Cameron Oliver
Founding Director at XRain
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Top SchoolCameron Oliver is a hydrological and hydraulic engineer with 13 years’ experience translating complex fluid mechanics into practical flood and water-resource solutions across New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. As Founding Director of XRain he builds global precipitation statistics from NASA satellite data to support seasonal and extreme-event modelling, and he concurrently applies those skills as a Senior Water Resources and Flood Modeller at Beca. His PhD in fluid mechanics underpins a data-driven approach—routinely extracting trends from large environmental datasets, including desalination brine mixing studies. Cameron combines technical depth in flood modelling, erosion protection and water balance analysis with entrepreneurial product delivery, and brings a curious, systems-oriented mindset shaped by field work and family life in Christchurch.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Fluid Mechanics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Fluid Mechanics at University of Canterbury
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (55)
bible-references10
gis7
python7
spatial7
traefik6
digital-elevation-model6
hydrology6
dockerfile6
docker-swarm6
docker6
openstreetmap6
postgresql6
wps6
system-information5
shapefile5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
col16/pypassage
Mar 2013 - Nov 2020
Python module for working with bible references.
Contributions:2 releases, 77 commits, 1 PR in 7 years 9 months
python-modulepythonbiblebible-references
col16/hirdsexplorer
Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 9 issues in 1 year 6 months
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