Jacob Bennett
Director Of Technology And Innovation
Normal, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Bennett is a technology leader who blends hands-on software engineering with strategic innovation to drive enterprise-scale digital transformation. As Director of Technology and Innovation at Wilber Group, based in Normal, Illinois, he oversees IT, software development, and creative teams, delivering scalable systems and automated workflows that streamline cross-department processes. He has led the development of a suite of 15+ internal web applications that cut daily repetitive tasks in four departments by more than half, boosting efficiency and profitability. His backend expertise includes PHP and Laravel, where he contributed to the Laravel framework's queue functionality and introduced commands to manage and retry failed jobs. A math educator by training, he blends analytical rigor with user-focused design, spanning roles from web design for small businesses to leading technology innovation in a mid-sized enterprise.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc, Secondary Mathematics Education, B.Sc, Secondary Mathematics Education at Maranatha Baptist University
Github Skills (24)
laravel510
console10
laravel610
queues10
laravel1010
laravel10
queuing10
laravel910
php10
queueing10
laravel810
laravelmix10
laravel-510
laravel710
queue10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
laravel/framework
Aug 2015 - Apr 2021
The Laravel Framework.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 11 PRs, 29 comments in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to the Laravel framework's queue functionality, including fixing bugs related to migrations after queue commands. They added new console commands for managing failed jobs, such as the ability to retry multiple failed jobs at once and retry all failed jobs. They also refactored existing methods and made changes to the scheduler. The user demonstrated familiarity with PHP and the Laravel framework's internal workings.
laravel-frameworklaravelphpframework
WilberGroup/laracsv
Aug 2019 - Dec 2023
Contributions:1 release, 1 push, 1 tag in 4 years 4 months
csvphpcsv-fileslaravel-packagelaravel
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