Cole Gentry
IT Senior Engineering Manager at Vanguard
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolCole Gentry is an IT Senior Engineering Manager in Charlotte with 12 years of experience leading large front-end and full-stack teams to deliver secure, accessible omni-channel experiences for financial services. At Vanguard he currently directs ~50 technical professionals, setting architecture and delivery strategy for Profile and Account Settings while mentoring chapter leads and championing cloud-native, API-first replatforming. His hands-on background spans Angular, Vue, JavaScript, modern CSS/HTML and microservices—work that includes driving API design, TDD, instrumentation, and performance/security practices. Prior roles at Truist, Ally and FIS show a consistent focus on digital wealth and trading platforms, and he also publishes practical automotive DIY content on YouTube, reflecting a knack for making technical skills approachable. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technologist who pairs deep implementation experience with people-first leadership to scale resilient engineering organizations.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
ACTI Computer Technology Integration Web Technologies, ACTI Computer Technology Integration Web Technologies at Central Piedmont Community CollegeBA - Transferred to CPCC International Studies, BA - Transferred to CPCC International Studies at Queens University of CharlotteHS Diploma N/A, HS Diploma N/A at Myers Park High School
English, british english, French
Github Skills (5)
earth4
bottom4
dedicated3
balloon3
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Github contributions (1)
Sntax/LaunchingBalloons
Apr 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:32 commits in 1 year
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