Peter Eichman
Senior Software Developer at University of Maryland Libraries Digital Systems & Stewardship
Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Eichman is a Senior Software Developer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining complex, database-driven web applications, currently leading Fedora digital collections work at the University of Maryland Libraries. He combines backend and frontend expertise across a diverse technology stack and serves as a committer on the Fedora open-source project, translating institutional preservation needs into production systems. Peter has a strong track record of technical leadership—leading STARTALK rewrites, migrating infrastructure from Windows to Linux, and deploying virtualized dev/test/prod environments—while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating cross-functional teams. With a background in philosophy and linguistics, he brings clear analytical thinking and communication to complex system design and documentation. Based in Laurel, Maryland, he is pragmatic about maintainability and stewardship, prioritizing auditable, reusable solutions for long-lived digital collections.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Philosophy, Master's Degree, Philosophy at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor's Degree, Linguistics and Philosophy (Double Degree), Bachelor's Degree, Linguistics and Philosophy (Double Degree) at University of Maryland
German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (142)
messaging10
chat10
umd10
batch10
autonumber10
fedora10
linux9
rotate9
vagrant9
open-access9
viewer9
capistrano9
administration9
pan9
solr8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
umd-lib/umd-oaipmh-server
May 2023 - Jan 2025
OAI-PMH Server for Fedora
Contributions:5 reviews, 32 PRs, 33 pushes in 1 year 8 months
umd-lib/optional-authn-valve
Dec 2015 - Aug 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 9 months
securityauthenticationapachetomcatjava
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