Evan Winslow
Software Engineer at Google
Aliso Viejo, California, United States
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Top SchoolEvan Winslow is a software engineer with 15 years of experience focused on network security, networking, operating systems and web programming, currently building systems at Google from his base in Aliso Viejo, California. A Stanford CS systems-track alumnus, he cut his teeth developing CourseWare at Stanford—designing assignment and grade managers and integrating campus authentication—before moving into large-scale engineering. He contributes to open-source projects such as Elgg, modernizing core PHP social networking framework components and improving plugin/theme flexibility, demonstrating an appreciation for maintainable platform design. Evan combines deep systems and networking knowledge with practical web development experience, enabling him to bridge low-level reliability work and higher-level product features. Colleagues rely on him for improving performance and reliability while mentoring newer developers, a thread visible since his early research programmer role.
16 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Computer Science, Systems Track, B.S, Computer Science, Systems Track at Stanford University
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Github Skills (11)
php10
sql7
mysql7
database7
mysqli7
databases7
cloud9-ide6
elgg6
error-log6
user-interface5
html4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Elgg/Elgg
Aug 2010 - Aug 2015
A social networking engine in PHP/MySQL
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1265 commits, 285 PRs, 147 pushes in 5 years
Contributions summary:Evan contributed to the Elgg framework by modifying several core files related to user functionalities and the display of page content. They introduced changes to the pages index, file search, and notifications systems, as well as various core UI elements by replacing the previous `elgg_view_page()` function with the `elgg_view_page()` function. They also converted legacy code to be using modern APIs for displaying content. These changes reveal a focus on maintaining a solid framework to allow for flexible third-party plugin/theme development.
mysqlnetworkingphpelggsocial-networking-engine
ewinslow/elgg-followers
Mar 2011 - Apr 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 5 years 1 month
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