Christopher Schultz
Chief Technology Officer at The Apache Software Foundation
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Schultz is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Technology Officer with over a decade of experience building secure, production-grade healthcare software and integrations. He designed and architected CHADIS, a HIPAA-compliant pediatric mental and developmental health diagnostic and decision-support system used by hundreds of pediatricians nationwide, and served as the company’s lead engineer and HIPAA Security Officer. A long-time Apache committer and PMC/security team member for Tomcat and Velocity, he contributes practical backend fixes and documentation improvements to widely used open-source infrastructure. Christopher blends hands-on Java and systems engineering with product leadership and third-party integration expertise (including HL7 and custom APIs), making him adept at turning complex regulatory requirements into auditable, deployable solutions. Based in Virginia, he brings a mix of startup agility and enterprise-grade process that keeps clinical software both reliable and interoperable.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Math, Science, Computer Science, Diploma, Math, Science, Computer Science at Montgomery Blair High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
English, German, Italian
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Github Skills (22)
javaee10
http10
java10
tomcat10
javas10
network-server10
apache9
jsp9
web-application9
ssl9
jakartaee9
servlet9
jdbc9
linux9
server9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
apache/tomcat
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Apache Tomcat
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:63 reviews, 134 commits, 32 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Christopher contributed to the Apache Tomcat project by enhancing code with Java documentation (Javadoc) to describe methods. They also worked on improving the DefaultServlet, optimizing the retrieval of web resources, and introducing sorting functionality for file listings. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug and refactored code related to session management and CSRF prevention.
tomcatjavaeejavanetwork-server
ChristopherSchultz/ssltest
Jan 2018 - Jul 2022
A Java-based tool to test SSL connections to servers.
Contributions:57 commits, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 6 months
javassl
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