Jon Kindel
Owner at Black Circle Technologies, LLC
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Kindel is a blockchain-focused technologist and founder with 11 years of engineering and product experience, currently leading Black Circle Technologies to bridge decentralized systems with real-world applications. He has designed and deployed enterprise-grade Solana tooling (GeckoTerminal Collector, Q50 Trader) and led integrations and solutions engineering for Dash Core Group, contributing front-end improvements to the well-known dashpay/dash wallet. Comfortable across full-stack languages and cloud pipelines, he has built scalable data ingestion and predictive trading systems using AWS services and real-time market analysis. His background spans UX design, QA for IoT manufacturing, and director-level informatics work, giving him a rare blend of product, data, and operations perspective. Based in Denver, he combines hands-on coding with strategy consulting to help projects evaluate and operationalize blockchain opportunities. A detail-oriented contributor, he often focuses on polish and usability—front-end theming and UX refinements that make crypto tools more approachable.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Management Information Systems General, Bachelor’s Degree Management Information Systems General at University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of BusinessBachelor of Business Administration Information Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration Information Technology at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (6)
css10
ui-customization10
ui-design10
front-end-development9
cryptocurrency8
dashjs7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
dashpay/dash
Jan 2015 - May 2024
Dash - Reinventing Cryptocurrency
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 PRs, 12 comments, 2 issues in 9 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jon's commits primarily focus on the visual aspects of the Dash cryptocurrency wallet application. They are actively working on implementing and refining a "drkblue" theme, which includes modifying CSS files to customize the look and feel of various UI elements. These changes involve adjusting colors, fonts, layouts, and button styles, as well as incorporating background images to enhance the visual experience. The user also appears to be making iterative improvements to the Send dialog box, transaction listings, and coin control features, while incorporating CSS for recent transactions.
dashprivacyp2pblockchaincryptocurrency
dashevo/bitcore-dash
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 38 pushes, 12 branches in 6 months
full-stackreactblockchaindash
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