Alexandre Leroux
Unit Manager At GODS at Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolAlexandre Leroux is a seasoned geospatial and data systems leader with 12+ years building and operating mission-critical, 24/7 weather, climate and water data platforms at Environment and Climate Change Canada. As Unit Manager of the Meteorological Service of Canada’s Geospatial and Open Data Systems (GODS) team, he leads the MSC GeoMet open data API that serves tens of millions of requests daily and represents Canada on multiple WMO WIS expert teams. His expertise spans geospatial web services, metadata and data governance, international data exchange, and the operationalization of high-availability dissemination platforms. Alexandre pairs technical depth in remote sensing and GIS with program leadership—supervising teams, advising on standards, and driving data transformation efforts. He also brings a community-oriented streak, founding and maintaining geospatial and music communities, reflecting an appetite for outreach and interdisciplinary creativity. Based in Montreal, he combines academic training in geomatics and engineering with a track record of turning complex meteorological data into accessible, usable open-data services.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Geomatics & Remote Sensing, M.Sc., Geomatics & Remote Sensing at Université LavalB.Sc. Ing, Engineering, B.Sc. Ing, Engineering at Université de Montréal - Ecole polytechnique de MontréalMont-De-La-Salle
English, French, Spanish
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Github Skills (193)
python10
metadata10
slideshow10
geojson10
data-management10
menubar10
python-server10
datasets10
h310
rest-api10
openapi10
osgeo10
ogc10
slide10
apple-silicon10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
alexandreleroux/Apptronica
Apr 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:45 commits, 2 PRs, 45 pushes in 10 months
alexandreleroux/pygeoapi
Jul 2018 - May 2023
pygeoapi provides an API to geospatial data
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
apipygeoapipythongeospatialgeography
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