Tom Gates

Tom Gates has extensive work experience in software engineering, with a focus on various technologies and projects. Tom is currently working as a Software Engineer at BitSight since July 2021. Prior to this, they worked as a Software Engineer at NALEJ 'knowledge' starting from May 2020.

Tom Gates spent a significant part of their career at NuoDB, where they served as a Software Engineer from June 2011 to April 2020. During their tenure, they were responsible for designing and developing a GoLang based Kubernetes Operator for NuoDB, as well as the NuoDB Insights database metrics and monitoring tool.

Before NuoDB, Tom Gates worked at Mobile Messenger as a Principal Software Engineer from February 2010 to June 2012. Here, they contributed to Microsoft .NET and Java projects related to Premium SMS text messaging.

Tom also gained experience at Progress Software as a Principal Software Engineer from January 2003 to December 2009. Tom'srole involved working on the internals of ObjectStore, an Object Oriented Database, including virtual memory mapping and integration with Microsoft technologies.

Prior to their time at Progress Software, Tom Gates served as a Senior Software Engineer at eXcelon (formerly Object Design Inc.) from February 1997 to January 2003. Here, they focused on software design and development on ObjectStore, with a focus on virtual transactions, data caching, and high-performance work.

Tom Gates also worked at Object Design Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer from February 1997 to January 2003. Additionally, they worked at CenterLine Software Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer from November 1994 to February 1997, and at SRA as a Senior Software Engineer from an unknown start date to 1996.

Tom Gates attended Mount Wachusett Community College from 1982 to 1983, where they earned an Associates degree in Electronics Engineering. Following this, they pursued their education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell from 1985 to 1988, focusing on Computer Software Engineering.