Tom Mcginn
Self Employed
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Mcginn is a veteran technologist and educator with over four decades of experience spanning software engineering, instructional design, and product management, now focused on volunteer work and craftsmanship in Newton, MA. He built and led learning programs and developer-facing curriculum at Sun Microsystems and Oracle, driving early MOOCs and large-scale training initiatives that translated technical products into customer-ready solutions. Equally comfortable in code and content, he contributed full-stack changes to an Oracle APEX workshop migration on GitHub, reflecting ongoing hands-on skills with databases and UI integration. In retirement he channels his problem-solving into volunteering, woodworking, and outdoor pursuits like kayaking and cycling, bringing a maker’s precision and a teacher’s clarity to community projects.
9 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Education, Instructional Technology, MA, Education, Instructional Technology at San José State UniversityBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Merrimack College
Spanish
Github Skills (4)
sql10
database-management9
back-end-development8
front-end-development8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
oracle/cloudtestdrive
May 2020 - Mar 2021
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 11 PRs, 1 comment in 10 months
Contributions summary:Tom's commits primarily involve modifying and extending an existing Oracle Application Express (APEX) application. They are porting a workshop to a LiveLabs template, indicating a focus on UI and application structure. The code changes include modifications to SQL files, suggesting interactions with the database and overall application logic, indicating a full-stack involvement.
tmcginn/cloudtestdrive
May 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:4 PRs, 30 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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