Derekย Schinke
Founder at Trail Dust
Mesa, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Schinke is a founder and product-driven engineer with a decade of experience turning user research into tangible consumer products, from co-founding Doekit and managing manufacturing partnerships in China to launching Trail Dust, a venture focused on hot-weather outdoor gear. Trained as an aerospace engineer and sharpened by data science and web development study, he blends technical rigor with hands-on product design, materials testing, and cross-channel marketing. His hands-on contributions include build-and-release automation work on notable community tooling like Homebrew casks, reflecting attention to detail in packaging and distribution. A personal recovery from a serious injury reframed his work around outdoor healing, fueling a unique niche in xeric-condition apparel informed by direct product testing with local user groups. Currently pursuing an MBA to sharpen business acumen, Derek aims to scale consumer products and lead teams that bridge engineering, branding, and user-centered design.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering at University of Southern CaliforniaPalm Valley SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General at W. P. Carey School of Business โ Arizona State UniversityData Science and Web Development, Data Science and Web Development at TripleTen
English, Spanish, Polish
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Github Skills (7)
homebrew10
homebrew-cask10
automation9
automations9
git9
yaml8
scripting7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Homebrew/homebrew-cask-fonts
May 2021 - Oct 2021
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Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:8 commits, 8 PRs, 2 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Derek's contributions focused on updating font definitions within the Homebrew Cask for various Cascadia Code font variations. These updates involved modifying cask files to reflect new versions and checksums for the font files. The changes primarily affected the font-cascadia-code, font-cascadia-mono, and related Powerline variants, ensuring the latest font versions were available through Homebrew.
casksmacoscaskhomebrew
derekschinke/news-explorer-api
Apr 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:16 PRs, 76 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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