Thomas Kompare
Manager Of Application Development
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolThomas Kompare is a seasoned application development manager at the University of Chicago with 14 years of formal experience and over 25 years in IT, leading teams that build APIs, custom web apps, middleware, and Drupal-based CMS solutions. He combines hands-on technical stewardship—optimizing performance, security, and enterprise integrations—with people leadership, hiring and mentoring staff to align their work with institutional strategy. An active educator, Tom directs the IT Mentors program, contributes to training working groups, and runs workshops mentoring entrepreneurs at the Polsky Center. His career began in earth sciences and GIS and was serendipitously steered into web development by the Mosaic browser in 1993, a throughline that gives him a pragmatic, systems-oriented perspective. Outside of work he coaches endurance runners, is an award-winning public health volunteer, and remains an avid Dungeons & Dragons game master—evidence of his commitment to coaching, community service, and long-term engagement.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Certificate at University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive EducationBachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science at Illinois State University
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Github Skills (16)
location10
google-maps-api6
google-maps6
binding5
leveldb4
child-process3
javascript3
native-module3
react3
cubing3
nodejs3
leveldown2
hydrogen2
prebuild2
cpp2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tkompare/flushots2013
Jul 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:28 commits in 3 months
tkompare/chicagoflushots
Sep 2012 - Oct 2018
App to show location of CDPH Flu Shot Clinic Events
Contributions:102 commits, 9 PRs, 62 pushes in 6 years 1 month
eventsflulocationclinic
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