Richard Browne is a seasoned software engineer with 10+ years building modern web and cloud solutions, currently contributing at OpenFin while maintaining the privacy-focused xBrowserSync project he founded. He spans the full stack—Angular/React front-ends, C#/.NET backends, Node.js services, and Azure DevOps—specializing in SharePoint migrations and client-side, responsive enterprise apps. Richard combines hands-on engineering with project leadership, having led teams delivering aggressive, production-grade SharePoint and Office 365 solutions and automating CI/CD for complex deployments. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved popular frontend tooling such as the jQuery SmartWizard plugin and runs a sync service used by thousands worldwide, demonstrating practical UX and cross-platform mobile experience. Comfortable mentoring stakeholders and driving process change, he pairs deep Microsoft-platform expertise with a pragmatic, security-minded approach to cloud-native development.
A modern and accessible step wizard plugin for jQuery
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 1 day
Contributions summary:Richard primarily focused on updating the SmartWizard plugin to be compatible with Bootstrap 4. They made several commits to modify the CSS and JavaScript to correct the display of visual elements, particularly the arrows and circles themes. Additionally, the user updated the example files to ensure proper functionality and included the Bootswatch theme, demonstrating a strong understanding of the plugin's theming capabilities and integration with the Bootstrap framework.
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Contributions:32 releases, 1 review, 395 commits in 2 years 10 months
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