Carolyn Ownby is an experienced software and geospatial engineer with over a decade building maintainable, extensible systems across Python, Apache Spark, C#, and a wide array of GIS and remote sensing tools. She has delivered data pipelines, geoprocessing automation, and full‑stack web applications for clients in utilities, research, and consulting, often improving performance so tasks that once required supercomputers could run on a PC. Comfortable in both research and production settings, she pairs practical engineering—Docker, Jupyter, Postgres—with a disciplined eye for documentation, QA, and reproducible workflows. As owner/operator of a small farm, she brings steady hands-on leadership and a problem-solving mindset honed through running a business alongside technical projects. Colleagues describe her as agreeable, competent, and open to constructive critique, favoring thoughtful upfront design while knowing when shipping a working solution matters most.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at The Webb School
Certificate, Geospatial Science, Certificate, Geospatial Science at Colorado State University
XSeries Program: Data Science and Engineering with Spark, Computer Science, 100%, XSeries Program: Data Science and Engineering with Spark, Computer Science, 100% at edX
Certificate: Back-End Web Development Bootcamp, Web Development, Certificate: Back-End Web Development Bootcamp, Web Development at WebLab
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Emory University
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis
MSBA-CIS, Computer Information Systems, MSBA-CIS, Computer Information Systems at Colorado State University School of Business
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