Shane Thomas

Shane Thomas is a Software Development Specialist at New Mexico State University and the Director of IT at Apache Point Observatory, roles held since April 2019, overseeing IT operations and managing network systems. Prior experience includes serving as a Senior Software Engineer III at Altamira Technologies Corporation, focusing on big data processing platforms like Apache Spark and TensorFlow, and web development using Django and Python from April 2016 to April 2019. Shane worked as an Enterprise Programmer Analyst at NMSU ICT from November 2011 to April 2016, specializing in enterprise-level applications in Java, PHP, and Ruby on Rails, and taught Introduction to Interactive Game Programming at Dona Ana Community College during the same period. Earlier experience includes a position as Software Engineer II at PSL/NMSU from February 2003 to October 2011. Shane holds a BS in Computer Science from New Mexico State University, earned between 1997 and 2002.