Joseph Wertz
IT E Learning Specialist at Aaniiih Nakoda College
Waterville, Maine, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Wertz is an IT e-learning specialist and software engineer with 13 years of experience bridging backend development, systems administration, and education technology. He has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like WildFly and WildFly Core—improving CLI, server-group operations, and test reliability—while also building and maintaining an on-premise Moodle LMS that kept his college online through COVID. At Aaniiih Nakoda College he pairs hands-on devops (Ansible, Docker, Proxmox, GitLab) and automation (PowerShell) with teaching and student mentorship, recruiting learners beyond geographic limits. His background in QA and refactoring from Red Hat and enterprise roles gives him a practical focus on reliability, test coverage, and maintainable systems. Unusually for a technologist, he’s extended his impact into local government as interim mayor and economic development board member, applying technical modernization to civic services.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering; Computer Graphics, Game Development, and History, Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering; Computer Graphics, Game Development, and History at Rochester Institute of Technology
Github Skills (11)
xml10
javas10
server-configuration10
application-server10
wildfly10
java10
xslt10
cli10
testing10
command-line-interface8
command-line8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wildfly/wildfly-core
Sep 2014 - Aug 2015
The core runtime that is used by the WildFly application server
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 18 PRs, 24 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the WildFly core, focusing on improvements to the command-line interface (CLI) and related scripting. They added functionality to resolve expressions within server-side operations and the CLI, including modifications to the `LsHandler` and `ReadResourceHandler` classes. The user also addressed bugs and improved argument processing in CLI scripts, specifically in the Windows batch file. Additionally, the user made changes to error handling and test cases related to CLI functionality.
application-serverwildfly
wildfly/wildfly
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
WildFly Application Server
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the WildFly application server codebase, focusing on improvements to command-line argument usage and server configuration. They made changes related to server-group operations and validation, specifically in starting, stopping, and restarting server groups. The user also refactored existing integration tests, addressing issues such as unexpected IP addresses and inconsistencies in CLI behavior.
application-serverwildfly
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