Christian Wells
Senior Readiness Manager at Esri
Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Wells is an Associate Director at Esri with a decade of experience blending technical database expertise and people-first program leadership across enterprise GIS and technical support. He progressed from hands-on roles—building Python tooling and Oracle/PostgreSQL/SQL Server solutions for mission-critical geodatabases—to leading programs that design learning, readiness, and cross-divisional escalation processes. Christian has driven product-improving investigations with engineering teams and contributed Oracle-focused SQL tooling to Esri’s widely used developer-support repo, reflecting deep operational knowledge of spatial databases. He combines adult-learning design and mentorship with a proven track record resolving complex, high-visibility cases, and has a Master’s in Geographic and Cartographic Science that underpins his technical and strategic perspective.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Geographic and Cartographic Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Geographic and Cartographic Science at Indiana University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Geospatial Applications, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Geospatial Applications at Millersville University of Pennsylvania
English
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Github Skills (5)
oracle10
oracles10
database-administration10
sql10
data-management9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Esri/developer-support
Sep 2015 - Mar 2018
Proof of concept developer code and samples to help be successful with all ArcGIS developer products (Python, NET, JavaScript, Android…). The repository is designed to be an exchange for sharing coding conventions and wisdom to developers at all skill levels.
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:23 commits, 14 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Christian contributed a series of SQL scripts primarily focused on managing and querying Oracle databases within the context of an ArcGIS developer support repository. These scripts gather Oracle instance information, including database configuration, tablespace details, user privileges, and SDE-specific metadata. The contributions include scripts for data pump processes, versioning information, and database object metadata, demonstrating expertise in database administration and geodatabase management.
pythonarcgisexchangesharingconventions
wellsofthewest/sql
Aug 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:54 commits, 54 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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