Ris Adams
Scrum Master Senior Principal Software Engineer at General Dynamics Mission Systems
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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RockstarRis Adams is a seasoned engineering leader and Scrum Master with 11 years of experience building and scaling full-stack teams and cloud-native SaaS products across healthcare, marketing, and defense. Currently a Senior Advanced Software Engineer at General Dynamics Mission Systems, he pairs hands-on .NET/JavaScript development and CI/CD expertise with product-facing responsibilities and backlog ownership. Previously a Principal Developer at Barkley, he led AWS-hosted SaaS delivery, mentored cross-functional teams, and drove diversity and inclusion initiatives. An active open-source contributor, he has improved UX-focused front-end projects like Selectize.js by fixing Bootstrap 4 compatibility and adding practical plugins. Based in Pittsburgh, he balances technical leadership with DevSecOps and agile process discipline, and brings a father’s perspective to work–life balance.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (9)
css10
javascript10
bootstra10
front-end-development10
jquery10
bootstrap10
input-field9
inputbox9
visual-studio6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
selectize/selectize.js
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
Selectize is the hybrid of a textbox and <select> box. It's jQuery based, and it has autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation; useful for tagging, contact lists, etc.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 175 reviews, 193 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ris primarily contributed to the Selectize.js library by addressing issues related to Bootstrap 4 compatibility, including fixes for placeholder text clipping and modal interaction with the remove_button plugin. The user also added a new plugin to disable autofill functionality. Their contributions included code modifications to both the core JavaScript files as well as updates to the example and documentation files.
autocompletecontact-listjquerykeyboard-navigationselectize
risadams/risadams
Jul 2020 - Oct 2025
Contributions:1 review, 9 PRs, 61 pushes in 5 years 4 months
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