Nicholas English
Project Manager at Fieldstone Excavating
Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas English is a project manager and aspiring software developer with eight years of hands-on experience coordinating construction projects and a growing portfolio in backend PHP development. He blends practical field leadership—rising from laborer to project manager handling scheduling, estimating and client relations—with disciplined, self-directed learning in software engineering. On GitHub he has contributed to paragonie/halite, refining cryptography unit tests and documentation for a well-regarded libsodium-based library, showing attention to secure, testable code. Based in Florida, he pairs certifications like IOWPA septic installation with technical training from Ivy Tech, signaling a pragmatic problem-solver who moves between physical and digital systems comfortably. Known for reliability and mentorship from earlier roles, he seeks a long-term software position where he can apply his backend skills and operational experience to deliver maintainable, secure solutions.
8 years of coding experience
Indiana Core 40 Academic Honors, Indiana Core 40 Academic Honors at Chesterton High SchoolSoftware Dev AAS-DE, Software Development, Software Dev AAS-DE, Software Development at Ivy Tech Community College-ValparaisoPurdue University
Github Skills (10)
unit-testing10
php10
encryption10
cryptography10
decryption10
testing10
libsodium9
user-authentication8
authentication8
composer7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
paragonie/halite
Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
High-level cryptography interface powered by libsodium
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:108 commits, 19 PRs, 18 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily contributed to the project by modifying existing test files, including FileTest.php, AsymmetricTest.php, HaliteTest.php, and others. These changes focused on updating and refining unit tests related to encryption, decryption, and key management functionalities. The user also made minor adjustments to documentation and addressed potential namespace issues.
cryptography-libraryx25519siphashcomposered25519
genial-framework/Validator
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:7 PRs, 171 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
validatorvalidation
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