Rick Denatale
Developer at IBM
Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolRick Denatale is a seasoned developer with 17 years of recent professional experience and over four decades in the computer industry, blending deep object-oriented design expertise with modern Agile practices. He has worked across IBM, Object Technology International, startups, and his own DenHaven Systems, contributing to embedded Java standards and serving in standards roles like secretary for the X3J20 Smalltalk committee. A polyglot engineer skilled in Swift, Ruby, Objective-C, Smalltalk, Clojure and Java, he authored the RiCal Ruby gem for iCalendar parsing/generation, reflecting a long-standing commitment to practical open-source tools. Rick pairs hands-on implementation with mentorship—formerly an Agile mentor—and an ability to move between research, embedded systems, server-side web frameworks and macOS/Linux environments. Based in Wake Forest, NC, he brings rare historical perspective on language evolution and standards alongside current full-stack development chops.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, BSEE at University of Connecticut
French
Stackoverflow
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1kreached
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Github Skills (50)
firmware10
ruby10
icalendar10
3d-printer10
3d-printing10
esp3210
arduino10
rfc10
atmel9
microcontroller9
32-bit9
prawn9
pdf9
android-app9
avr9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rubyredrick/ri_cal
Oct 2008 - Feb 2011
New Rfc 2445 (iCalendar) gem for Ruby
Contributions:317 commits in 2 years 4 months
icalendarrfcruby
rubyredrick/Marlin
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. | Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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