Chris Torrence
Lead Software Engineer at 1010 Technologies LLC
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Torrence is a Lead Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building and managing complex scientific and geospatial software systems, currently driving engineering at NV5 Geospatial from Boulder, Colorado. He combines deep technical skills in C, IDL, Java and Python with domain expertise in signal processing, map projections, Fourier and wavelet analysis to deliver robust, cross-platform tools used in research and production. As a former Software Development Manager at NSIDC and long-time project lead at Harris Geospatial, he has a proven track record of shipping major releases, building high-performing teams, and guiding product roadmaps. He also bridges hardware and education initiatives—directing engineering for MakerBit/HyperDuino products and teaching STEM—bringing rare fluency from low-level algorithms to user-facing interfaces and instructional content.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at University of Colorado at BoulderBA, Physics, Astronomy, BA, Physics, Astronomy at Cornell University
English
Github Skills (87)
wavelet10
documented10
javascript9
hex9
coyote9
eloquent9
typescript9
pane8
idl8
single-page8
python8
polar8
projection8
displays8
hex-editor8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ct6502/apple2ts
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
Apple II Emulator in TypeScript
Contributions:2 releases, 59 reviews, 173 commits in 1 year
apple-iiemulatorjavascripttypescriptapple
ct6502/wavelets
Jan 2018 - Jul 2022
Torrence & Compo Wavelet Analysis Software
Contributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 4 years 6 months
waveletpythonwavelet-analysiscomposoftware-analysis
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