Russell Alleen-Willems
Software Developer at Software Carpentry
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolRussell Alleen-Willems is a software developer in Seattle with 12 years of experience building tools that make data more useful across business, research, and academia. He combines full‑stack engineering (Node.js, Electron, Svelte, C#, SQL) with domain expertise in archaeology and cultural heritage to deliver production apps, DAM integrations, and real‑time networked playtesting tools for game development. Russell has a strong focus on usability and reproducibility—teaching Software Carpentry, designing field‑ready mobile apps with offline sync, and creating VR visualizations of archaeological sites. Comfortable across Agile teams, he blends systems thinking with hands‑on prototyping (multiplayer game mechanics, Phaser/Socket.io) and practical data‑preservation workflows. Colleagues benefit from his dual grounding in academic practice and product shipping, which helps him translate complex research requirements into maintainable software.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
VR Nanodegree Virtual Reality, VR Nanodegree Virtual Reality at UdacityReal-Time Interactive Simulation, Real-Time Interactive Simulation at DigiPen Institute of TechnologyFull Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCampM.A. Anthropology/Applied Archaeology Track, M.A. Anthropology/Applied Archaeology Track at Northern Arizona UniversityB.A. Anthropology/Archaeology, B.A. Anthropology/Archaeology at Western Washington University
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Github Skills (28)
git10
github10
patch9
subversion8
htc-vive8
artifact8
trackpad7
headset7
surface7
rating-system7
location7
rating6
artifacts6
controller6
esri5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
MjStrwy/RiverfrontParkVR
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 2 days
3d-modelshistoricalesrisitesvisualizing
MjStrwy/RiverfrontVR_VRTK
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 1 branch in 19 days
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