Ryan Holmes
Director Of Software Development at STS Aviation Group
Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Holmes is a seasoned software leader with 15 years of experience who currently serves as Director of Software Development at STS Aviation Group, rising through roles from developer to director. He combines hands-on backend engineering—demonstrated by contributions to the calibre-web project improving database concurrency, file handling, and ebook conversion workflows—with strategic delivery and team leadership across aviation software. Based in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, he brings practical expertise in building reliable server-side systems and integrating operational features like email-driven conversion tasks. His background in IT Management and Cyber Security underpins a focus on robust, maintainable architectures and data integrity. Unusually, his early career as a veterinary technician gave him a grounded, detail-oriented approach to problem solving and cross-functional collaboration. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex technical challenges into tractable projects that ship.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS: IT Management and Cyber Security, BS: IT Management and Cyber Security at Indian River State College
Github Skills (6)
file-handling10
databases10
sqlalchemy10
python10
database10
calibre9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
janeczku/calibre-web
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
:books: Web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 10 PRs, 38 comments in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Ryan focused on improving the backend functionality of the calibre-web application. Their commits primarily involved database interactions, including fixing issues related to multi-threaded database access and modifying database object assignments. They addressed bugs related to file handling, such as whitespace trimming in filenames. Furthermore, the user introduced a new task structure for converting ebooks and integrated email functionality within the conversion process.
ebookdownloadingebooksstoredmobi
blitzmann/vscode
Jul 2022 - Mar 2025
Visual Studio Code
Contributions:50 PRs, 49 pushes, 50 branches in 2 years 8 months
visual-studio-codevscodevscode-extensiontypescriptvisual-studio
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