Dominic Cerquetti
Co-Founder CTO at Cerquetti Solutions
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolDominic Cerquetti is a seasoned software engineer and founder with 26 years of experience building games, backend systems, and operational platforms while leading technical teams and startups from Baltimore. As Co-Founder/CTO of RFPay and founder of consulting shops including Cerquetti Solutions and AudioTank Studios, he blends hands-on C#/C++ and Python development with product engineering, audio tooling, and agile project leadership. He ran MAGFest as Executive Director—coordinating 1,700+ volunteers, building an open-source event platform (Ubersystem), and staging a 20,000-person festival—demonstrating rare expertise at the intersection of large-scale live events and software. An active open-source contributor and technical writer, his work spans Slack bots, SaltStack docs, and tooling for electronics and KiCad integrations, reflecting a practical focus on developer UX and reliable automation. Colleague-known for creative technical problem solving, he also brings audio/visual production chops and a musician’s sensibility to interdisciplinary projects.
26 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
CS, CS at Loyola University MarylandCalvert Hall
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Github Skills (27)
pytest10
python10
kicad10
testing10
configuration-management10
regular-expression10
api10
wxpython10
error-handling10
documentation10
debug9
user-interface9
eda9
ui-design9
interface-design9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
Bouni/kicad-jlcpcb-tools
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Plugin to generate BOM + CPL files for JLCPCB, assigning LCSC part numbers directly from the plugin, query the JLCPCB parts database, lookup datasheets and much more.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 24 commits, 9 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Dominic primarily focused on improving the user experience and functionality of the KiCad tools plugin. Their contributions include fixing a busy cursor issue, refactoring code to prevent future errors related to column indexing, and enhancing error messages for clarity. Furthermore, the user addressed issues with data retrieval from the JLCPCB API by modifying the error handling, and attempting to resolve issues with the database download and library loading processes.
cplaction-pluginqueryedaparts
scrapinghub/slackbot
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
A chat bot for Slack (https://slack.com).
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 15 comments in 10 days
Contributions summary:Dominic primarily contributed to enhancing the Slackbot's functionality related to handling aliases for commands. They implemented support for aliases, allowing users to use shorthand notations. Furthermore, the user refined the alias feature, improving code readability and creating more robust unit tests. This involved modifying the message dispatcher to recognize and process alias commands and updating functional tests to verify alias functionality.
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