Brian Mapes
Director, Software Development at HP
Arvada, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Mapes is a seasoned software development leader with over 25 years of engineering and program management experience and 11 years in senior leadership roles, currently serving as Director of Software Development at HP after leading enterprise and cloud product teams at Poly. He combines deep technical roots—from early systems and aerospace engineering to Java architecture and ERP change management—with pragmatic program delivery skills that drive cross-functional teams through complex, high-stakes initiatives. Known for blending resourceful intuition and decisive leadership, he consistently translates business objectives into scalable product roadmaps and operational improvements in fast-paced environments. Brian has a track record of managing distributed local and offshore teams for video collaboration and cloud platforms, and he’s comfortable navigating both product development and professional services engagements. Based in Arvada, Colorado, he also brings an academic side as a University of Miami professor, reflecting a commitment to mentoring the next generation of engineers. Colleagues cite his strong work ethic, sense of humor, and steady performance under pressure as differentiators when delivering mission-critical outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Nebraska-LincolnMS Electrical Engineering, MS Electrical Engineering at George Mason University
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Github Skills (109)
siphon10
mpo10
weather-data10
drawing9
unidata9
meteorology9
datasets9
python9
netcdf9
viewer9
spring9
weather9
thredds9
dynamics9
pandas8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
brianmapes/ATM624-2018
Jan 2018 - Feb 2019
MPO 624 CLASS FOR SPRING 2018
Contributions:6 PRs, 116 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
springmpo
brianmapes/VaporLakes
Mar 2021 - Nov 2023
Code to track atmospheric vapor lakes that cross east African coastlines
Contributions:104 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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