Damian Rouson
Senior Scientist Group Lead, Computer Languages And Systems Software (CLaSS) at Berkeley Lab
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDamian Rouson is a Senior Scientist and Group Lead for Computer Languages and Systems Software (CLaSS) at Berkeley Lab who also runs two ventures, Archaeologic Inc and the Sourcery Institute, from Washington, DC. He blends research leadership in programming languages and systems with hands‑on DevOps and automation, notably streamlining the installation experience for the widely used Fortran Package Manager (fpm). His career spans national labs, academia, and industry, turning complex multiphysics and computational science problems into production-ready software and reproducible workflows. A Stanford PhD, he is as comfortable shaping strategic direction as he is squashing bashisms and hardening installer scripts to improve developer experience.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Howard UniversityStanford University
Github Skills (11)
sh10
automation10
script10
automations10
bash10
shell10
fpm10
package-management10
scripting10
build-system9
fortran8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
fortran-lang/fpm
Oct 2020 - Sep 2022
Fortran Package Manager (fpm)
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 15 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Damian primarily focused on developing and improving the installation script for the Fortran Package Manager (fpm). Their contributions include initial setup, dependency management (Haskell stack), and handling edge cases in the installation process. The user also made several iterations to refine the script, addressing bashisms, improving error handling, and incorporating alternative download mechanisms. This work streamlined the fpm installation process, making it easier for users to set up the package manager.
fortran-package-managerpackage-managerfortranfpmbuild-system
sourceryinstitute/dag
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
Directed Acyclic Graphs With Modern Fortran
Contributions:9 releases, 5 reviews, 274 commits in 2 years 8 months
acyclicmodern-fortranfortrangraphsgraph
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