Manu Sporny
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolManu Sporny is a veteran technology founder and standards architect with over a decade of hands-on experience building Web identity, payments, and blockchain infrastructure as founder and CEO of Digital Bazaar. He co-created foundational open technologies—JSON-LD, Verifiable Credentials, and Decentralized Identifiers—that power interoperability used by major platforms and billions of users worldwide. At the W3C he has driven multiple working groups from concept to standard, uniquely blending cryptographic security, usability, and legal/licensing savvy to make privacy-aware identity practical on the Web. Manu pairs operational leadership (founding teams, startups, and non-profits) with active engineering contributions across open-source projects, from desktop UIs to backend DevOps and CI pipelines. Based in Blacksburg, he also advises and governs organizations on technical strategy and high-availability identity systems, bringing a rare mix of standards leadership and product-focused engineering. An avowed champion of science and the arts, he channels that perspective into open, interoperable technologies designed to empower individuals globally.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Virginia TechBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Marshall University
Github Skills (23)
qt10
python10
user-interface10
ui-design10
cicd10
uid10
backup10
pyqt10
front-end-development10
windows-gui10
devops10
documentation10
tox9
command-line-interface9
command-line9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
borgbase/vorta
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Desktop Backup Client for Borg Backup
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:74 releases, 426 reviews, 496 commits in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Manu implemented test elements and added and modified UI elements for the Vorta application. They utilized Python with PyQt5 to create a working, basic version of the user interface, including a main window with features such as a progress bar and a file selection dialog. The commits suggest a focus on building out the structure and initial functionality of a desktop application, particularly the UI.
borgborg-backupguilinux-desktopborgbackup
invoice-x/invoice2data
Dec 2015 - Dec 2022
Extract structured data from PDF invoices
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:26 reviews, 217 commits, 147 PRs in 7 years
Contributions summary:Manu primarily focused on refactoring and improving the project's infrastructure and build processes. They updated the build process to be compatible with tox testing. Further commits indicate work on the deployment and the CI/CD pipeline, as well as configuration changes for the project. They also focused on implementing fixes for some issues.
pythonpdfstructuredinvoicesdata-mining
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