Philip Phiri
Chief Executive Officer at Chewa Global Corp
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Phiri is a CEO and seasoned tech professional with nine years of software and leadership experience, blending executive oversight with hands-on development and Scrum mastery. Based in Atlanta, he leads Chewa Global Corp while serving as a Scrum Master at Hello Technology, pairing entrepreneurial drive with agile delivery practices. Technically versatile, he contributes to notable open-source projects at Supabase, enhancing both Postgres-management REST endpoints and frontend UI components like OAuth and input props. His background bridges mortgage underwriting/process knowledge, product-focused engineering, and adult literacy education—a mix that surfaces in pragmatic, user-centered solutions. Known on GitHub as "Pip," he brings a practical focus on maintainability and test-driven improvements to complex systems.
9 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Adult Literacy Tutor/Instructor, Associate's degree, Adult Literacy Tutor/Instructor at literacy & evangelism Tulsa okl
Github Skills (20)
api-rest10
javascript10
postgresql10
api-design10
restful-api10
css10
typescript10
typescript-types10
test-integration10
rest-api10
typescripts10
react10
integration-testing10
ui-design9
api9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
supabase/ui
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
Supabase UI Library
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 17 commits, 5 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Philip primarily contributed to the UI library, focusing on front-end development. Their work included implementing new features like an Apple OAuth button and a button textAlign prop. They also added a borderless prop to various input types across the UI library and fixed "Invalid DOM property" warnings, improving component usability and style consistency.
supabaseui-library
supabase/postgres-meta
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
A RESTful API for managing your Postgres. Fetch tables, add roles, and run queries
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 27 days
Contributions summary:Philip primarily focused on implementing and improving the `/functions` API endpoints. They added support for POST, DELETE, and PATCH methods, enabling the creation, deletion, and modification of functions within the PostgreSQL database. Their work included writing tests to ensure the functionality of the new endpoints, and refactoring the code for better maintainability and consistency. They also worked on retrieving functions by ID and name.
apirestfuldatabasepostgrespostgresql
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