Brent Thorington

Brent Thorington has extensive work experience in the software engineering field. Brent started their career as a Software Engineer at Talus Solutions, where they developed multi-tier revenue management applications for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Sheraton hotels, and Omni Hotels. Brent then joined World Res as a Lead Software Engineer, where they led the development and maintenance of the hotel booking engine.

Thorington later worked as a Software Architect at Search Party Inc., where they designed and managed the development of a price comparative hotel system. Brent collaborated with suppliers and vendors to ensure customer satisfaction and system stability. Following this role, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Powered, where they developed learning and marketing systems for fortune 500 companies like Sony and Hewlett-Packard.

Continuing their career, Thorington joined Brijit Inc. as a Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer, where they managed a development team to deliver a web 2.0 content creation and deployment system. Brent then worked at ExtraView Corporation as a Senior Software Engineer, where they redesigned a software as a service (SaaS) system for issue tracking and management.

Thorington's expertise also includes roles as a Software Architect at Glen Canyon Corporation, where they designed and delivered a cloud-based Smart Meter Management Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. Brent also served as a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Poly, where they managed development teams and led projects for the Poly Elara 60 Series mobile phone station.

In their most recent role, Thorington joined Peraton as a Software Engineering Manager, overseeing multiple development teams and projects for the Department of Defense at the Defense Manpower Data Center. Brent successfully managed the development and migration of a heavily utilized system to a modern Angular2 and Spring Microservice architecture.

Currently, Thorington is working as a Software Engineer at Joby Aviation. In this role, they are responsible for designing and creating project plans for real-time data analysis and monitoring. Brent has built Kafka real-time Kafka streams services for monitoring, alerting, and calculating metrics for eVTOL fleets. Brent collaborates with cross-functional teams to design telemetry structure and flow and develops applications using Java, DotNet (C#), Angular, TypeScript, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, InfluxDB, and Postgres. Brent is also responsible for integrating with multiple data sources and destinations.

Overall, Brent Thorington has a strong background in software engineering, spanning across various industries and roles.

Brent Thorington attended the University of California, Santa Cruz from 1994 to 1998. During this time, they pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.