Christopher De Vries is a senior consultant and former research scientist who transitioned from radio astronomy and planetary radar to building data-driven software over a 19-year career. He brings deep analytical rigor from a Ph.D. in astronomy and postdoctoral work to pragmatic engineering across systems from 8-bit microcontrollers to distributed cloud services. His technical breadth spans C/Objective-C iOS development, Python and Java, SAR and radar imaging, orbital dynamics, image analysis, and multidimensional optimization. Christopher has designed HIPAA-compliant architectures and led machine learning, OCR, and NLP integrations for medical record evaluation while serving as a security lead. Based in Fryeburg, Maine, he blends academic teaching experience with hands-on system architecture and DevOps expertise (AWS, GCP, Docker) to deliver resilient, secure production systems. He prefers steady, well-engineered solutions over flashy shortcuts—a trait that shows up in both his code and system designs.
18 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Astronomy, Ph.D., Astronomy at University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.A., Astronomy, B.A., Astronomy at Cornell University
Demonstration of how to use AuthHub to authenticate users for your web application.
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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Christopher De Vries - Senior Consultant at SECUNETICS