Dexter Genterone
Chief Architect at Higala
Metro Cebu Philippines
Summary
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Top SchoolDexter Genterone is a seasoned technology leader and architect with 12 years of experience building payment systems, cloud storage, and startup infrastructure from Metro Cebu. As CTO and Chief Architect across Talino Venture Labs, Higala, Bahai Deals, and nmblr, he shapes technical strategy and reusable platforms that accelerate prototype-to-product delivery for fintech startups like BayaniPay and Higala. He led design and implementation of the Higala Payment Switch using the Mojaloop framework and advises banks and regulators on instant payments and ISO20022 messaging. Dexter’s background spans hands-on backend and DevOps work—he authored the open Consul Alerts daemon used for health-check notifications and production automation—and has driven private cloud and storage platforms at Amihan. Comfortable moving between code, architecture, and operations, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a founder’s urgency to ship resilient systems. Outside work he blends technical curiosity with creative pursuits like photography and a taste for good food, which informs his user-centered approach.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSCOE, Computer Engineering, BSCOE, Computer Engineering at University of Cebu in Banilad
English, Filipino, Cebuano
Github Skills (18)
back-end-development10
alertdialog10
alertifyjs10
alertview10
alerts10
consul10
go10
notification10
backend10
dockers9
docker9
slack9
influxdb9
automations8
githubaction-workflow8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AcalephStorage/consul-alerts
Oct 2014 - Jan 2016
A simple daemon to send notifications based on Consul health checks
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:4 releases, 72 commits, 32 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Dexter primarily contributed to the backend logic of the Consul alerts daemon, focusing on managing health checks and notifications. They implemented features to integrate with various notifiers, including email, InfluxDB, and Slack. The user also worked on the underlying architecture, refactoring code and adding features like leader election and check blacklisting to enhance system stability and control. Additionally, they were responsible for DevOps-related tasks, like the creation of a Vagrantfile and the set up of the test environment.
golangdaemonhealthnotificationsalerting
darkcrux/darkcrux.github.io
Mar 2015 - Jun 2019
Contributions:8 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 3 months
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