Dennis Trate

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I’m a full-stack software engineer with six years of professional experience, skilled in C#, .Net, Angular, microservice architecture, and Agile practices. Having changed careers from the non-profit sector, I am currently enrolled the Master of Science in Computer Science program at Villanova University. I’m up for any challenge, but my dream role is helping an innovative team solve creative problems while continuing to gain expertise in software craftsmanship.

Experience

Full Stack Engineer

YPrime, Malvern, PA, June 2020 – present

Software supports clinical trials in pharmaceutical research. Responsible for redesigning multi-tenant SSO and inventory logistics applications using a microservice architecture. Involved in all aspects of the tech stack, including Angular UI framework, .Net API services, database with SQL and EF, deployment pipelines, and extensive automated test coverage.

  • Top-level performance reviews

Associate Software Engineer

eMoney Advisor, Dec 2018 – May 2020

Worked on comprehensive redesign for a financial advisory web application in .Net MVC. Involved in the entire stack, including database, business logic implementation, and front-end design and scripting.

  • Highest-level (rockstar) performance reviews

Data Analyst

eMoney Advisor, March 2017 – Dec 2018

Performed root-cause analysis on parser, bulk file, and API-based data connections to remediate incidents and identify opportunities for improvement.

  • Winning Hackathon Team: Connections Status Page

Education

Master of Science, Computer Science

Villanova University, 2019 – 2025 (expected completion)

Certificate in Software Engineering

Montgomery County Community College, 2017 – 2020

  • 4.0 grade-point average
  • Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Bachelor of Science

Clarks Summit University, PA, 2000 – 2003

  • Cum Laude
  • Completed four-year program in three years

Other

Memberships, Events, Etc

  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), since 2018
  • Philly.Net and PhillyXP meetup groups
  • PennApps Hackathons, XVIII, XVII, XVI (2017-2018, 20% acceptance rate)
  • FIRST Lego League MS Robotics Judge (2009, 2014)
  • Hackintosh Project — I have run a custom MacOS install on PC hardware

Workshops

  • SOLID Principles of Object-Oriented and Agile Design, Robert C. Martin (Jan 2020)
  • React vs Angular vs Vue, Philly.Net Code Camp (Nov 2018)
  • Super-Charging TDD with Test-Driven Requirements, Industrial Logic (Sept 2018)
  • Agile Month, annual employer (eMoney) internal workshops on Agile practices (2018, 2019)

Personal Interests

  • Emulating Alton Brown’s culinary productions, over-analyzing Blade Runner, the zen of 3D printing, and pretending to enjoy camping.