Blake Draper
Development Team Lead Supervisory Geographer at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBlake Draper is a Development Team Lead and Supervisory Geographer at the U.S. Geological Survey with 11 years of experience building full‑stack data management, dissemination, and science‑messaging solutions for hydrological and earth‑science communities. He leads a 10‑person team, manages a multi‑million dollar project portfolio, and blends strategic workforce planning with hands‑on software delivery—from requirements and APIs to server ops and database design. Blake has a track record of turning complex scientific needs into intuitive public- and emergency‑facing tools, and he consistently secures and scales cooperative federal funding by translating stakeholder needs into technical solutions. His background in GIS/cartography and international affairs gives him an unusual mix of spatial technical depth and policy‑level communication skills. Outside USGS engineering, he serves his community as a firefighter and lieutenant, reflecting a practical, mission‑focused leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, International Affairs, Masters, International Affairs at Florida State UniversityCapstone Certificate, Geographic Information Science and Cartography, Capstone Certificate, Geographic Information Science and Cartography at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Spanish
Github Skills (71)
health10
viewer10
event-viewer10
water9
arcgis8
clarity8
boilerplate8
css8
esri8
information-sharing8
arcgis-js-api7
accessibility7
application-management7
component-library6
angular6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
USGS-WiM/STNDataPortal
Nov 2014 - Feb 2016
Contributions:21 commits, 6 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 3 months
BlakeDraper/STNWeb
Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:92 pushes in 7 months
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