Ryan Blackman
Technology Services Director at Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District
Urbana, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Blackman is a technology services director with 13 years of experience leading software and network teams at the Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District, where he progressed from developer/network administrator to director-level leadership. He combines hands-on engineering and operational oversight to deliver reliable transit IT systems, with a background in computer science and network administration from the University of Illinois Springfield and Parkland College. Ryan contributes to open-source TypeScript definitions in the high-profile DefinitelyTyped repository, improving developer experience and type safety for JavaScript libraries. Known for bridging infrastructure and application development, he emphasizes maintainable, well-typed code and pragmatic team-driven solutions that keep critical public services running.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Illinois SpringfieldAssociate's degree, Network and System Administration/Administrator, Associate's degree, Network and System Administration/Administrator at Parkland College
Github Skills (12)
type-system10
optional-typing10
static-typing10
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
dts10
typescripts10
strong-typing10
type-definition10
typescript-types10
react9
javascript9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
Aug 2019 - Sep 2020
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 5 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily contributed to the repository by adding and maintaining type definitions for various JavaScript libraries and components. They added type definitions for `levenshtein-edit-distance`, `syllable`, and `react-html5-camera-photo`, ensuring type safety and improving the developer experience. Additionally, the user fixed minor errors and updated author information within existing type definitions, demonstrating a focus on maintaining the quality and accuracy of the type definitions within the repository. These contributions are all within the context of a project that is centered around TypeScript definitions for various open source JavaScript libraries.
typescript-definitionstype-definitionshigh-qualitydtsdefinitions
rblackman/OneThousandWords
Dec 2014 - Apr 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 1 push in 3 years 4 months
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