Richard Winters
Senior Software Engineer at Massively Modified, Inc.
City of Oneonta, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Winters is a senior software engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building full‑stack and systems software across desktop, web, mobile and embedded platforms. He combines deep C++ and modern TypeScript/Node.js expertise with practical DevOps practices—containerization, CI/CD, and cloud deployments on GCP—to design efficient, production-grade systems and reduce redundancy. A long-time open-source contributor, he has added Autoconf support for Boost libraries and the Microsoft C++ REST SDK and contributed quality improvements to the Pacemaker HA project, reflecting comfort with low-level build and integration challenges. Richard leads teams and mentors peers in agile and SCRUM adoption, and also authors and maintains developer tooling and a Node/C++ native MySQL add-on used in commercial and FOSS projects. Based in Oneonta, NY, he pairs a systems-level understanding of networks and security with creative side projects in home automation, music, and a nascent professional network product, Kwaeri.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Game and Simulation Programming, Sophmore, Bachelor's degree, Game and Simulation Programming, Sophmore at DeVry University
English
Github Skills (17)
c-language10
spell10
high-availability10
autoconf10
pacemaker10
c-programming10
spellchecking10
spelling10
cprogramming-language10
boost10
clustering10
system-programming9
maintenance9
linux9
autoconfiguration9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
autoconf-archive/autoconf-archive
May 2021 - May 2021
A mirror of the GNU Autoconf Archive, a collection of more than 500 macros for GNU Autoconf that have been contributed as free software by friendly supporters of the cause from all over the Internet.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 7 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the `autoconf-archive` repository by adding support for various Boost C++ libraries within the context of Autoconf macros. They implemented macros to check for the presence and availability of the Boost::Atomic and Boost::Random libraries. Furthermore, the user added support for the Microsoft C++ Rest SDK, demonstrating a focus on integrating external libraries and tools into the Autoconf build process. This work involved writing and modifying `.m4` files to provide compatibility checks and integration code for these libraries.
unixmacrossystem-programmingportabilitycause
ClusterLabs/pacemaker
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Pacemaker is an advanced, scalable High-Availability cluster resource manager
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to fixing spelling errors within the codebase of the Pacemaker project. Their work involved correcting typos in various source files, including those related to core components and tools within the high-availability cluster resource manager. These changes, while seemingly minor, improved the overall code quality and maintainability by addressing potential ambiguities caused by incorrect spellings in comments and variable names. The edits span across multiple modules, including those related to service management, and the primary contribution appears to be focused on cleaning up text strings for improved readability.
scalableavailabilityresource-managerpacemakerscale
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