Dennis Gentry
Principal Engineer at Software, Hardware, and Management Consulting
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Gentry is a Principal Engineer and embedded Linux systems architect based in California with over two decades of technical leadership across startups and enterprises. He currently leads R&D for next-generation biomedical analysis instruments at Zoetis while running an independent consulting practice that spans robotics, photogrammetry, firmware, and hardware design. Comfortable moving between hardware, firmware, and cloud backends, he has shipped handheld molecular-detection devices, built scalable service backends at TiVo, and managed technical account teams at Google and YouTube. An active contributor to open-source tooling, he improved backend robustness and Unicode handling for Backblaze’s widely used B2 CLI, reflecting his attention to edge cases and production quality. Known for assembling practical teams and processes, he combines hands-on prototyping skills (CAD, PCB, 3D printing) with deep software craftsmanship and a taste for making “something cool.”
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Science Software Engineering, M.S. Computer Science Software Engineering at University of WashingtonPhysics Math, Physics Math at University of Idaho
Github Skills (7)
file-handling10
command-line-tool10
python10
unicode9
exception-handling9
backblaze9
b29
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Backblaze/B2_Command_Line_Tool
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
The command-line tool that gives easy access to all of the capabilities of B2 Cloud Storage
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 1 PR, 23 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:Dennis primarily contributed to the command-line tool's back-end functionality by implementing and refining features related to file handling and validation. They introduced robust filename checks to prevent errors, modified exception handling for improved clarity, and ensured proper unicode character handling. Additionally, the user incorporated code formatting standards and addressed minor merge conflicts to maintain code quality.
command-line-toolcloudcloud-storagestorageaws
dgentry/first_app
Jul 2019 - Jul 2022
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
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