Jonathan Whiting
Independent Software Developer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Whiting is an independent software developer with 14 years of hands-on experience building and migrating enterprise applications across PCs, mainframes, and mini computers, and a deep background in the pharmaceuticals and education sectors. He has led full lifecycle projects—from requirements, validation and testing to deployment and disaster recovery—frequently converting legacy VB6 systems to modern .NET web applications and optimizing SQL Server backends. Comfortable in both backend and embedded domains, he has contributed stability and platform-specific fixes to the cross-platform psmoveapi project, demonstrating attention to low-level HID and Bluetooth issues. Jonathan combines technical delivery with client-facing roles in audits, proposals and contract negotiations, and is pursuing an MBA to strengthen his business and strategic planning skills. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic documentation, scripting and systems administration that keep critical applications maintainable and compliant. Based in Philadelphia, he blends a tactile engineering mindset with experience steering technology decisions in regulated industries.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Information Science And Technology, BS, Information Science And Technology at Temple UniversityMBA, Masters of Business Administration (In Progress) March 2011 - present, MBA, Masters of Business Administration (In Progress) March 2011 - present at University of Phoenix
Github Skills (10)
c1710
embedded10
c1110
sys10
bluetooth9
bluetooth-le9
sensor8
controller8
computer-vision6
hid6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
thp/psmoveapi
Jun 2014 - Sep 2014
Cross-platform library for 6DoF tracking of the PS Move Motion Controller. Sensor fusion, computer vision, ambient display (LED orb).
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily contributed to improving the `psmoveapi` library by addressing bugs and enhancing its functionality. They focused on preventing crashes related to HID communication and corrected minor issues, such as a space in a warning message. Their work also involved platform-specific adjustments for Linux and macOS related to Bluetooth pairing and device handling. Furthermore, the user added a responsiveness test example, and made improvements to the battery check.
axiscontrollersensorssensorled
whitingjp/ld33
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:94 commits, 92 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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