Derek Hunt
Chief Technology Officer at Cognogent
Middletown, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Hunt is a seasoned technology executive and hands-on CTO with over a decade of experience delivering secure, high-performance enterprise and research computing solutions. He blends deep expertise in information security, penetration testing, and HPC with practical skills across Linux/Unix platforms, networking, and full-stack application development. Having led diverse development, operations, and research teams at Yale School of Management and now at Cognogent, he focuses on pragmatic, sometimes unconventional approaches that drive measurable value. Derek’s background scaling infrastructure for academic research gives him a unique perspective on balancing innovation with rigorous security and compliance. He is equally comfortable writing C/Python code, designing firewalls and converged infrastructure, or translating business needs into enterprise integration and BI solutions. Based in Middletown, CT, he pairs entrepreneurial roots as a former founder with institutional experience to shepherd complex technical transformations.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
CIS, CIS, CIS, CIS at Albertus Magnus College
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Github Skills (34)
som8
typescript8
microsoft7
electron7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
editor7
boost6
visual-studio6
cluster-computing6
visual-studio-code6
compilation6
devtools5
drupal5
php4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
derekjhunt/discord-ralphbot
Sep 2020 - Mar 2023
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
derekjhunt/esp8266_lasko_ir
Jul 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 1 comment in 2 years 1 month
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