Ross Patterson is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with 19 years of experience building full-stack systems, architecting databases, and leading DevOps and engineering teams from Ann Arbor, Michigan. He blends hands-on coding (notably extending source control integrations for CruiseControl.NET and enhancing ANTLR grammars and test infrastructure) with strategic technical vision, resource planning, and mentorship. Ross has led engineering organizations in healthcare and life sciences, translating complex domain requirements into robust, testable systems and improving CI/tooling in open-source projects. Comfortable toggling between backend development, test automation, and infrastructure, he brings a practical eye for process stewardship and system testing. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture decisions and for turning brittle workflows into repeatable, automatable pipelines.
19 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science at University of Michigan College of Engineering
Command line tool (and API) for diffing Excel Workbooks
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:30 reviews, 30 commits, 7 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ross primarily focused on improving the test suite for the excelcompare tool. They addressed issues with Windows smoke tests, ensuring they functioned correctly and reported which output streams were failing. Additionally, they added support for a unified diff output format, expanding the tool's capabilities. These commits demonstrate a focus on testing, bug fixing, and enhancing the tool's usability.
CruiseControl.NET is an Automated Continuous Integration server, implemented using the .NET Framework. Downloads at sourceforge. The documentation can be found at:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:126 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Ross implemented and extended source control support within the CruiseControl.NET project. Their contributions include integrating support for AccuRev source control, incorporating regular expressions for more robust parsing of AccuRev command output and improving the handling of environment variables. Additionally, the user added the foundation for a command that will allow for greater integration with the source control.
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