Past Roles
I have had several professional software positions with: the NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), Development Seed, and Maxar Technologies (recently acquired and renamed Vantor). A few of my favorite engineering projects and my roles in them are listed below.
Highlighted Projects
| Project | Roles | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Data Explorer | Backend design, Backed implementation, Data pipeline design & implementation | Development Seed |
| NASA Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations Search Interface (CASEI) | Project management, User research & Design support, Administrator UI implementation | Development Seed |
| OpenAQ Low Cost Sensor Dashboard | Project management, API implementation | Development Seed |
| AIS Ship Tracking Database | Database design, Database implementation | Maxar |
| Vector Information Product Enhancer – Building Heights | Algorithm development, Data engineering | Maxar |
Top Technologies
Python, Docker, AWS Cloud, git/Github, postgreSQL/postGIS, FastAPI, Bash/shell, Linux, QGIS, GDAL
Top Python Libraries
xarray, pandas, geopandas, rasterio, pyproj, shapely, fastapi, requests, aws-cdk
Top Data Formats
netCDF, HDF, GeoTIFF, Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF, Zarr, Geoparquet, CSV/TSV, Icartt
Software-Specific Presentations
Wegener, R. (2020, July 14) STAC and Cloud-Optimized Data: Publicly Accessible COGs for Web Data Exploration. Earth Systems Information Partners (ESIP) Summer Meeting, 10 minute oral session