Alex Oberg
Applications Developer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Oberg is a GIS applications developer and analyst with nine years of experience building and maintaining multimodal transportation and environmental geospatial datasets for federal and academic clients. Based in Cambridge, MA, he blends hands-on Python spatial development with deep domain expertise in road, rail, water, pipeline, and intermodal facility networks to support planning and operational decisions across DOT, FAA, DOE, NPS and other agencies. His career spans roles at Volpe and MIT where he led large-scale data curation, user support, and training—managing repositories, metadata, and more than 1,200 GIS consultations. Now at Timmons Group, he applies that background to application development while retaining a strong analytical focus rooted in environmental and transportation policy. Colleagues rely on him for dependable data pipelines, pragmatic automation, and clear translation of complex spatial problems into actionable products.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Geographic Information Systems, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Geographic Information Systems at Penn State UniversityBachelor of Arts Environmental Studies Geography, Bachelor of Arts Environmental Studies Geography at Middlebury CollegeUniversidad Austral de ChileTransportation Policy the Environment and Livable Communities, Transportation Policy the Environment and Livable Communities at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLeadership Communication and Outdoor Skills, Leadership Communication and Outdoor Skills at National Outdoor Leadership School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (2)
fuel9
optimization8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
ldnash/gtfs-measures
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 6 days
VolpeUSDOT/FTOT-Public
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Public Version of the Freight and Fuel Transportation Optimization Tool
Contributions:3 releases, 19 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years 8 months
freightoptimizationfueltransportation
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