John Prystash
Lead Software Engineer at OCLC
Hilliard, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Prystash is a Lead Software Engineer with 14 years of experience, currently driving the business layer architecture for OCLC’s next-generation cataloging product. He brings nearly five years of focused Java enterprise development alongside deep hands-on experience with SOA, Spring Batch, Groovy, Mule ESB, and integration patterns spanning REST, SOAP, and JMS. Earlier work modernizing enterprise version control, build automation, and deployment pipelines demonstrates a pragmatic focus on developer productivity and reliable releases. Known for replacing legacy SOA processes with simpler, maintainable implementations, he pairs backend systems thinking with a strong appetite for learning and introducing emerging development approaches. Based in Hilliard, Ohio, he combines institutional library-domain expertise with a track record of turning complex bibliographic integrations into production-grade services.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University
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Github Skills (13)
java6
jackrabbit6
xml6
databinding6
xpath6
groovy6
intellij-idea6
jaxb6
archetype5
spock2
maven-plugin2
maven-archetype2
maven2
Github contributions (3)
prystasj/maven-groovy-spock-archetype
May 2012 - Jun 2013
Contributions:2 commits in 1 year 1 month
maven-pluginmaven-archetypemavengroovyspock
prystasj/spring-mail-example
Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 1 day
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