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About me

I am an open-source software developer employed by the Center For Geospatial Solutions at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

My job is to build software that benefits others. I believe there is significant change that can be affected through Free and Open Source Software and I am lucky to be able to contribute to various open source projects.

What I'm up to

Software development

Developing scalable, containerized services primarily in Python.
Full-stack experience

Full-stack development experience, from initial mockups to robust server-side functionality and user experience.
Open Source Contributor

Core contributer to pygeoapi, wis2box, and the Hydro Network-Linked Data Index.
Climbing

In my free time I love to spend my time outside, hopefully rock climbing.

Organizations I collaborate with

Resume

Education

Colby College
2016 — 2020
Bachelor of Arts in Computational Biology, Chemistry Minor. Honors in Computer Science, Distinction in Computational Biology.

Experience

Software Developer
2021 — 2024
As a Software Developer for the Internet of Water project, I create open-source solutions that facilitate the adoption of state-of-the-art water data infrastructure by government agencies at the state and federal levels.
Contracted Developer
2021 — 2022
Full-stack developer, with significant contributions to the wis2box, wis2box-ui, wis2box-admin, wis2box-auth, and wis2box-api repositories
Research Intern
2018 — 2019
Coded phenotype algorithms in SQL for the Columbia Electronic Health Record leveraging the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model which aims to break data siloing by improving the portability of phenotype algorithms between medical centers