Derk Norton
Founder, Managing Partner at Crater Dog Technologies, LLC
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolDerk Norton is a veteran software architect and entrepreneur with decades of experience building enterprise-scale applications and leading engineering efforts at Hewlett-Packard, U S WEST, Sun Microsystems, Blackhawk Network, and his own Crater Dog Technologies. He combines deep expertise in application architecture, security, UML-based specification, and agile delivery with a curiosity for hard problems—exploring genetic algorithms, emergent complexity, and even quantum gravity in independent research. As founder of Crater Dog he champions open source innovation, and his work is backed by 18 issued U.S. patents and multiple technical presentations. Based in Lafayette, Colorado, he blends hands-on engineering with methodical architecture practice and a knack for turning unconventional ideas into concrete systems.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - EE/CS, Bachelor of Science - EE/CS at University of Colorado at BoulderHonors, Honors at Fairview High School
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Github Skills (71)
maven10
refactoring10
parsing10
parse10
xml10
javascript9
linux9
jackson9
parser9
maven-plugin9
incremental-game9
parser-generator9
grammar9
java9
parent-pom9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
craterdog/java-smart-objects
Nov 2014 - Dec 2022
Contributions:102 commits, 88 pushes, 17 tags in 8 years 2 months
bali-nebula/aws-deployment
Mar 2019 - Aug 2024
Contributions:159 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
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