DanteĀ Bortone
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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SeniorDante Bortone is a technology founder and executive blending deep biotech research with software and hardware innovation. As Co-Founder and CEO of DAWNWARD, he leads the development of OTAST, a novel solar-tracking system that reframes solar deployment. He is also the founder of Sabragen LLC and a senior bioinformatics scientist at UNC Chapel Hill, driving end-to-end pipeline development and data-driven decision making. With a PhD in Neurobiology from UNC Chapel Hill and a track record spanning postdoctoral research, laboratory science, and scientific software, he brings a rare interdisciplinary perspective to product development and entrepreneurship. In the open-source and developer community, he is the lead developer of SubTyper and contributes as a senior scientist at a molecular biology lab, signaling a hands-on, collaborative approach to building impactful tools. Based in Durham, NC, he has cultivated experience across academia, biotech, and startups, turning complex science into market-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
rna-seq10
sequencing9
single-cell-analysis9
bioinformatics9
immunology9
genomics8
extraction8
type-of7
seq4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
DanteBortone/episodic-notes
Oct 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:1 release, 28 commits, 4 pushes in 5 months
pirl-unc/rserver
Oct 2019 - Sep 2022
rserver
Contributions:5 releases, 4 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 years 11 months
rustdocker
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