Summary
Rick Donalson is a seasoned .NET software engineer with 11 years of professional experience modernizing legacy systems and delivering full-stack solutions across finance, healthcare, logistics, and industrial domains. He specializes in C# and .NET Core (up to .NET 8), RESTful microservices, T‑SQL/SQL Server, and cloud/containerized deployments (Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker), often owning backend architecture and integrations with Exchange/Outlook and GIS services. A practiced agile contributor and mentor, he routinely authors proposals for long‑term technical direction and performs peer reviews to raise team quality. His background includes hands‑on work from front‑end Angular apps to backend automation and CI/CD, and a distinctive history as a retired Air Force technician turned autodidact and DJ, bringing discipline and creativity to engineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Community College of Aurora
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Colorado Technical University
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) General Studies, Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) General Studies at Community College of the Air Force
Mathematics, Mathematics at Georgia State University Perimeter College
Mathematics, Mathematics at Metropolitan State University of Denver
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) General Studies, Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) General Studies at Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom