Dan Mcdougall
CEO And Chief Engineer at Finance Industry
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Summary
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RockstarDan Mcdougall is a seasoned software founder and engineer with 14+ years building secure, production-grade systems and embedded products as CEO and Chief Engineer of Liftoff Software. He created Gate One, an award-winning HTML5 terminal/SSH client shipped on hundreds of thousands of devices, and won the $200k RouterStation UI/Firmware Challenge for his PyCI work. A CISSP-certified security architect and long-time Unix/Linux admin, he blends hands-on full-stack Python development (Django, Tornado), DevOps, and deep Kerberos/authentication expertise for large financial environments. His open-source contributions include pyminifier and HumanInput, notable for addressing non-US keyboard layouts and Python code obfuscation. Comfortable moving between board-level strategy and low-level protocol bugs, he also regularly performs audits, penetration testing, and compliance work (PCI, SOX, HIPAA). Based in Jacksonville, FL, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with practical automation and security-first engineering.
14 years of coding experience
English
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Github Skills (28)
python10
compress10
string-interpolation10
terminal-emulator10
terminal-application10
minification10
obfuscation10
compression10
emulation10
command-line-interface9
command-line9
cli9
documentation8
testing7
file-management7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
liftoff/pyminifier
May 2014 - Jun 2015
Pyminifier is a Python code minifier, obfuscator, and compressor.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 9 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Dan primarily contributed to the Python code minifier, obfuscator, and compressor project. They fixed bugs related to encoding issues, incorrect links in documentation, and issues with multiline strings and indentation. The user also updated the project version and the test suite, demonstrating a focus on code quality and functionality.
minifierobfuscatorpython
liftoff/GateOne
Oct 2011 - Nov 2017
Gate One is an HTML5-powered terminal emulator and SSH client
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:805 commits, 14 PRs, 38 pushes in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Dan primarily focused on enhancing and maintaining the back-end functionality of the Gate One terminal emulator and SSH client. They added new features such as optional settings for disabling JavaScript and CSS files, and implemented a command-line option for combining JavaScript files. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug in the terminal's code regarding handling of cursor-down escape sequence as well as bugs in the "clear screen from cursor down" escape sequence. Their work demonstrates an understanding of the terminal environment and related technologies.
sshterminal-emulator
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