Daniel Destouche
Vice President Of Technology Innovation
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Destouche is a technology leader with 12 years of experience building scalable systems and driving product and revenue impact, now serving as Vice President of Technology Innovation after an eight-year tenure as Chief Technology Architect at Forcura. He specializes in startups and healthcare tech, translating strategic direction into pragmatic architecture and engineering that improve operational efficiency. A hands-on architect and former principal engineer, he blends backend expertise—including contributions to the popular node-mssql SQL Server client and QA-driven improvements to the ZXing .NET barcode library—with leadership in platform scaling and performance. Based in Jacksonville, he pairs dual business degrees in MIS and Accounting with a track record of turning complex technical debt into production-ready, testable systems. Notably, his open-source fixes improved core database client stability by addressing connection string and informational message handling—work that directly bolstered reliability in SQL Server integrations.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Science - Business Administration Management Information Systems at University of Central Florida
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Github Skills (21)
unit-testing10
debug10
javascript10
testing10
nunit10
test-framework10
sql-server10
mssql10
dotnet-core10
nodejs10
csharp10
dotnet9
net9
skiasharp9
tds9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
micjahn/ZXing.Net
Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
.Net port of the original java-based barcode reader and generator library zxing
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 9 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on enhancing the testing capabilities of the `.Net port of the zxing barcode library.` Their contributions involved creating initial unit tests, updating existing tests, and implementing micro-optimizations to improve the speed of tests. The user also developed testing frameworks and added test images to further validate the barcode reader's functionality. These efforts significantly improved the test coverage and reliability of the project.
pdf417zxing-libraryupcbarcode-readerreader
tediousjs/node-mssql
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Microsoft SQL Server client for Node.js
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 20 days
Contributions summary:Daniel's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the `msnodesqlv8` library for Microsoft SQL Server. They implemented features like capturing informational messages and fixed bugs related to connection string formatting, specifically removing unwanted port information. The user also addressed syntax issues and improved code formatting to improve code quality. Their work directly impacted the core functionality and stability of the library.
sql-servertdsmicrosoft-sql-serverclient-serverjavascript
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