Gary Park
Principal Software Engineer at Chocolatey Software
Ellon, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGary Park is a Principal Software Engineer with over 14 years of professional experience and two decades of hands-on .NET expertise, having shipped enterprise and tooling work since 2004. Based in Ellon, Scotland, he now helps steer Chocolatey’s engineering efforts while contributing substantive backend, DevOps and automation improvements to Chocolatey, Chef and Cake projects. His contributions range from creating robust PowerShell package scripts and binary shim helpers to improving CI/CD integration, build bootstrappers, and developer workstation automation. A pragmatic tech lead and organiser, he co-founded and runs the Aberdeen Developers .Net User Group, blending community mentorship with practical engineering. He also surfaces in docs and website improvements, showing a rare attention to developer experience alongside core platform work. Familiar with Windows ecosystems, installers and package management, he pairs deep legacy .NET knowledge with modern automation and security-minded updates.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University of AberdeenMintlaw Academy
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Github Skills (62)
dependency-management10
markdown10
nuget10
git10
content-management-system10
cakephp10
unit-testing10
sem10
package-management10
scripting10
technical-writing10
windows10
net10
bash10
dotnet10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
chocolatey/docs
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
https://docs.chocolatey.org - new docs website
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:452 reviews, 905 commits, 353 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Gary's contributions primarily focused on updating and organizing documentation within the "chocolatey/docs" repository. They moved and updated files, added ordering information, and corrected anchor links to ensure proper functionality within the documentation. Additionally, the user updated the layout and added features such as a search box to enhance the user experience.
dotnetchocolatey
cake-build/example
Jan 2016 - Jun 2020
Cake example repository
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Build Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Build Automation EngineerContributions:35 commits, 15 PRs, 34 pushes in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Gary primarily contributed to the build and bootstrapping processes of the Cake build system. They modified PowerShell and Bash scripts, along with configuration files, to ensure proper tool installation and execution of Cake builds. The user implemented updates to package downloads and configurations. Furthermore, the user maintained the bootstrapper scripts to align with the latest recommended practices and ensured HTTPS usage for resource downloads.
cake-build
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