Derrick Pedranti — Senior Developer, Technical Manager
Derrick Pedranti is a senior level developer with over 20 years' experience in full stack web development, mobile development, UI design, internet marketing, and graphic design. He plays a key role in the Agile software development lifecycle, helping to groom user stories, creating user-centered mockups, developing feature-rich applications and RESTful APIs, authoring unit tests, implementing CI/CD, and running quality assurance tests. Derrick has also conducted contextual inquiries, usability ideation sessions, and user focus groups.
Derrick has hand coded websites and mobile applications as well as developed sites in content management systems. Some of his technical skills include ReactJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, AWS services, Flutter, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Python, DynamoDB, HTML5, and CSS. He has created responsive websites, mobile apps, and accessible web applications for Fortune 100 companies and federal government agencies.
Derrick Pedranti's experience also includes a strong background in graphic design. He has designed high-fidelity mockups, as well as presentation graphics and interactive animations.
Derrick currently works at Accenture Federal Services as Senior Developer, Technical Program Manager. He develops rapid prototypes of AI-powered applications to support Accenture's federal business development efforts. He develops applications utilizing React, Material UI, and TypeScript for the front-end and Python with AWS Services for backend microservices. He builds AI chat functionality and D3 data visualizations, focusing on modern UI aesthetics and user experience. Derrick creates wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Derrick enjoys fitness, road trips in his favorite car and spending time with family. A recreational hiker, he appreciates taking care of the beautiful environment we all live in.