Chris Delis
Software Engineer at University of Illinois
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Delis is a seasoned software engineer based in Champaign, Illinois with over 30 years in the field and a sustained tenure at the University of Illinois since 2000. He focuses on pragmatic, best-practice solutions to real-world problems and has a particular talent for translating complex technical issues into clear, actionable explanations. His open-source work includes backend contributions to the VuFind library resource discovery portal, where he improved consortial ILS support, hold-request handling, and authentication—demonstrating domain expertise in library systems. Early experience at Argonne National Laboratory complements his long academic-affiliated career, reflecting both research and production-oriented software craftsmanship. Chris pairs deep institutional knowledge with an ability to ship reliable backend improvements that directly benefit end users and library operations.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Eastern Illinois University
Spanish
Github Skills (5)
php10
back-end-development10
database-api8
databases8
database8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
vufind-org/vufind
Oct 2014 - Nov 2018
A library resource discovery portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 8 PRs, 14 comments in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on enhancing the backend functionality of the VuFind library resource discovery portal. Their contributions included implementing consortial support by modifying ILS drivers and related logic. They also addressed bugs related to hold requests and made improvements to various methods within the XCNCIP2 driver. In addition, they introduced new features for holdings grouping and improved the handling of user authentication.
portalresource-discoverydiscoveryresource-librarydiscovery-portal
CARLI/AlmaInventory
Mar 2022 - Jan 2026
Inventory Tool for Alma ILS using the Alma Bib Api
Contributions:34 pushes, 3 branches, 3 comments in 3 years 10 months
inventoryapiilsbibalma
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