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George Thomas

Software Engineer at Center for Translational Data Science

Dedicated back-end software engineer primarily developing data-aquisition and data-sharing systems for research purposes. Most of my experience is in a University setting but I have also worked in a medium sized start up company. In my spare time I have repaired vintage guitar pedals as displayed at www.jorgezorro.com

Team Work
Communications
Persistence in problem solving

Skills

Experiences

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University of Chicago

The Center develops software supporting data science in biology, medicine, and healthcare.

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2022 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Back-end development in python supporting Gen3 data meshes and data commons.
  • Development in go and react-js as needed.
  • Bash scripting for configuration, deployment, and management of services.

University of Washington

The Center serves as a centralized data repository and communication hub for NIA Alzheimers Disease Research Centers.

Software Engineer

March 2010 - Feb 2022

Responsibilities:
  • Architected and implemented cloud solutions (Lambda+API Gateway) for components of legacy data collection system.
  • Streamlined module development by implementing project management methods.
  • Reduced user burden by programmatically chaining systems.
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3Tier (now part of Vaisala)

October 2007 - September 2009

Seattle, Washington

Wind and weather forecasting for wind farms.

Data Manager

October 2007 - September 2009

Responsibilities:
  • Developed customer-specific ingest modules for real-time weather data from wind farms.
  • Monitored quality of data stored in database.
  • Interfaced with external staff at 45 wind farms regarding automated weather-data feeds.
  • On-call duties as needed (for on-prem database and forecasting up-time).

University of Washington

Hydrologic forecasting for various regions of the United States.

Research Scientist/Engineer

September 2005 - October 2007

Responsibilities:
  • Developed perl scripts for automated retrieval of weather data.
  • Implemented daily hydrology forecasting models over North America.
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Education

University of Washington
M.S. in geophysics
University of Washington
B.S. in physics