David R.

David R. has over 13 years of work experience in the software engineering and data science fields. David began their career in 2005 as a Data Scientist and Research Assistant at The Ohio State University, where they supervised a 10-man team of Bolivian soldiers for 6 months of geodetic GPS surveying throughout Bolivia. In 2008, they joined Esri as a Software Engineer, where they developed C++ & Java computational geometry algorithms for ESRI's cross-platform geometry library and designed and implemented C++, C# & Java tests for geometry library testing. David also served as a QA Engineer for the geometry and projection engine teams' C++, C#, Java and Python APIs. In 2012, David joined Idea Fabrik Plc as a Software Engineer, where they developed a C++ GDAL library to import digital elevation & gravity models into a MMO gaming environment. In 2013, they joined a.i. solutions as a Software Engineer, where they worked on the NASA MMS satellite mission for satellite collision avoidance. In 2016, David joined Descartes Labs as a Software Engineer, where they worked in C++ and Python on satellite data processing, and helped with cloud architecture and HPC scaling solutions. In 2017, they joined Echo Park Labs as a Software Engineer. In 2018, they joined Planet as a Software Engineer and Near Space Labs as Head of Data Engineering. Most recently, in 2021, they joined Umbra as a Senior Software Engineer.

David R. has a Masters of Science in Geodesy and Geodynamics from The Ohio State University, a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from UC Santa Barbara, and attended Menlo School.