Kaweesi Joseph
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
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RockstarJoseph Kaweesi is a seasoned software engineer and mentor with 13 years of experience focused on open-source healthcare software and quality assurance. Based in Kampala, he has played long-term roles at OpenMRS as a fellowship mentor, QA engineer, release manager and volunteer developer, contributing backend improvements to the widely used OpenMRS core such as privilege handling, validation, and cleaner logging configuration. He has also supported global contributor programs through Google Code-in and Google Summer of Code, mentoring students and helping onboard new contributors. His professional background includes senior development work for Jembi and consulting on EMR projects for the University of Washington, reflecting deep domain expertise in electronic medical records. Beyond coding, Joseph combines technical leadership with community-building and broadcasting experience, showing a knack for translating complex health IT needs into maintainable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
openmrs/openmrs-core
Jan 2013 - May 2021
OpenMRS API and web application code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:122 commits, 55 PRs, 35 pushes in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Kaweesi primarily focused on back-end development, specifically within the OpenMRS core project. The contributions involve removing module-specific log4j configurations, which likely improved the system's maintainability. Additionally, the user worked on the validation and testing of the relationship type, demonstrating a focus on data integrity. Other contributions involve adding and handling of privileges, demonstrating a focus on user access management.
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k-joseph/openmrs-core
Feb 2015 - May 2021
OpenMRS API and web application code
Contributions:12 pushes, 12 branches, 9 comments in 6 years 3 months
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