Dana Katzenelson

Dana Katzenelson has diverse work experience in software engineering roles. Dana is currently working as a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Panther since February 2023. Previously, they worked at Teladoc Health from June 2020 to January 2023, where they played a key role in coordinating the integration of chronic care management and telemedicine products and spearheaded backend API, Scala, and SQL changes for expanding a core offering. Before that, Dana worked at Citrine Informatics as a Software Engineer from January 2020 to April 2020, where they adapted existing and created new backend Scala endpoints and facilitated backend inter-service communication.

Dana also has experience at Palantir Technologies, where they worked as a Backend Software Engineer from December 2016 to December 2019. In this role, they optimized and centralized Java code, fixed data integrity issues, and developed a Java command line tool. Dana also worked as an Infrastructure Quality Engineer at Palantir Technologies from February 2016 to December 2016, leading efforts to fix flaky Java unit tests and increasing the flexibility of the continuous integration system.

Furthermore, Dana has interned at various organizations. Dana interned as an Infrastructure Quality Engineering Intern at Palantir Technologies in 2015, where they improved testing for features and contributed to ensuring product quality. Dana also interned as a Software Engineering Intern at Luminoso Technologies, Inc. in 2014, where they improved internal productivity tools and evaluated software packages. Additionally, Dana worked as a Software Development Intern at Epic in 2014, where they built infrastructure for doctors and converted server requests.

Prior to their internships, Dana held leadership roles in clubs and organizations. Dana served as the Charity Auction Financial Coordinator and Treasurer at Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association from 2012 to 2014, where they automated processes, maintained accurate digitized records, and increased transparency and external funding. Dana also interned at Giant Otter Technologies in 2014, where they researched and implemented critical fixes for changing software components, and at Wingu, Tecnología Sin Fines de Lucro in 2013, where they improved the visual experience of a Q&A forum for NGOs in Latin America.

Dana Katzenelson began their education at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. However, the exact start and end years, as well as the degree and field of study obtained, are unavailable. After completing their education at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Dana attended Harvard University from 2011 to 2015. They earned a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree in Computer Science. Later, Dana received certification as a Generalist Software Engineer from Triplebyte in November 2019. The specific field of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and any degrees obtained there are unknown.