Summary
Christopher Olson is a Data & Products Developer with 11 years of experience building databases, data systems, and web interfaces for oceanographic and geophysical data. He blends full-stack development skills with deep domain expertise in quality control, curation, and long-term preservation of scientific datasets, most recently delivering data products for the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System. At Scripps he automated QA workflows, integrated multibeam bathymetry into global grids, and built near‑real‑time web mapping tools, showing a rare mix of hands-on data processing and production web engineering. Based in Hilo, Hawaii, he focuses on getting reliable, reusable data into researchers’ hands and designing systems that ensure those datasets persist for future science.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego