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Eric Chapman
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Eric Chapman

Eric Chapman holds the position of Senior Delivery and Engineering Manager at a leading retailer in home improvement and trade in Australia and New Zealand. He primarily oversees integration, encompassing platforms such as API Gateway, EventMesh, authorization systems, developer portals, and extract, transform and load (ETL) platforms. Eric leads a team with a broad range of responsibilities and skills, overseeing all business areas. Previously, Eric and his team were instrumental in designing and developing an in-house point-of-sale system. This singular application accommodated four countries' tax and auditing requirements, supported multiple payment processing gateways, and incorporated a range of unique market-leading features.
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Applications of self-service reusable workflows

In this chapter, we explored the possibilities of using starter workflows that use reusable workflows for self-service adoption within our team. While our focus was on a webpack build solution, the potential applications extend far beyond this. When looking at it from a self-service perspective, there are numerous scenarios where reusable workflows prove invaluable, particularly when repositories require specific configurations that cannot be determined through a typical GitHub template repository setup.

Here are some additional examples of how self-service reusable workflows can be utilized effectively:

  • Security tooling onboarding for SAST and SCA products: Incorporate reusable workflows to streamline the onboarding process for Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Software Composition Analysis (SCA) products. These workflows can automatically integrate security scans and vulnerability checks specific to their language...
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Eric Chapman

Eric Chapman holds the position of Senior Delivery and Engineering Manager at a leading retailer in home improvement and trade in Australia and New Zealand. He primarily oversees integration, encompassing platforms such as API Gateway, EventMesh, authorization systems, developer portals, and extract, transform and load (ETL) platforms. Eric leads a team with a broad range of responsibilities and skills, overseeing all business areas. Previously, Eric and his team were instrumental in designing and developing an in-house point-of-sale system. This singular application accommodated four countries' tax and auditing requirements, supported multiple payment processing gateways, and incorporated a range of unique market-leading features.
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