Item talk:Q46257

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:40:39.311253'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/christopher-p-garrity
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - B.S. Earth Systems Science, GISciences, George Mason University, 2001
   email: cgarrity@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Geospatial
   - Application Development
   - Geographic Information Systems
   - Big Data
   - Data Visualization
   - UI/UX
   - Open Data
   - Analytics
   - Remote Sensing
   - Cartography
   - Graphic Design
   - Geodesy
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Christopher Garrity is a Supervisory Cartographer with the USGS Geology, Energy
     & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA. He is responsible for developing
     scalable, resilient, enterprise-level geospatial web applications and product/data
     delivery systems for a variety of groups at the USGS.
   name: Christopher P. Garrity
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-5565-1818
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geology-energy-and-minerals-science-center
   organization_name: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
   personal_statement: "Chris has an extensive background in geospatial related technologies,\
     \ specializing in the planning, architecture, development, maintenance, and\
     \ support of complex geospatial driven applications for USGS stakeholders. Since\
     \ joining the USGS, he has led numerous high-visibility projects in the Energy/Minerals\
     \ and Core Science Systems Mission areas. He is an active leader in the USGS\
     \ geospatial community, especially those interested in open-source geospatial\
     \ technologies, and serves on numerous USGS and industry steering committees/communities\
     \ of practice. He currently leads a geospatial team in the Geology, Energy &\
     \ Minerals Science Center.\u200B\u200B\u200B\u200B\u200B"
   professional_experience:
   - Lead developer of a variety of highly visible geospatial related applications
     in multiple languages/protocols (JavaScript, Python, NodeJS, PHP, JSON/XML,
     HTML5, CSS, etc.)
   - Extensive experience utilizing geospatial technologies including ESRI ArcGIS
     Enterprise, ArcGIS APls, ArcGIS Online, open-source geospatial technologies
     (PostGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers, and MapBox)
   - Extensive knowledge of relational database managements systems such as PostgreSOL
     and SOL Server
   - Experience developing middleware and RESTful web services with respect for end
     user authentication
   - Experience leveraging contemporary technologies like Cloud, Al/ML, and 3D modeling
     in geospatial workflows
   - Experience with distributed computing frameworks for big data (Kubernetes, Dask)
   - Extensive knowledge of design tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, Figma, Sketch,
     lnvision)
   - Experience in computer vision and machine learning toolkits/technologies (OpenCV,
     TensorFlow, Keras)
   - Experience in cloud architecture (AWS) and related technologies (RDS, SageMaker,
     Rekognition, Textract)
   - Highly proficient in testing, supporting, and developing tools/scripts, and
     preparing technical documentation
   - Extensive knowledge in data governance/management related workflows, including
     geospatial catalog development and curation, semantics/ontologies, data curation,
     metadata (ISO, FGDC, Dublin Core) management and API technologies
   title: Supervisory Cartographer