John Kallies
Senior Software Engineer at Western Governors University
Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Kallies is a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building scalable web applications and leading cross-functional teams, currently shaping product delivery at Western Governors University. He has moved between hands-on individual contributor and managerial roles—most recently leading a pod of six engineers in a matrixed environment—preferring to stay technical while mentoring others. His background spans enterprise and consulting positions, including long tenures at CAS and Cardinal Health, giving him deep experience in software design, databases, and operational delivery. Comfortable aligning multiple product backlogs and stakeholders, he excels at translating complex requirements into practical, user-focused solutions. Based in Ohio, he combines a rare mix of long-term institutional knowledge with a continual appetite for new technologies and frameworks. An early career in music and diverse consulting work hint at a creative, multidisciplinary approach to engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Music, Music at Abilene Christian UniversityCIS, CIS at DeVry University
Github Skills (14)
python8
endpoints5
frisby5
rest-api4
jasmine4
lms4
testing4
api3
javascript3
markdown3
integration-testing3
rest3
api-testing2
open-source1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wgu-opensource/osmt-public-website
Dec 2021 - Jul 2022
Source code for osmt.io, the public site supporting the Open Skills Management Tool (OSMT).
Contributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 15 PRs in 7 months
supportingjavascriptlmsmanagement-toolmarkdown
JohnKallies/osmt
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
OSMT is the Open Skills Management Tool
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
management-toolpythonosmt
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