Thomas Hauk is a seasoned software leader and founder with 13+ years of professional experience, currently serving as President of Shaggy Frog Software in Vancouver. He has a strong background in backend development from roles at Copperleaf, Absolute Software, and early engineering positions at EA and AirG, blending enterprise software practices with startup agility. Thomas contributes to open-source projects—most notably enhancing django-import-export with hooks that give users fine-grained control over import/export workflows—highlighting a focus on extensible, user-driven tooling. His career shows a pattern of moving between product-focused teams and consulting contracts, indicating both deep technical capability and adaptability to varied project scopes.
Django application and library for importing and exporting data with admin integration.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:21 commits, 27 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Thomas contributed to the Django application by adding functionality related to importing and exporting data. They exposed the Django user to export functions and introduced `before_export` and `after_export` hooks for customization. Further enhancements included adding `before_import_row` and `after_import_row` hooks and updating the import workflow documentation. These changes indicate a focus on expanding the flexibility and control users have over the import/export processes.
Contributions:4 PRs, 9 pushes, 18 branches in 8 days
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