Matt Wilkie
Geomatics Developer & Administrator
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
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Top SchoolMatt Wilkie is a Geomatics Developer & Administrator based in Whitehorse, Yukon, with 16 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining GIS systems for government and regional organizations. He combines deep domain knowledge in geomatics with practical software engineering skills, contributing to open-source projects like an SVG thumbnail explorer for Windows and packaging improvements for the Leo editor. At the Yukon government he blends operational administration with development, CI/CD and build automation—skills reflected in his work integrating AppVeyor and cross-platform installers. Comfortable across full-stack toolchains, Matt has a knack for fixing subtle build and packaging issues that keep geospatial tools reliable in production. He is both a community contributor (GIS-focused sites and projects) and a pragmatic problem-solver who favors durable, maintainable solutions for spatial data workflows.
16 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (21)
c-language10
qt10
python10
setuptools10
packaging10
build-automation10
cprogramming-language10
winapi9
cicd9
wp-api9
ws-api9
inno-setup8
msbuild7
pip6
cmd6
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
tibold/svg-explorer-extension
Jul 2017 - Jan 2020
Extension module for Windows Explorer to render SVG thumbnails, so that you can have an overview of your SVG files
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 97 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the project by addressing errors related to the compilation and usage of Qt libraries within the Windows Explorer extension. They fixed compilation errors related to `QString` and `QtWin`, and adapted the code to use the appropriate syntax. Additionally, the user worked on integrating build scripts and setting up CI/CD pipelines with Appveyor, including both 32-bit and 64-bit installers. They also updated the project's build configuration.
renderconfigurablewindowssvgthumbnails
leo-editor/leo-editor
Apr 2013 - Sep 2022
Leo is an Outliner, Editor, IDE and PIM written in 100% Python.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 419 commits, 30 PRs in 9 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Matt made several commits focused on updating and modifying the `setup.py` file for the `leo-editor` repository. Their contributions include version updates, fixing packaging issues, refactoring for setuptools, and configuring entry points for command-line and GUI scripts. The changes suggest a focus on improving the build process and ensuring that the project can be easily installed and used by end-users.
pythonsqlite3ideeditorleo
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