usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:20:25.002340' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/gregory-gunther profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - B.S. in Natural Resources Management/Geospatial Information Management Systems, Colorado State University. - Master of Engineering, University of Colorado Denver - 'Certifications:' - Professional Java Developer (University of Colorado Boulder) - Certificate in Entrepreneurial Studies (University of Colorado Denver) - Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (University of Colorado Denver) email: ggunther@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - data management - data governance - software development - IMT management honors: [] intro_statements: - Greg Gunther is the Project Chief and Supervisor for the USGS Central Energy Resources Science Center Data Management Service Project. He has specialized in all facets of scientific data management and governance for the USGS and as a consultant for 25 years. name: Gregory Gunther name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-1761-1604 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/central-energy-resources-science-center organization_name: Central Energy Resources Science Center personal_statement: 'Greg has an extensive and diverse background in Information Management Technologies (IMT) specializing in all phases of the Scientific Data Management Lifecycle. He is an active leader in the USGS and Petroleum data community, serves on numerous USGS and industry data-related committees and communities of practice, experience in international data management capacity building, and has a wide range of IMT technical experience in scientific content curation, accessibility and delivery.ExpertiseCommunities of Practice/Committees: USGS Council for Data Integration, US State Dept Energy Governance Capacity Initiative, USGS EarthMAP Capacity Assessment, Professional Petroleum Data Management AssociationGIS: ESRI Suite, model development, ESRI programming APIs, system architectureIMT: Python, Jupyter Labs (DevOps), Cloud (AWS), JavaScript, Java, C#, relational database (PostGRES, Oracle)Accessible data: Linked data, catalog development and curation, semantics/ontologies, API developmentData governance/management: data steward network development, data curation, system occurrence, metadata (ISO 199115, FGDC, Dublin Core) management, data sharing and delivery, web-enabled data (APIs)' professional_experience: - 'Supervisory IMT Specialist/Data Management Services Chief: US Geological Survey (2013-Present)' - 'IT Specialist/GIS/Data Manager: US Geological Survey (2001-2013)' - 'Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to GIS, Web GIS: Department of Engineering, University of Colorado Denver (2005-2013)' - 'Independent Consultant/Owner: TerraTech Designs (1996-2001)' title: Supervisory IMT Specialist/Data Management Services Chief