Eldin Leighton
Company Owner And CEO at Canine Genetic Services, LLC
Watertown, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEldin Leighton is a veteran canine geneticist and technology entrepreneur with over four decades of experience designing breeding programs, building electronic record systems, and translating complex quantitative genetics into practical tools for working-dog organizations. As founder and CEO of Canine Genetic Services he combines expertise in mixed linear models, BLUPF90, SAS/R and MySQL-driven web apps to deliver database-backed solutions like the International Working Dog Registry. His career includes leading The Seeing Eye’s genetic selection program, developing multiple generations of in-house recordkeeping systems, and holding an endowed chair in canine genetics, highlighting a rare blend of scientific rigor and hands-on software development. Comfortable from CLI LAMP-stack administration to scientific writing and proofreading, he consistently turns statistical insight into deployable systems that improve animal health and performance.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Animal Genetics / Statistics minor, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Animal Genetics / Statistics minor at Iowa State UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Animal Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Animal Science at New Mexico State University
Github Skills (18)
spigot8
bukkit8
minecraft8
wordpress-plugin7
java6
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drag5
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perfect5
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page-builder3
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Xquiset/SetHomesTwo
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Xquiset/SetHomes
May 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:3 reviews, 17 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 1 month
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