Scott Mckinney
Chief Information Officer
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Mckinney is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Information Officer with over 13 years of experience driving software and IT strategy at Sandhills Publishing. He blends executive leadership with hands-on engineering, having also led software development as a manager since 2002. An active open-source practitioner, Scott created Manifold and Gosu language contributions, improving Java/Gosu interoperability and core metaprogramming features in the Manifold compiler plugin. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, he pairs a dual background in business administration and computer science to translate technical complexity into pragmatic, business-aligned solutions. Known for refactoring and architecture work behind the scenes, he focuses on maintainable, extensible systems that accelerate developer productivity.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA at Nebraska Wesleyan University
Github Skills (7)
javas10
metaprogramming10
java10
annotations10
annotation-processing10
api-design9
code-generation9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
manifold-systems/manifold
Jun 2017 - Jan 2023
Manifold is a Java compiler plugin, its features include Metaprogramming, Properties, Extension Methods, Operator Overloading, Templates, a Preprocessor, and more.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 3 reviews, 2121 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Scott's contributions primarily revolve around improving and refactoring the extension producer functionality within the Manifold project. The commits focus on enhancing the extension producer by abstracting responsibilities with an AbstractExtensionProducer, improving the processing of string literals and the generation of Java source files. These changes reflect the user's efforts in enhancing the framework's core capabilities and ensuring Java/Gosu interoperability.
java-developmentoperatorcompilercompiler-pluginjs-java-interoperability
manifold-systems/manifold-ij
Jun 2017 - Feb 2023
IntelliJ plugin for Manifold
Contributions:726 commits, 7 PRs, 400 pushes in 5 years 8 months
intellijintellij-pluginmanifoldmanifold-ij
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