Wun Chiou
Associate Director, Research Information Systems
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWun Chiou is an Associate Director of Research Information Systems with 11 years of web development and digital media experience, now leading web software and infrastructure for research at UT Dallas. He combines a science background (MS in Physical Chemistry) and classroom experience to translate complex research and business needs into usable web applications and workflows. Technically fluent across the LAMP stack, modern front-end toolchains, server administration, and content tools, he has built deployment pipelines, managed git-based workflows, and led small development teams. Wun is also an active back-end open-source contributor, improving LDAP/Active Directory integration in the widely used Adldap2 PHP package. His career began in early web design and education, which informs a pragmatic focus on usability, maintainability, and developer onboarding. Based in Dallas, he brings a rare mix of lab-trained analytic rigor and hands-on production engineering for higher-education research services.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science (MS), Physical Chemistry, Master of Science (MS), Physical Chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (8)
ldap10
php10
active-directory10
query-builder10
object-oriented-programming9
user-authentication9
authentication9
git7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Adldap2/Adldap2
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
A PHP LDAP Package for humans.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 9 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Wun primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the `adldap2` PHP package, focusing on Active Directory/LDAP integration. They made changes to allow for configurable user login attributes, fixed an exception related to authentication, and added the ability to configure the 'person' search filter. These contributions demonstrate a deep understanding of LDAP queries and the underlying data structures. Furthermore, the user refined core functionalities by adjusting internal function calls and distinguished names.
ldapphpphp-ldapquery-builderactive-record
utdal/profiles
Jan 2019 - Dec 2022
A web app for displaying researcher profiles, providing user-editable information and basic pages to aesthetically promote and highlight researcher activities and achievements.
Contributions:1 release, 48 reviews, 264 commits in 3 years 11 months
crudeditable
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