Robert O'connor
Infrastructure Engineer at LibreHealth
Town of New Windsor, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRobert O'connor is an Infrastructure Engineer with 18 years of experience focused on DevOps, open source infrastructure, and health IT. Based in New Windsor, NY, he maintains systems for LibreHealth and serves on its steering committee, blending operational reliability with community governance. His hands-on work spans CI/CD automation, build tooling fixes, and cloud migrations—recently driving AWS Serverless migrations and ElastiCache-backed performance improvements at MindForge. A long-time OpenMRS and FOSS contributor, he’s fixed subtle CI logic and integrated quality tooling in notable projects like Spacemacs and FOSSASIA websites. Notably, he pairs deep systems expertise with a coder’s eye for editor ergonomics and tooling (contributions to Spacemacs), reflecting both infrastructure breadth and developer-focused sensibilities. He is committed to remote open-source collaboration and not open to relocation.
18 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
AS, Computer Science, AS, Computer Science at SUNY OrangeBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Hunter College
English
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Github Skills (30)
git10
scripting10
configuration-management10
bash10
travis-ci10
cicd10
ruby10
script10
emacs10
configuration-file10
spacemacs10
sh10
configurations10
shell10
html9
Programming languages (30)
Github contributions (5)
FOSSASIA-Web/gci16.fossasia.org
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
FOSSASIA Google Code-In Website 2016/17 http://gci16.fossasia.org
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:184 commits, 211 PRs, 248 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on improving the build process and automating tasks related to the project's website. They made changes to the `image_checker.rb` script to address build failures and logic errors, and integrated Coala for code quality checks. The user's contributions also included adjustments to the CI/CD pipeline configuration, ensuring proper return codes and efficient patch application within the Travis CI environment, and the handling of Coala patches.
google-code-injavascript
syl20bnr/spacemacs
May 2015 - Nov 2021
A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 103 commits, 200 PRs in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the Spacemacs configuration, implementing and integrating various modes and features across different layers. They added support for new file types and modes (e.g., jade, pug, ejs, and evil-matchit support), improving the editing experience. They also addressed configuration issues related to themes and dependencies, ensuring the proper functionality and user experience within the Emacs environment. These changes demonstrate an understanding of Emacs configuration, layer management, and integration of different packages.
emacsvimcommunity-drivenconfigurationspacemacs
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