Russell Stephens
Software Engineer at COLSA
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
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Top SchoolRussell Stephens is a software engineer based in Huntsville, Alabama with 11 years of experience building and maintaining web applications and sites. He specializes in front-end development with deep expertise in Vue, and also brings professional experience with Angular and C#. At COLSA he progressed from intern to full software engineer, contributing to production systems since 2015. Russell is an active open-source contributor on projects like the well-used openHAB add-ons, where he improved DSC alarm integration by fixing connection bugs, enhancing status detection, and refactoring core classes. He combines practical, security-minded back-end fixes with polished front-end work, making him effective across the stack. An Auburn University software engineering graduate, he pairs steady delivery with a penchant for stabilizing integrations that others overlook.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering at Auburn University
Github Skills (8)
javas10
openhab10
java10
osgi9
restful-api7
api-design7
api-rest7
rest-api7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
openhab/openhab1-addons
Aug 2014 - Feb 2017
Add-ons for openHAB 1.x
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 11 PRs, 24 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Russell primarily contributed to the DSC Alarm Binding for openHAB 1.x, focusing on the implementation and improvement of the DSC Alarm system integration. Their work involved adding and modifying features such as the DSC Alarm Binding, which included functionalities like handling item commands, responding to events, and polling the DSC Alarm panel. Code changes included fixing bugs related to panel connections, improving status detection, and refactoring classes.
add-onsopenhabaddononsinternet-of-things
RSStephens/openhab2
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 13 days
next-generationopenhabmqtthome-automationbus
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