Chris Pyke
Chief Innovation Officer
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Pyke is an environmental scientist and innovation leader with over a decade of experience translating environmental research into market-facing products and policy impact. As Chief Innovation Officer at GRESB and Senior Fellow with the U.S. Green Building Council, he oversees innovation, communications, and the GRESB Foundation while teaching urban and regional planning at Georgetown. His career bridges EPA science, corporate strategy at Aclima, product leadership at Arc Skoru, and operational roles at GRESB, demonstrating fluency across research, analytics, and productization in the built-environment and sustainability sectors. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography from UC Santa Barbara and a BS in Geology from William & Mary, bringing rigorous academic grounding to practical, data-driven solutions. Known self-described as a "Space Cowboy Coder," he pairs a curiosity for technical tinkering with strategic stewardship of industry-wide measurement frameworks. Colleagues rely on him to convert complex environmental data into actionable standards and scalable tools that drive healthier, higher-performing buildings and communities.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Geology, BS, Geology at College of William and MaryPh.D., Geography, Ph.D., Geography at University of California, Santa Barbara
Github Skills (10)
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foundation7
transient3
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ultrachrisp/canvas-play
Feb 2019 - Mar 2025
Experiments with html canvas
Contributions:45 PRs, 132 pushes, 13 branches in 6 years 2 months
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ultrachrisp/chrispyke.com
Jan 2016 - Mar 2025
The source for chrispyke.com blog
Contributions:33 PRs, 319 pushes, 14 branches in 9 years 3 months
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