Tom Panning
Software Developer at General Dynamics Information Technology
Damascus, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Panning is a seasoned software developer with 13 years of experience delivering robust desktop and web applications across defense, telecom, and research domains. He combines hands-on implementation (Java, C++, Groovy, Spring, React, Qt) with systems-architecture thinking, having designed flexible permission systems, migrated deployments to Docker, and improved CSV import throughput by 7x through profiling. Comfortable moving between requirements, prototyping, and production releases, he has led GUI teams, mentored engineers, and partnered with customers to refine UX and scope. His background includes parallel scientific computing and geospatial visualization, reflecting an ability to tackle both performance-critical native code and modern full-stack web systems. Based in Damascus, Maryland, he brings a pragmatic, customer-focused approach that emphasizes maintainability and measurable improvements.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia Tech
Stackoverflow
4,722reputation
438kreached
65answers
19questions
mongodb
top-5%
Github Skills (61)
python10
r10
java10
sql10
temporal9
ozone9
spark9
large-scale9
scala9
jdbc9
big-data9
data-processing9
scale9
geo9
mongodb9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
NextCenturyCorporation/vagrant-spark-sql-jdbc
Oct 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:7 commits, 1 push in 5 months
NextCenturyCorporation/opencpu.js
Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
client-libraryjavascriptjavascript-clientopencpu
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