Philip Mabon
System Engineering Technical Lead at Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Top SchoolPhilip Mabon is a System Engineering Technical Lead based in Winnipeg with 16 years of experience bridging bioinformatics and infrastructure engineering at the Public Health Agency of Canada. He progressed from Senior Bioinformatician into technical leadership, delivering reliable, auditable systems for public health while mentoring cross-functional teams. Hands-on contributor to prominent open-source bioinformatics ecosystems like Bioconda and Galaxy Project, he focuses on packaging, build automation, and maintaining reproducible toolchains for scientific software. Comfortable with low-level build systems and scripting (autoconf, make, bash, Python), he ensures complex dependencies install cleanly across heterogeneous environments. Known for quietly keeping critical pipelines current—updating tools like Prokka and merging upstream changes—he combines operational rigor with a scientist’s attention to reproducibility.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Manitoba
English, French
Github Skills (14)
bioinformatics10
conda10
bash10
package-management10
python10
build-automation10
toolz9
wrapper9
perl9
toolbox9
gnu-make8
makefile8
autoconf7
git4
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
galaxyproject/tools-iuc
Oct 2014 - May 2018
Tool Shed repositories maintained by the Intergalactic Utilities Commission
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:58 commits, 15 PRs, 96 comments in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Philip primarily worked on updating and maintaining tools related to the `galaxyproject/tools-iuc` repository. The commits show the user updated the Prokka tool to its latest version, including modifications to the documentation. The user also merged updates from the upstream master branch, indicating a role in maintaining the repository's codebase and integrating changes. These changes suggest a focus on tool updates and repository maintenance.
intergalacticrepositoriesusegalaxywrapperscommission
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Jan 2017 - Jan 2021
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:1 review, 44 commits, 47 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Philip primarily focused on updating and building recipes for bioinformatics tools within the Bioconda ecosystem. They implemented and modified build scripts, likely using bash and Python, to ensure proper installation and functionality of various software packages. Key contributions include integrating updated versions, patching existing code, and configuring the build environment to be compatible with the Bioconda channel's requirements. The user also managed dependencies and utilized tools such as `autoconf` and `make` in the build process.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
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