Daniel Kirby
Chairperson of the Board at Amateur Astronomers Association Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Dec, 2022- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Amateur Astronomers Association Inc.
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United States
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chairperson of the Board
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Jul 2023 - Present
• Member and Chairman of the Board of a New York State 501(c) 3 corporation. • Responsible for organizing meetings and assigning standing committee chairmanships • Chairman of the Ethics Committee, responsible for maintaining the club’s public image • Site coordinator for the club’s 20” telescope located at Jenny Jump Observatory in Hope, NJ • Participate in public outreach promoting astronomy and space exploration • Member and Chairman of the Board of a New York State 501(c) 3 corporation. • Responsible for organizing meetings and assigning standing committee chairmanships • Chairman of the Ethics Committee, responsible for maintaining the club’s public image • Site coordinator for the club’s 20” telescope located at Jenny Jump Observatory in Hope, NJ • Participate in public outreach promoting astronomy and space exploration
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Capital One
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Egypt
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Leasing Non-residential Real Estate
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Lead Software Engineer
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Nov 2021 - Present
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Stash
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Singapore
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Software Engineer
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Nov 2019 - Nov 2021
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WeWork
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Uzbekistan
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Information Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
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Hudson's Bay Company
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer - Level II
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Jul 2017 - Jul 2019
- Built Scala microservices using the Play framework and document-oriented database technologies such as MongoDB and DynamoDB. - Designed software systems for fraud prevention and loyalty programs as part of a dynamic organization with input from teammates, vendor requirements, and business requirements in mind. - Architected serverless applications for high-scale communications in cloud environments such as AWS. - Chairperson of hiring committee, organized improvements to the interview, recruitment, and hiring placement process. Conducted technical interviews, contributed to interviewing standards, and on-boarded new employees with pair programming and knowledge transfers. - Maintained legacy Java backend with Oracle SQL database solutions. - Reduced capital outlays by automating previously manual tasks. - Conducted educational talks on functional programming and world history for co-workers. Soft skills developed: Navigating large organizations with many teams and diverse stakeholders. Show less
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Ense
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United States
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Online Audio and Video Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
- Developed audio recording app for the Android platform using both native Java and Javascript React Native. - Integrated technologies such as Fabric Twitterkit and Digits using npm modules and native code. - Contributed to business development projects by recruiting brand partners. Soft skills developed: Learned to be a self-starter by working in a startup environment. - Developed audio recording app for the Android platform using both native Java and Javascript React Native. - Integrated technologies such as Fabric Twitterkit and Digits using npm modules and native code. - Contributed to business development projects by recruiting brand partners. Soft skills developed: Learned to be a self-starter by working in a startup environment.
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STEALTHbits Technologies
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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Junior Software Developer
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May 2015 - Aug 2016
- Implemented new features and maintained code for an enterprise Active Directory, NAS, and Windows filesystem monitoring solution storing user data in SQLite and SQL. - Responded to customer issues by both fixing bugs and providing documentation. - Prepared documentation to enhance customer understanding. Soft skills developed: Learned how to work with production code that other engineers contribute to. - Implemented new features and maintained code for an enterprise Active Directory, NAS, and Windows filesystem monitoring solution storing user data in SQLite and SQL. - Responded to customer issues by both fixing bugs and providing documentation. - Prepared documentation to enhance customer understanding. Soft skills developed: Learned how to work with production code that other engineers contribute to.
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Adcade
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineering Intern
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Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Developed solutions for provisioning services on cloud-based servers using technologies like shinken, vagrant, docker, and VMWare. Developed solutions for provisioning services on cloud-based servers using technologies like shinken, vagrant, docker, and VMWare.
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Education
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Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor's degree, Physics -
Stevens Institute of Technology
Masters of Science, Computer Science