Summary
Chris Garrard is a Programmer Analyst with over a decade of experience building web and desktop GIS applications for the Remote Sensing / GIS Laboratory at Utah State University, specializing in web mapping, databases, and geoprocessing automation. He combines practical expertise in Python and C# with both open-source tools (GDAL) and Esri technologies, and teaches a graduate course on Python for GIS covering ArcPy and GDAL. Chris is authoring a book on geoprocessing with open-source Python tools, reflecting a deep commitment to reproducible, accessible spatial analysis. With a background in statistics, computer science, and an MS in biology, he brings interdisciplinary rigor to natural-resources research and thrives on tackling novel, challenging problems in academic settings.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
MS, biology, MS, biology at Utah State University
BS, statistics, computer science, math, BS, statistics, computer science, math at Brigham Young University