Tom Purl
Senior Automation Engineer
Aurora, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Purl is a Senior Automation Engineer with 15 years of experience specializing in administering and automating enterprise FileNet P8 ECM and BPM platforms for large financial institutions. He has led design and operational improvements as a Lead P8 Administrator, redesigned process engine architectures for isolation and availability, and authored hundreds of procedural documents and automation scripts that cut deployment time and improved reliability. Comfortable across Unix, Linux, and Windows, Tom blends hands-on scripting (Java, Ruby, Korn shell, Ant, Rake) with platform leadership—managing cross-geography teams and multi-terabyte backup strategies. Currently driving automation at Wi-Tronix after leading a shared IBM MobileFirst platform at PNC, he’s known for turning complex, highly available middleware into repeatable, low-risk deployment pipelines. An approachable tinkerer off-hours, he shares personal projects on GitHub and enjoys building practical tools that others can reuse.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., International Business, B.A., International Business at Illinois Wesleyan University
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Github Skills (79)
linux9
container-image9
emacs8
org-mode8
query-language8
vim7
podman7
emacs-lisp7
ruby-on-rails6
django-forms6
synchronize6
android-client6
jython6
django-crispy-forms6
django6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
tompurl/dot-emacs
Feb 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:103 commits, 152 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
tompurl/dotvim
Mar 2011 - Apr 2013
Contributions:83 commits in 2 years 1 month
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