How I can help you

I specialize in leveraging and creating cutting-edge web mapping and data visualization technologies to make scientific data more accessible and informative. I create custom solutions to meet domain specific needs because generic solutions simply do not work well for complex scientific data.

I can help you understand and leverage these cutting-edge technologies and approaches to empower your stakeholders and amplify your impact.

• I am an expert in Mapbox GL / MapLibre GL JS, which are advanced web-mapping libraries with high performance for complex data. I created a library on top of MapLibre Native for making map images for offline documents, such as downloadable reports.
• I created a lightweight image and vector map tile server used across several projects to save costs and maintenance headaches.
• I developed a novel approach to encoding raster data to power pixel-level details and dynamic filtering in the browser without requiring complex map-server technology, and created a tile rendering tool using Rust for high performance. See it used in the Southeast Conservation Blueprint Explorer.

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I am passionate about using my software development skills to help scientists and science-based organizations better use and interpret their data. I turn painfully slow and error-prone manual data processing into automated data pipelines, so that scientists can focus their scientific expertise on advancing scientific understanding.

I can help you identify and develop novel solutions for your data processing needs. Once we have created these, you will be more efficient and able to focus your expertise on advancing your science.

• I developed a sophisticated data processing pipeline to process millions of aquatic barriers on millions of river and stream segments across the U.S. to help measure aquatic connectivity as part of the National Aquatic Barrier Inventory & Prioritization Tool
• I created an intuitive budget allocation application to help staff in New Zealand's Department of Conservation explore tradeoffs in achieving conservation outcomes based on strategic goals and finite resources.
• I created an intuitive rule-based classification tool to help bat ecologists leverage expert knowledge to overcome shortcomings in automatic classification tools. This allows them to focus their limited time on manual inspection of fewer, more problematic records. This approach allows ecologists to define rules independent of the underlying software.

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My professional career has been focused on making data more accessible. I help define and develop data sharing approaches to turn scientific data into broader impacts for a wide range of stakeholders.

I can help you compare between existing data sharing platforms, evaluate tradeoffs in data sharing and integration approaches, and identify solutions that will allow your organization to amplify the broader impact of your data.

• I developed the Marine Protection Atlas for the Marine Conservation Institute to help them share the latest scientific assessments of marine protection around the world.
• I developed the Bat Acoustic Monitoring Portal Visualization Tool in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to enable members of the bat monitoring and conservation community to explore acoustic data records across North America. I am currently expanding it to better provide data for hoary bats in California.
• I led the development team at the Conservation Biology Institute that created the largest and most functional conservation data sharing platform in the world: Data Basin.