Daniel Plaisted
Senior-Advanced Analytics at AT&T
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Plaisted is a data-focused software engineer with 16 years of experience, currently applying Pyspark and SQL at AT&T to detect fraud and operational anomalies. He blends strong academic training—M.S. degrees in Data Analytics and Mathematics—with practical research experience, having co-developed a novel log-parsing algorithm (DIP) published in an ACM regional conference. Daniel contributes to prominent .NET open-source projects (dotnet/sdk, msbuild, codeformatter), improving build reliability, cross-platform compatibility, and test automation by migrating tests to xUnit and adding tooling features. Comfortable across back-end engineering, test automation, and large-scale data pipelines, he has hands-on experience diagnosing brittle test infrastructure and implementing pragmatic fixes. Colleagues describe him as a methodical problem-solver who pairs mathematical rigor with production engineering; an under-the-radar strength is his track record of translating research ideas into tangible tooling and process improvements.
16 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
M.S., Data Analytics, 4.00, M.S., Data Analytics, 4.00 at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Github Skills (17)
roslyn10
mstest10
msbuild10
testing10
xunit10
build210
dotnet-core10
netcore10
csharp10
test-automation10
code-formatting10
dotnet9
net9
asp-net9
conditional-compilation9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/msbuild
Aug 2015 - Sep 2022
The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the build platform for .NET and Visual Studio.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 369 commits, 109 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel's contributions focused on enhancing the Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild), primarily by implementing configurations and feature flags to support .NET Core builds. Their work involved modifying project files, adding conditional compilation directives, and introducing feature flags for features like binary serialization and thread culture. The user updated the core engine code to compile for .NET Core and addressed changes related to threading. They also added tools to track progress toward .NET Core compatibility by analyzing build artifacts.
dotnetbuild-enginesqfmsbuildcsharp
dotnet/sdk
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
Core functionality needed to create .NET Core projects, that is shared between Visual Studio and CLI
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 1378 reviews, 1771 commits in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on addressing failures in existing tests, specifically within the Microsoft.NET.Build.Tests project. The commits reveal work related to the test infrastructure, including patching and skipping specific tests to accommodate build or dependency issues. The user also merged upstream changes and fixed copy failures in the Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor.Tasks.csproj, indicating involvement in the build process and handling related failures.
clidotnetsdknet-corec-sharp
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