Dustin Thostenson
Lead at Iowa .NET User Group
Altoona, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolDustin Thostenson is a pragmatic software leader and coach with 11+ years of professional experience helping organizations modernize delivery, tooling, and team practices. He blends hands-on development (C#, cloud-native microservices, CI/CD, IaC) with strategy and people-centered coaching to span work from developers to executives. Dustin has led large-scale Medicaid and enterprise modernizations, initiated AWS adoption and high-performing mobbing teams, and founded a nonprofit hack event to pair technologists with nonprofits. As Lead of the Iowa .NET User Group and a long-time consultant, he fosters community and practical knowledge-sharing across Central Iowa. Known for listening first, he focuses on unlocking developer potential through patterns, principles, and continuous learning. An adaptable practitioner, he pairs deep technical craft with facilitation skills that accelerate both product delivery and organizational change.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Computer Information Systems at St. Cloud State University
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Github Skills (6)
api4
low-level4
refactoring3
build-system2
timer1
react1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dustinson/d3c
Mar 2015 - Sep 2022
Contributions:19 commits, 20 pushes in 7 years 7 months
dustinson/d3cblog.github.io
Aug 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:213 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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