Peter Van Der Does
Engineering Manager at ONeil Interactive
Ilchester, Maryland, United States
Summary
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RockstarPeter Van Der Does is an experienced engineering manager and IT generalist with 30 years in technology and 17 years of focused professional experience leading teams and delivering server-oriented solutions. Based in Ilchester, Maryland, he blends hands-on skills in Python, Django, PHP, Linux, and server architecture with strong organization, troubleshooting, and customer-service instincts. At ONeil Interactive he oversees engineering delivery while maintaining a practical DevOps mindset evidenced by contributions to the popular gitflow-avh tool and backend fixes for the wger fitness tracker. His background spans consulting, systems administration, and early-career programming/helpdesk roles, giving him deep empathy for operational realities and business requirements. Known for translating vague requirements into reliable systems, he pairs critical thinking with a willingness to dive into installer scripts, dependency updates, and data precision improvements. Outside work he is also active as a photographer, bringing a creative perspective to technical problems.
17 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (21)
git10
javascript10
python10
django10
workflow-engine10
build-engine10
automation10
build-tools10
automations10
shell10
d3js10
buildr10
eclipse6
gitflow6
command-line6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
petervanderdoes/gitflow-avh
Dec 2011 - May 2019
AVH Edition of the git extensions to provide high-level repository operations for Vincent Driessen's branching model
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:5 releases, 729 commits, 28 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to the gitflow-avh repository by modifying the gitflow-installer.sh script and the msysgit-install.cmd file. Their contributions included updating the installation process for *nix systems, removing redundant file copies, and changing repository URLs to reflect the forked project name. The user also implemented support for installing either the stable or develop branch and made spelling corrections.
branchinggitflowgit-flowhigh-levelgit-addons
wger-project/wger
Aug 2016 - May 2017
Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout, nutrition and weight tracker
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:122 commits, 25 PRs, 9 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to fixing deprecation warnings related to Django and updating dependencies, specifically addressing issues in the `wger` project. These changes involved modifying code to align with newer Django versions and updating third-party libraries like D3.js. The user also made improvements to the BMI calculator and chart data, setting up the data for Lbs and Kg and refining weight granularity.
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