Bill Nelson
Manager Data And Analytics
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolBill Nelson is a Manager of Data and Analytics with 11 years of experience specialising in geospatial data management, open data platforms and product-led teams across public and private sectors. He leads teams that turn complex location and energy datasets into actionable insights for New Zealanders, currently shaping consumer-facing energy efficiency and renewables guidance at EECA. Previously he ran core geospatial infrastructure and open-data products at LINZ, combining product ownership with hands-on database and analysis skills. Bill’s background spans SQL and scripting-driven data engineering, operational GIS and agile product management, and he’s balanced a career rhythm that includes a creative writing master's and a recent sabbatical in the UK. That mix of technical depth, product focus and communication skills helps him translate specialist spatial data into practical, user-centered services.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Creative Writing, Master’s Degree, Creative Writing at Victoria University of WellingtonBachelor’s Degree, Geography, Bachelor’s Degree, Geography at University of Auckland
Github Skills (73)
ministry10
lds10
qgis10
geocoding10
geofencing10
geodata9
wfs9
bde9
geofence9
metadata-management9
quarto8
statistics8
stac8
metadata8
satellite-imagery8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
linz/gazetteer
Mar 2018 - Oct 2022
New Zealand Gazetteer of official place names
Contributions:2 releases, 6 reviews, 62 commits in 4 years 7 months
placegazetteernew-zealandzealand
linz/linz-data-importer
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
A QGIS plugin for easy importing of Land Information New Zealand data. Also, Statistics NZ, Defence, Landcare and Ministry for the Environment data.
Contributions:3 releases, 31 reviews, 91 commits in 1 year 11 months
qgisstatisticslinzwfswmts
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