Damian Rouson
Senior Scientist & Group Lead, Computer Languages And Systems Software (CLaSS) at Sourcery Institute
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolDamian Rouson is a senior scientist and group lead specializing in computer languages and systems software, currently heading the CLaSS group at Berkeley Lab with over a decade of experience bridging research and production software. He combines academic rigor (PhD and MS from Stanford) with entrepreneurial leadership as president of Archaeologic, Inc. and the Sourcery Institute, guiding open-source and standards efforts for scientific computing. Damian’s background spans national labs, academia, and industry—shaping multiphysics modeling, reacting flow research, and computational earth sciences—giving him a rare blend of domain expertise and software engineering. He contributes to widely used community tooling, notably improving the installation and robustness of the Fortran Package Manager (fpm), demonstrating hands-on DevOps and automation skills. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he focuses on making complex scientific software more reproducible and accessible. Based in Washington, D.C., he pairs deep technical knowledge with leadership in collaborative open-source ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Howard UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Stanford University
Github Skills (11)
sh10
automation10
bash10
automations10
script10
shell10
fpm10
package-management10
scripting10
build-system9
fortran8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
fortran-lang/fpm
Oct 2020 - Sep 2022
Fortran Package Manager (fpm)
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 15 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Damian primarily focused on developing and improving the installation script for the Fortran Package Manager (fpm). Their contributions include initial setup, dependency management (Haskell stack), and handling edge cases in the installation process. The user also made several iterations to refine the script, addressing bashisms, improving error handling, and incorporating alternative download mechanisms. This work streamlined the fpm installation process, making it easier for users to set up the package manager.
fortran-package-managerpackage-managerfortranfpmbuild-system
sourceryinstitute/dag
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
Directed Acyclic Graphs With Modern Fortran
Contributions:9 releases, 5 reviews, 274 commits in 2 years 8 months
acyclicmodern-fortranfortrangraphsgraph
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