Brent Rector
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarBrent Rector is a seasoned software engineer, architect, and founder whose five-decade career spans low-level systems and compiler design through principal program leadership at Microsoft and Amazon. He built language-agnostic API frameworks for Windows (WinRT/C++/WinRT), led Alexa and smart home device programs, and founded multiple companies delivering commercial developer tooling and consulting. In the last decade he added a JD and two decades of piloting experience, combining them into aviation-focused ventures—an aircraft leasing company and an aviation law practice—bringing a rare blend of technical depth, regulatory know-how, and operational aviation insight. Based in Vista, CA, Brent pairs systems-level thinking with entrepreneurial grit, and quietly holds a track record of translating complex real-time and cross-language systems into widely usable platforms.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (3)
cpp10
winrt10
windows5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
microsoft/cppwinrt
Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
C++/WinRT
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years
cppwinrt
microsoft/xlang
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 commit, 1 push, 2 branches in 1 day
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