Brian Vanderwende
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Vanderwende is an HPC-focused software engineer and user support consultant at NCAR with a decade of experience helping scientists build, run, and debug geophysical codes on large supercomputers and analysis clusters. He bridges researcher and support perspectives, drawing on PhD-level atmospheric modeling expertise (WRF, boundary layer stability, LES) to optimize compute environments and boost scientific productivity. A long-term contributor to the Spack package manager, he improves build automation and package support to streamline complex scientific software stacks. Based in Boulder, he also brings teaching and communication experience from academia, which he leverages to translate technical best practices into practical workflows for diverse user communities.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Meteorology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Meteorology at Penn State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at University of Colorado at Boulder
English
Github Skills (16)
build-tools10
package-manager10
spack10
package-management10
python10
bash8
script8
autotools7
package-manager-tool7
linux7
hpc7
cmake6
cprogramming-language5
c-language5
fortran5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
spack/spack
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Build Engineer
Back-end Developer & Build EngineerContributions:25 reviews, 4 commits, 40 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the Spack package manager, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes related to build processes and package definitions. Their work included modifying build scripts, adding support for new package versions, and resolving issues within specific package configurations. They also addressed issues with environment setup, including shell prompt configurations and flag handling for build systems, suggesting a focus on build system integration and automation. In addition, the user added support for new packages.
compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux
NCAR/spack-gust
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:132 pushes, 9 branches, 64 comments in 2 years 7 months
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