Mark Willis
Head Of Development at Adido
Poole, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMark Willis is a seasoned web development leader with nearly 20 years in the digital sector and more than a decade of hands-on experience building and scaling teams as Head of Development at Adido. He blends full-stack technical depth—evidenced by contributions to the MODX Revolution CMS such as RTE integration and database indexing—with a talent for translating complex technical discussions into clear client-facing decisions. Mark has progressed from senior PHP developer to technical lead and now leads development strategy and delivery, focusing on pragmatic performance improvements and maintainable systems. Based in Poole, he balances a strong engineering mindset with team-building and a practical curiosity evidenced by off-hours projects like restoring miniature traction engines with his grandfather.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Double A level Information Technology, Double A level Information Technology at Poole High School
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Github Skills (13)
modx-revolution10
content-management-system10
php10
modx10
content-management10
mysql9
database-design7
nodejs6
macos6
javascript6
concurrency6
if-statement6
multiple-selection6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
modxcms/revolution
Jan 2015 - Jan 2020
MODX Revolution - Content Management Framework
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 8 PRs, 2 pushes in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Mark primarily focused on enhancing the MODX Revolution content management framework by integrating a Rich Text Editor (RTE) across various resource types, including weblinks and symlinks. Their work involved modifying PHP files within the manager controllers, specifically adding the RTE initialization. Additionally, the user contributed to the project by merging updates from the upstream develop branch. The user also added indexes to the database to improve performance.
cmsphprevolutionmodx-revolutioncontent-management
Adido/revolution
Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
cmsreactapplication-platformrevolutionmodx-revolution
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