Paul Culley
Fellow at Hewlett-Packard
Tomball, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarPaul Culley is a seasoned electrical and computer engineer and Fellow at Hewlett-Packard with a career rooted in complex hardware and software systems and more than 50 patents in computing technologies. Now contributing as a back-end developer and bug fixer on open-source projects like the well-regarded Gramps genealogical program, he excels at resolving intricate data-import issues involving encoding, date parsing, and duplicate identifiers. Based in Tomball, Texas, Paul blends deep systems-level expertise with hands-on Python work, demonstrating an unusual comfort moving between patented inventions and practical code maintenance. His experience reflects a rare combination of formal corporate R&D leadership and humble, meticulous open-source troubleshooting.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (4)
debug10
data-parsing10
python10
genealogy8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gramps-project/gramps
Apr 2016 - Jul 2021
Source code for Gramps Genealogical program
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Bug Fixer
Back-end Developer & Bug FixerContributions:7 releases, 7 reviews, 713 commits in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily worked on fixing bugs within the Gramps Genealogical program, focusing on the import process of GEDCOM files and place handling. The commits reveal interactions with core Python libraries, indicating experience with file I/O and data manipulation. The user addressed issues involving duplicate event IDs, incorrect handling of place data, and problems with character encoding and date parsing in GEDCOM import, demonstrating a strong aptitude for debugging and resolving data-related challenges in a genealogy application.
pythongnomegrampsgtk4genealogy
gramps-project/addons
Apr 2016 - Oct 2022
Third-party plugins for Gramps genealogy program
Contributions:263 commits, 3 PRs, 274 pushes in 6 years 7 months
third-partygenealogypartygramps
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