Richard Hightower
Director Of Operations
Manassas, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Hightower is a results-driven Director of Operations with over 20 years managing federal government contracts and more than $10M in program responsibilities, combining operational rigor with hands-on supervision of production teams. He excels at task analysis, procedural adaptation, and ensuring contractual and safety compliance across complex, regulated environments. Skilled in vendor and subcontract oversight, bidding, and proposal support, he consistently aligns resources to deliver efficient, auditable outcomes. Uncommonly, he pairs this operational leadership with technical contributions to open-source backend tooling—having enhanced the JSR107 caching specification with annotation-driven features that improve cache key flexibility. Based in Manassas, VA, he brings deep experience working with people with disabilities, grounding his management style in accessibility and inclusive practices.
15 years of coding experience
Randolph-Macon CollegeGeorge Mason University
Github Skills (8)
javas10
caching10
annotate10
api-design10
java10
annotations10
reflections6
reflection6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
jsr107/jsr107spec
May 2011 - Jul 2011
JSR107 Cache Specification
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the development of JSR107 cache specification by implementing and refining core features. Their work involved cleaning up the API and incorporating class-level configurations through the addition of the `@CacheConfig` annotation. Furthermore, the user added support for `@CacheKeyParam`, enhancing the flexibility of cache key generation. The contributions centered on annotations and integration with the caching API, enhancing the overall functionality of the caching specification.
javaspecificationcache
jsr107/jsr107tck
Jul 2011 - Sep 2011
JSR107 Technology Compability Kit
Contributions:10 commits in 1 month
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