Justin Kerk
Software Developer at Legna Software
Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Kerk is a seasoned software developer with 24 years of experience building and maintaining business-critical desktop and back-end systems, currently leading development of inventory and lumber management solutions at Legna Software. He combines deep .NET/MSSQL and legacy VB6 expertise with a practical QA background, ensuring features are delivered with attention to reliability and compatibility. Justin has contributed to the high-profile MAME emulator project, focusing on bug fixes and disk image compatibility—an indication of meticulous debugging skills and low-level format familiarity not obvious from his commercial roles. A summa cum laude computer science graduate, he brings a steady, detail-oriented approach to long-lived codebases and complex data workflows.
25 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, summa cum laude at Point Loma Nazarene University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (10)
simulation10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
emulation10
simulator10
arcade10
debugging9
emscripten9
develop8
build-system7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mamedev/mame
Sep 2012 - Jan 2023
MAME
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 327 commits, 70 PRs in 10 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily contributed to the MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) project by fixing bugs and improving compatibility. Their work focused on addressing issues in disk image loading, resolving compile warnings, and supporting different disk image formats. They also corrected title and encoding errors in game configurations and improved the emulation of various arcade game drivers, demonstrating a focus on accuracy and compatibility.
mame
DopefishJustin/asio
Oct 2017 - Mar 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
cppc-librarycpp20c-plus-plusheader-only
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