Wells Oliver
Director, Hockey Systems at Pittsburgh Penguins
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWells Oliver is a seasoned technology leader with 10 years formally counted in his profile and a two-decade span of engineering and systems roles supporting professional sports organizations and media companies. Currently Director, Hockey Systems for the Pittsburgh Penguins after leading baseball systems at the San Diego Padres up to VP level, he specializes in designing and operationalizing data and software platforms that drive player performance and organizational decision-making. His career blends hands-on software architecture and development with strategic systems leadership across teams, vendors, and franchises, from architect roles to executive oversight. A philosophy BA from Virginia Commonwealth University underpins his analytical approach and clear communication when translating complex technical problems into practical solutions. Outside the rink and ballpark, he’s advised other sports enterprises as a consultant, showing a knack for applying technical patterns across different competitive contexts.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University
Github Skills (45)
profanity10
sports-data10
issue-tracking10
python-scripts10
get-started9
ruby9
parser9
espn9
parsing9
video-player9
player9
macos8
videojs8
python8
html5-video8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wellsoliver/py-retrosheet
Aug 2016 - Nov 2021
Python scripts for Retrosheet parsing
Contributions:6 commits, 11 PRs, 17 pushes in 5 years 3 months
pythonparsingparserretrosheetpython-scripts
wellsoliver/py-gameday
Apr 2016 - Oct 2020
Python scripts to pull down MLB Gameday files into a database
Contributions:6 commits, 9 PRs, 7 pushes in 4 years 6 months
pythonprofanitygamedaymlb-gamedaypython-script
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