Kyle Dent

Current

Senior Member of Research Staff at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

Past

Software Architect at Hewlett-Packard
Independent Consultant at SeaGlass Technologies

Education

Columbia University - School of Engineering and Applied Science
Boston University

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Industry

Computer Software

Kyle Dent’s Summary

Kyle Dent is a software developer and researcher currently focused on creating new technologies that help people interact with large volumes of information. Before joining PARC in 2008, Kyle worked for Hewlett-Packard as a software architect. He is the author of Postfix: The Definitive Guide published by O'Reilly & Associates in 2003.

Kyle has a M.F.A in film from the University of Miami, and a M.S. in computer science from the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Kyle Dent’s Specialties:

Software development, text analysis, and various Internet technologies as well as software reliability and security.

Kyle Dent’s Experience

Senior Member of Research Staff

Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

(Public Company; XRX; Computer Software industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

I am currently working on research projects related to Human Information Interaction (HII) and sensemaking.
Software Architect

Hewlett-Packard

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1997 — May 2008 (10 years 11 months)

Designed and developed high-availability, high-volume Internet applications in support of HP consumer devices such as Pavilion Desktops and MediaSmart digital TVs.

Led cross-functional teams through several on-time, successful projects coordinating efforts of off-shore and local resources throughout software development lifecycles promoting best-practices and open communications

Worked with and coordinated all project stakeholders including partners and customers ensuring smooth integration of all aspects of solutions

Planned technology roadmaps anticipating future needs across multiple products and services bringing in new technologies as appropriate or planning in-house innovation when needed

Designed highly secure solutions to provide controlled access for HP partners and customers to specific resources inside the HP network

Brought automation to several processes including system administration tasks, content updates, and functional test suites
Independent Consultant

SeaGlass Technologies

(Computer Software industry)

March 1995 — July 1997 (2 years 5 months)

Established web hosting and Internet consulting company

Designed and implemented architecture to support multiple virtual hosted sites on a single system

Implemented solutions for email, DNS, and FTP for customer sites

Developed enhancements to Web-based provisioning system to provide employees access to the Goldman Sachs network from remote locations

Integrated modules using a combination of Perl, JavaScript, and Sybase SQL

Kyle Dent’s Education

Columbia University - School of Engineering and Applied Science

MS , Computer Science , 2004 — 2007
Boston University

BA , English, French, Classics , 1982 — 1986