Oskars Pakers
Chief Technology Officer at Dativa
Riga, Latvia
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Top SchoolOskars Pakers is a hands-on CTO with 11 years of experience designing sustainable, API-driven microservice architectures and balancing reusability, efficiency, business value and complexity. Based in Riga, Latvia, he has progressed from full-stack Java developer through solutions architect to chief technology roles, leading roadmap, procurement and vendor collaboration for large public and private sector projects. He combines deep Java/Spring and front-end experience with practical DevOps practices (Docker, CI) and a track record of mentoring teams and resolving complex client-facing integration challenges. As an active contributor to the PrimeFaces UI library, he has improved component behavior and layout, showing attention to both backend and UX details beyond typical architect responsibilities. He holds a Master's in Computer Science and a Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, bringing both software craftsmanship and systems-level thinking to technology strategy.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Latvijas UniversitateBachelor's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University)
Latvian, English, Russian
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Github Skills (13)
component-development10
javas10
primefaces10
jsf10
java10
css8
ui-design7
json6
html6
php6
jquery6
apache6
post6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
primefaces/primefaces
Oct 2015 - Jan 2016
Ultimate Component Suite for Jakarta Faces
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Oskars's commits primarily focus on enhancing the `SelectManyCheckbox` component within the PrimeFaces framework. Their contributions include implementing support for `SelectItemGroup`, which likely involves grouping checkbox options for improved user experience. The changes also involve modifications to the CSS styling (`forms.css`) and Java code (`SelectManyCheckboxRenderer.java`) to support the new functionality and fix layout issues. These commits demonstrate a focus on component-level development and UI integration within the JavaServer Faces (JSF) ecosystem.
javaserver-facesadobe-experience-managerjsfwebgljavascript
akordi/jtab
Jan 2022 - Aug 2025
Javascript module to render Guitar tabs and chords. Forked from http://jtab.tardate.com/
Contributions:10 releases, 1 review, 2 PRs in 3 years 7 months
rendermusicxmljavascriptguitarguitar-tabs
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