Pierre B
Owner And GM at EKOS Energy Canada Inc.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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RockstarPierre B is a Calgary-based technology and business leader with over 30 years of experience in energy and industrial systems and a decade of hands-on software engineering reflected in open-source contributions. As Owner and GM of EKOS Energy and formerly a senior leader at GE and ABB, he blends commercial leadership, global program delivery, and smart-grid technical expertise. More recently he’s contributed backend and full-stack improvements to the widely used Slim PHP micro-framework and its skeleton and website projects, focusing on error handling, routing, and app structure to make APIs more robust and maintainable. That combination of operator-level business ownership and practical open-source engineering gives him a rare perspective on shipping reliable, production-ready systems that bridge legacy industrial domains and modern web APIs.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (27)
website-development10
css10
php10
github-pages10
html10
slim-framework10
middleware9
phpunit9
psr-79
psr-39
documentation9
g8
web-framework8
app-framework8
gruntjs8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
slimphp/Slim-Skeleton
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Slim Framework 4 Skeleton Application
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 33 reviews, 148 commits in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Pierre primarily contributed to the foundational structure and setup of a Slim Framework 4 application. Their commits introduced the core directory structure, including actions, handlers, and middleware. They established essential configurations for settings, dependencies, and routing, laying the groundwork for the application's functionality. The user also integrated testing frameworks and examples to ensure code quality and functionality.
skeletonskeleton-applicationphpslim4php7
slimphp/Slim
Feb 2018 - Dec 2022
Slim is a PHP micro framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful web applications and APIs.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 releases, 50 reviews, 789 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Pierre's commits focused on refactoring and improving the Slim PHP micro-framework. They removed existing error handling and related tests, and introduced new named HTTP exceptions to enhance error management. Furthermore, the user refactored `App::run()` and `App::__invoke()` methods and `RoutingMiddleware` to support new error handling middleware. This work involved modifications to core framework files, indicating a focus on backend logic and API handling within the Slim framework.
micro-frameworkguzzlephp-frameworkslim-frameworksimple-yet-powerful
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