In Memory of Eric Maginniss
Eric Maginniss will be deeply missed.
What a sharp mind, what a gifted software engineer. In my ~30 years in this field, I’ve had the privilege of working with some incredibly bright individuals, and Eric was absolutely one of them.
There is something remarkable about watching someone tackle a truly hard problem, and then witnessing solutions come to life—the beauty of software, the art of creating systems from nothing. Eric embodied that.
I had the honor of working with him on several projects:
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Shango – Together with Chris Murphy, a dear friend of Eric, we built systems for managing the life-cycle of telephone numbers (yes, telephone numbers have a life-cycle) and the services tied to them. Think of phone numbers as digital identities—our work involved extensive VoIP integration and complex service orchestration.
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QMC Health – At QMC Health, we developed a sophisticated platform for managing lab results. This included blockchain for immutable ledgers, computer vision for reading lab test strips, and web and mobile apps for both lab technicians and patients.
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Stronghold Resource Partners – At SRP, we built complex systems that automated the calculations and management of land-title/ownership graphs, streamlined landman and legal workflows, and incorporated financial models and workflows to speed-up the management and trading of oil & gas (3D geo-spatial) assets.
Every time, he listened, designed, built, and delivered. He never minded my pickiness about software design specs and development—and always produced solid designs and reliable code.
If I needed a soundboard for ideas and their implementation, Eric was always there.
Eric had the rare ability to single-handedly design and build sophisticated systems from the ground up. He was, in every sense, a true 10x Developer—a “ninja” engineer who could solve end-to-end complex software problems. He was great and fun to work with.
Rest in peace, my friend. QEPD.
My condolences to his wife and family.
/carlos enrique