Rich Johnson
Consultant at Privately Owned Company
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolRich Johnson is a seasoned consultant with over 16 years of experience designing, developing, and supporting Linux- and Unix-based systems, appliances, and cloud migrations. He combines system and network administration chops with application development skills in JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, shell scripting, and documentation tooling like DocBook and LaTeX. Rich specializes in building custom Linux distributions and embedded appliances for IoT, Raspberry Pi projects, networked media systems, and private cloud infrastructure. He prefers open source ecosystems, and often delivers end-to-end solutions that include developer and user documentation as part of the product. Based in Chicago, he takes on consulting, freelance, and short-term contracts while explicitly avoiding .NET, iOS, and Windows admin work. A practical tinkerer with 3D printing and Xen virtualization experience, he’s comfortable moving legacy setups into modern private cloud or appliance-based deployments.
16 years of coding experience
Associate of Science - AS, Associate of Science - AS at College of DuPageUniversity of Maryland
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Github Skills (42)
ffmpeg10
mpv10
audio10
video-player10
player10
multimedia10
cli10
keepass9
mplayer9
security9
libav9
linux9
yubikey9
password-manager9
macos8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nixternal/OctoPrint-Si7021
Mar 2017 - Aug 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 6 months
nixternal/qmk_firmware
Jun 2019 - Mar 2025
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Contributions:53 PRs, 82 pushes in 5 years 10 months
nrf52840firmwareavratmelusb
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