Wesley Chun
Principal Technical Program Manager at Red Hat
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolWesley Chun is a Principal Technical Program Manager and long-time Python and Google Cloud expert who now guides upstream open-source AI projects at Red Hat to bridge community innovation into enterprise AI products and Linux distributions. Author of the bestselling Core Python series, a Google Developer Expert, and a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation, he combines deep engineering pedigree (original Yahoo! Mail engineer, 13+ years at Google) with practical advocacy—producing sample apps, codelabs, and developer content. He founded CyberWeb Consulting in 1995 to provide hands-on Python, GCP, and Apps Script services and still consults on serverless migrations and API integrations. Wesley’s background spans distributed systems research (MSCS), applied mathematics, and even classical piano, a mix that surfaces in clear technical communication and teaching roles. He’s notable for moving between writing, teaching, and product-focused engineering—mentoring teams and shepherding complex open-source projects toward enterprise readiness.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
AB Applied Mathematics (Computer Science), AB Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) at University of California, BerkeleyMS Computer Science (Distributed Systems and Networking), MS Computer Science (Distributed Systems and Networking) at UC Santa Barbara
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Github Skills (147)
apps-script10
kml10
google-cloud-platform10
expressjs10
python10
google-places10
procfile10
workspace10
geojson10
google-chat10
marker10
gcp10
python-client10
google-sheets10
google-cloud10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
wescpy/python-samples
Mar 2019 - Feb 2022
🐍 Python samples for G Suite products.
Contributions:2 PRs, 25 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 11 months
pythong-suitepython3python2suite
googlecodelabs/migrate-python2-appengine
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
This repo is for the codelabs (free, online, self-paced tutorials) showing developers how to migrate their Google App Engine applications from the Python 2 runtime to the 2nd generation Python3 App Engine or Cloud Run serverless container services. The repo for the code samples in the documentation are elsewhere: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples/tree/master/appengine/standard/migration
Contributions:1 release, 100 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 4 months
gcpappenginepythongoogleflask
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