Alex Waldman
Deputy Geographic Information Officer Director Of Data Integration Data Engineer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Waldman is a data-driven environmental engineer and seasoned data engineer with a decade of experience building city-scale geospatial data systems and workflows for the City of Philadelphia. As Deputy Geographic Information Officer and Director of Data Integration, he leads cross-departmental data sharing, open data publishing, and a municipal data warehouse while tackling complex parcel and address reconciliation challenges. His background blends hands-on environmental fieldwork, watershed modeling, and remediation with strong software and ETL skills developed through freelance environmental computing and GIS leadership roles. Trained in philosophy and environmental engineering (PhD candidate), he brings rigorous analytical thinking and effective stakeholder engagement to translate regulatory and ecological requirements into practical, auditable data solutions. Notably, he pairs public-sector data stewardship with a history of building custom modeling and automation tools that bridge scientific research and operational city data needs.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Master of Science (MS), Environmental Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Master of Science (MS), Environmental Engineering at Drexel UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy at Colgate University
Github Skills (25)
parser10
spatial-data10
gis10
geocoding10
petl10
system-information10
etl8
json-table6
command-line6
api5
estate4
ais4
cli4
data-import3
command-line-tool3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CityOfPhiladelphia/datum
Sep 2016 - Apr 2025
Simple spatial ETL.
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 9 pushes in 8 years 9 months
etl
CityOfPhiladelphia/passyunk
Nov 2016 - Jan 2023
A parser/standardizer for Philadelphia addresses
Contributions:3 reviews, 228 commits, 25 PRs in 6 years 2 months
parser
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