Dexter Tan
Senior Engineer at DSTA
Singapore, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolDexter Tan is a Senior Engineer based in Singapore with 14 years of hands-on experience blending software development and hardware-integrated projects. An NUS Electrical Engineering graduate, he has contributed to imaging and optical instrumentation software—co-authoring image stitching and autofocus algorithms for microscopy—and built GUIs and independent modules for research-driven products. At DSTA he progressed from Engineer to Senior Engineer, bringing defense-grade rigor to system design and delivery. His background includes student research and cross-disciplinary collaboration with NUS Enterprise and industry partners, reflecting an ability to translate academic prototypes into deployable solutions. Less obvious: his early service as a signal operator provided practical communications and operational discipline that informs his approach to robust, mission-oriented engineering.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (Honors), Electrical Engineering at National University of Singapore
English, Chinese, hokkien
Github Skills (8)
nodejs8
realtime7
mvc-framework7
javascript7
mvc7
form-builder4
api3
rest-api3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dexxtan/Friday-Laundry
Mar 2012 - Jan 2013
Contributions:21 commits in 9 months
dexxtan/VizVeh
Sep 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
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