Dennis Silin

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  • About me

    Founder and CEO at Exodus Orbitals

  • Education

    • Cranfield University

      2017 - 2018
      MSc Astronautics and Space Engineering
    • Ryerson University

      2004 - 2009
      BSc Computer Science
  • Experience

    • IRESS Market Technology

      Sept 2009 - Jan 2013

      Responsibilities:- Design, implementation and support of financial software products - Implementation and support of core product validation frameworkSkills-C/C++, C#, VB.NET, T-SQL-Python, JavaScript, XML/HTML/CSSAreas of expertise:- software development and support on Windows Server/SQL Server platform- relational database design and implementation- multi-threaded programming- quality assurance and software testing- software life cycle management - from identifying requirements to post-release support Show less Responsibilities:-support of electronic trading platform, front-end and back-end-maintenance and troubleshooting of server-side software and hardware in multiple data centers.-database administrationAreas of expertise:- IRESS proprietary front-end and back-end software- FIX, STAMP, eMAPI, SAIL information exchange protocols, - MS Windows Server 2003 and 2008R2- MS SQL Server 2005, 2008R2- Active Directory and MS Exchange 2007 administration- Deployment and maintenance of virtual machines using MS Hyper-V - Dell PowerEdge and HP ProLiant server hardware (maintenance and repairs) Show less

      • Software Developer

        Sept 2011 - Jan 2013
      • Operations Support Specialist

        Sept 2009 - Aug 2011
    • RBC Wealth Management

      Sept 2013 - May 2014
      Senior Technology Support Analyst

      Responsibilities:- Application support, troubleshooting and documentation- Software release management and version control maintenance.- Network change management- Design, asset coordination, implementation and support of multiple software projectsTechnology areas:- HTML/XML/SOAP, HTTP/HTTPS, Web Services- IBM AIX 6.1 and Windows Server 2003 / 2008R2- IIS, MS SQL Server, Sybase ASE- Service-Oriented Architecture, DNS and Virtual IP load balancing, X.509 certificate infrastructure Show less

    • Avenza Systems Inc.

      May 2014 - Aug 2016
      Web Application Developer

      Responsibilities:- Full-stack web application development and support on Heroku and AWS platforms- Planning and management of software projectsTechnology areas:- Django web framework, Bootstrap and jQuery, Responsive Web Design,- Continuos Integration, Selenium testing- Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, GIS tools- SVN and Git version control tools- Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2, SQS)

    • TRU Simulation + Training

      Jan 2019 - May 2019
      Software System Specialist (Avionics)

      Responsibilities:- analyzing aircraft OEM data packages- integration and development of software simulation models using C++ on Windows and Linux- supporting simulator verification and qualification activities with test pilots and customers- analyzing and fixing deficiencies throughout the life-cycle of the simulator- development of tools to expedite the integration of stimulated or re-hosted avionicsTechnology areas:- Boeing 777X avionics- Python and C++ programming languages- AFDX network protocol- ARINC family of avionics standards (ARINC661, ARINC429) Show less

    • Exodus Orbitals

      May 2019 - now
      Chief Executive Officer

      - Leading a team developing the edge computing platform in space.- Participated in European Space Agency OPS-SAT mission (2019-2021).- Led our company through Moonshot VC business accelerator (2021)- Organized two successful "Apps in Space" hackathons in 2023 and 2024.

    • Edge Computing In Space Alliance

      Nov 2021 - now
      Founder

      Non-profit industry group dedicated to promotion of edge computing in space solutions.https://ecsa.space/

  • Licenses & Certifications