Marcus Boon
Software Developer at Catalyst IT Australia | E-learning Technology Services
Greater Brisbane Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMarcus Boon is a software developer with 12 years' experience focused on back-end engineering and open source e-learning platforms. Based in the Greater Brisbane area, he has worked at Catalyst IT since 2012 contributing to Moodle and Totara, delivering pragmatic improvements such as Redis session retry logic, caching refactors, and new YAML support to improve performance and testability. His background spans a Master’s in Web Engineering and a BSc in Computer Science, with early experience in mobile app development and customer-facing Mac support that sharpened his problem-solving and user empathy. Marcus combines steady, incremental engineering with a quick-learning mindset and a drive to make positive impact in the education technology space. A notable detail: his contributions touch Moodle, one of the world’s leading open-source learning platforms, reflecting both domain focus and collaborative OSS experience.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Masters, Web Engineering, Masters, Web Engineering at University of Western SydneyBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at University of Nottingham
English, Malay
Github Skills (8)
caching10
php10
moodle10
redis10
unit-testing9
querying7
database7
databases7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
moodle/moodle
Jul 2017 - Feb 2021
Moodle - the world's open source learning platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Marcus contributed to the Moodle platform by implementing and improving various back-end functionalities. Their work includes adding retry mechanisms for Redis session connections, fixing a typo in a PHPUnit test related to array datasets, and refactoring to use MUC for caching grade letters to improve unit test behavior. The user also introduced a new YAML file type, adding functionality for caching forum discussions count.
usabilitylearning-management-systemlearning-platformmhealthportal
marcusboon/moodle
Feb 2016 - Jan 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 315 pushes, 110 branches in 8 years
cmslearning-management-systemcourse-managementgit-repositorymanagement-system
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