Nick Boldt

Productization Lead / Release Engineer at Red Hat

Toronto, Canada Area

Current
  • Committer at Eclipse
Past
  • Release Engineer at IBM
  • Release Engineer, Eclipse Modeling Project at IBM Rational Software
  • Lead Web Application Developer / Technical Lead at IBM
  • Multimedia Developer / Web Programmer at IBM Global Services
  • Multimedia Developer / Web Programmer at IBM Canada Ltd.
  • Alumni at University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
Education
  • University of Waterloo
  • Waterloo Collegiate Institute
Connections
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Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Nick Boldt’s Summary

Productization Lead (Release Engineer) for JBoss Tools and JBoss Developer Studio. Lead of Dash Common Builder project, hosted @ eclipse.org.

Work involves Project Management, Bug Reporting/Tracking, Systems Integration, Database Design/Architecture, Web Application Design, Java/Ant/shell Programming. An expert at business process modeling, problem solving, end-to-end solution testing & development, structured and object programming, code reuse, architecture, and usability. Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills. Bilingual in English and French. Highly adaptive and quick to learn new concepts, languages, tools and structures.

Nick Boldt’s Specialties:

* process, workflow, and UI optimization
* scripting in multiple languages (php, ant, bash, java, mysql)
* project management


Nick Boldt’s Experience

  • Productization Lead / Release Engineer

    JBoss

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

    October 2008Present (1 year 3 months)

    It's complicated.

    http://wiki.eclipse.org/User:Nickb
    http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/releng
    http://divby0.blogspot.com

  • Productization Lead / Release Engineer

    Red Hat

    (Public Company; RHT; Computer Software industry)

    October 2008Present (1 year 3 months)

    It's complicated.

    http://wiki.eclipse.org/User:Nickb
    http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/releng
    http://divby0.blogspot.com

  • Committer: Modeling, Dash, GEF, PDT, PDE

    The Eclipse Foundation

    (Computer Software industry)

    2003Present (6 years )

  • Committer

    Eclipse

    (Computer Software industry)

    2003Present (6 years )

  • Release Engineer

    IBM

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2004October 2008 (4 years 10 months)

  • Release Engineer, Eclipse Modeling Project

    IBM Rational Software

    (Public Company; RATL; Computer Software industry)

    January 2004October 2008 (4 years 10 months)

  • Lead Web Application Developer / Technical Lead

    IBM

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    20012004 (3 years )

    Tasked with many and sundry technical challenges, including Application & Database Architecture & Design, Java Bean/Scriptlet Design, GUI design, UAT, FVT, Project Management, Functional/Technical Specification & Sizing, Research, Development, Integration, Data Propagation, Server Admin.

  • Multimedia Developer / Web Programmer

    IBM Global Services

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19992001 (2 years )

    Worked with a wide variety of clients and industries to create web sites, applications, CD-ROMs, and games; deliverables always tendered earlier than anticipated to exceed client and management expectations. Customers include: Toronto Maple Leafs, Toshiba Canada, City Of Toronto, Scott Paper, Roots Canada, ING Direct.

  • Multimedia Developer / Web Programmer

    IBM Canada Ltd.

    (Computer Software industry)

    19992001 (2 years )

  • Alumni

    University of Waterloo, ON, Canada

    (Computer Software industry)

    19931999 (6 years )


Nick Boldt’s Education

  • University of Waterloo

    19931999

  • Waterloo Collegiate Institute

    OSSHD , Science, Math, Language , 19891993


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Nick Boldt’s Interests:

release engineering, scripting, automation, process optimization. cycling, kayaking, swimming, dogs.

Nick Boldt’s Groups:

  •    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
  •    SoftwareEngineering
  •    Eclipse
  •    PHP language
  •    Open Source Universe
  •    Model Driven Architecture

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