Tech Strategy Consultant
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Culviner is a pragmatic full stack software engineer and consultant with 14 years of experience building high‑traffic consumer and enterprise applications from mobile to backend services. Based in Minneapolis, he currently drives performance, stability, and DevOps for the Burger King React Native app and has repeatedly accelerated delivery at large organizations like UnitedHealth Group, Target, and Medtronic. Deeply fluent in React/React Native, Node.js, GraphQL, TypeScript and AWS/Azure/Terraform, he pairs hands‑on coding with team building and technical strategy—having hired and led 20+ developer teams in complex legacy environments. He’s also an active open‑source contributor (notably maintaining a cross‑platform jQuery file download plugin) and has a history of squeezing measurable performance gains, including a 2.5x app speedup through frontend optimization. Known for quickly mastering new domains and stacks, he blends startup agility with enterprise rigor to reduce time‑to‑market and improve customer experience.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Madison West High SchoolBBA Information Systems, BBA Information Systems at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Github Skills (30)
ajax10
gzip10
javascript10
xmlhttprequest10
jquery10
spring10
jsp10
backward-compatibility10
spring-mvc10
browser-support10
rest10
cross-browser10
nextjs9
java9
ui-design9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
johnculviner/jquery.fileDownload
Apr 2012 - Jul 2019
jQuery File Download is a cross server platform compatible jQuery plugin that allows for an Ajax-like file download experience that isn’t normally possible using the web.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 89 commits, 18 PRs in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the jQuery File Download plugin. Their work focused on implementing and updating the core functionality of the plugin, including adding features for mobile browser support, fixing bugs, and improving the user experience. They also updated the project to incorporate newer versions of jQuery and jQuery UI components while also adding a demo page with various examples. The user's commits demonstrate a clear understanding of jQuery, JavaScript, and cross-browser compatibility.
ajaxcross-serverjqueryjquery-plugin
AngularAgility/AngularAgility
Jan 2014 - Feb 2017
A set of useful Angular.js extensions implementing common UX patterns to improve productivity from @JohnCulviner
Contributions:20 releases, 243 commits, 18 PRs in 3 years 2 months
angularjsuser-experienceux-patterns
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