Daniel Kent
Software Architect at Leidos
York, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Kent is a software architect with nearly two decades of professional experience and five years focused in senior architecture and solution roles, currently leading architecture efforts at Leidos. He has deep practical experience in distributed systems and messaging—demonstrated by hands-on contributions to Particular Software’s docs and NServiceBus Quick Start updates that modernized samples to .NET Core 3.1. Daniel blends long-term enterprise development at Leidos with solution-oriented consulting at Particular, routinely converting complex integration patterns into maintainable, production-ready implementations. He favors pragmatic code refinement—project file cleanup, dependency pruning, and clear tutorials—that helps teams adopt robust messaging architectures faster. Based in York, Pennsylvania, he pairs a Bachelor’s in Information Systems with a career history spanning both product and large-scale government/enterprise contexts. Colleagues rely on him for steady technical leadership that bridges documentation, developer experience, and architecture.
5 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Specialized Business Degree (Associates), Computer Systems Specialist, Specialized Business Degree (Associates), Computer Systems Specialist at York Technical InstituteInformation Systems (Bachelor of Science), Application Development, Information Systems (Bachelor of Science), Application Development at Central Pennsylvania College
Github Skills (7)
netcore10
distributed-systems10
nservicebus10
csharp10
messaging10
dotnet-core10
sql9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Particular/docs.particular.net
May 2021 - Aug 2022
All content for ParticularDocs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:77 reviews, 25 commits, 46 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on updating and adapting the "Quick Start" tutorial within the repository, upgrading it to `.netcoreapp3.1`. The contributions include modifying various project files, fixing typos, adjusting formatting, and removing unnecessary packages, indicating a hands-on approach to code refinement. A significant portion of the work involved configuring NServiceBus endpoints, demonstrating expertise in messaging and distributed system architecture. Code changes included modifications to C# files, SQL scripts, and project configurations.
pythonnservicebus
kentdr/NServiceBus.RabbitMQ
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
RabbitMQ transport for NServiceBus
Contributions:12 pushes in 7 days
rabbitmq-transportrabbitmqnservicebustransport
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