Dominique Whittaker
Sr. Analyst Relations Consultant (via Synaxis Consulting)
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDominique Whittaker is a strategic communications and analyst relations leader who turns market insight into influence for cloud, developer platform, and AI ecosystems. With experience across Microsoft (including Azure and .NET), M12, Gartner, and Forrester, she builds executive-ready messaging, scalable engagement programs, and partnership strategies that advance product adoption and investor relations. She’s skilled at translating ecosystem signals—especially in OSS, developer tools, and cloud infrastructure—into differentiated positioning and go-to-market motion. Comfortable in cross-functional roles, Dominique has led release and analyst programs, advised C-suite clients, and even designed founder engagement playbooks for venture-backed portfolios. Based in Portland, she pairs a background in journalism and photojournalism with nonprofit management training to craft narratives that balance data-driven insight and human-centered storytelling. Outside of AR and GTM work she shoots sports and live events, bringing a visual storytelling sensibility to strategic communications.
4 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Dual Bachelors, Photojournalism, Philosophy + Political Science, Dual Bachelors, Photojournalism, Philosophy + Political Science at Hartwick CollegeDigital Photography, Digital Photography at SUNY OneontaMaster of Science, Nonprofit Management, Master of Science, Nonprofit Management at Northeastern UniversityNYU Modern Journalism Certificate, Journalism, NYU Modern Journalism Certificate, Journalism at Yellowbrick
Github Skills (71)
tooling10
xaml10
linq10
windows10
low-level10
language-service10
winforms10
asp-net-core10
asp-net10
code-analysis10
entity-framework10
visual-studio10
netcore10
fsharp10
wpf10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/core
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
.NET news, announcements, release notes, and more!
Contributions:31 releases, 35 reviews, 95 commits in 10 months
net-coredotnetcsharpdotnet-core
dotnet/windowsdesktop
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:28 releases, 2 tags in 11 months
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