Mike O'connell
Warehouse Associate
Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike O'connell is a pragmatic technologist and operations professional with seven years of experience who blends deep software engineering leadership with hands-on logistics and practice management. He previously led engineering teams and architected enterprise security and device management services at Symantec and 2U, contributing back-end fixes and security-focused enhancements to notable open-source projects like Open edX. Comfortable switching between high-level strategy and day-to-day execution, he has run cross-functional teams, built AWS-backed tooling for SREs, and handled finance, HR, and IT for a veterinary practice. Now based in Marlborough, MA, he applies that same operational rigor on the floor as a Warehouse Associate at Amazon, bringing a rare mix of large-scale software, security expertise, and practical supply-chain experience. Colleagues describe him as a thoughtful problem-solver who pairs technical depth in authentication and cryptography with a willingness to dive into manual processes and customer-facing operations.
6 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Ithaca College
Github Skills (9)
account-management10
api10
backend10
back-end-development10
python10
apidoc10
django10
testing9
logging9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 19 commits, 35 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily focused on modifying and improving the back-end functionality of the Open edX platform. Their contributions involved updating account recovery mechanisms, correcting PEP8 errors, and adding unit tests related to account recovery. They made changes in files associated with student dashboards, models, API, and management views, demonstrating a focus on account settings and user authentication. Their work also included adding remote IP logging and DSC (Data Sharing Consent) views, suggesting efforts to enhance security and improve user experience.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
moconnell1453/cantina-consulting-exercise
Dec 2019 - Dec 2019
Repo to contain source code for coding exercise for Cantina consulting
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
javacoding-exerciseconsulting
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