Quinn Capen
Applications Engineering, Senior Advisor
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolQuinn Capen is a senior applications engineering advisor with over two decades mastering mainframe, desktop, and web manufacturing applications and 15 years running his own software consulting practice. He has led development teams and engineering efforts across startups and government contractors, most recently holding senior and lead engineering roles at Peraton, Chenega Agile-Real Time Solutions, and Compliance Automation. Quinn contributes to open-source projects like the Mission Pinball Framework, applying Python backend expertise to niche hardware control systems—a hobby-meets-profession detail that echoes his pinball restoration and design interests. A longtime nonprofit board member focused on the arts and early childhood education, he pairs technical leadership with community engagement. Based in Colorado Springs, he brings practical system integration skills, a physics-backed analytical mindset, and a penchant for hands-on problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics at Colorado CollegeComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
English
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Github Skills (12)
back-end-development10
python10
data-integration9
integrations9
cloud-integration9
system-integration9
enterprise-integration9
maintenance9
application-integration9
integrate9
version-control9
git9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
missionpinball/mpf
Sep 2015 - Jun 2021
Mission Pinball Framework: Open source software to run a real pinball machine.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 15 reviews, 460 commits in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Quinn primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Mission Pinball Framework. Their work involved modifying existing code, particularly the `send_hello` function, to include parameters in the BCP commands. They also integrated changes from the `dev` branch and `refs/remotes/origin/master` into other branches, indicating a role in maintaining and integrating code changes. The user demonstrated knowledge of Python and its application in the context of pinball machine software.
pinballpythonmpfraspberry-pimission-pinball-framework
missionpinball/unity-bcp-server
Jun 2015 - Jun 2019
Contributions:7 releases, 78 commits, 51 pushes in 4 years
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