Thomas Nieto
Principal Technology Architect at Oracle
Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Nieto is a Principal Technology Architect based in Overland Park, Kansas, with eight years of professional experience and a decade-long background in server management and Windows automation. He specializes in PowerShell-driven architecture and automation, contributing to core PowerShell projects—improving cmdlet behavior, help formats, and package management features—which underscores his deep practical expertise in the ecosystem. At Oracle and previously Cerner, he progressed through engineering and architecture roles, delivering scalable infrastructure and automation patterns for large enterprise environments. Thomas blends hands-on back-end development with architecture leadership, often surfacing small but impactful enhancements like PassThru parameters and source-location support that improve developer experience. His Kansas State University computer systems foundation informs a pragmatic, systems-focused approach to solving complex operational challenges.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems, Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems at Kansas State University
Github Skills (16)
powershell10
package-management10
scripting10
command-line10
testing10
csharp9
dotnet-core9
params9
asp-net9
net9
dotnet9
git8
windows8
apidoc7
api-design7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
PowerShell/PowerShell
Oct 2019 - Jul 2021
PowerShell for every system!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 12 commits, 28 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily focused on modifying and enhancing the PowerShell core functionality. The contributions involved updating help file formats, improving parameter handling, and adding output type attributes for the `Get-ExperimentalFeature` cmdlet. Furthermore, the user removed unnecessary code and dependencies and implemented changes related to the `Set-Clipboard` cmdlet, adding a `-PassThru` parameter. The changes reflect contributions geared towards enhancing PowerShell's core features and usability.
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PowerShell/PowerShellGetv2
Oct 2018 - May 2019
PowerShellGet is the Package Manager for PowerShell
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 7 PRs, 24 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the PowerShellGet module. They addressed issues related to private data handling, default values, and parameter aliasing. Additionally, the user added support for SourceLocation and ScriptSourceLocation, and introduced a PassThru parameter for install/update functions. They also added a public variable containing module and script paths.
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