Dennis Akins
Supervisory Geospatial Analyst
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Akins is a Supervisory Geospatial Analyst with three decades of GIS and engineering experience, currently leading the Geospatial team at the Bureau of Land Management’s busiest field office in Carlsbad, NM. His career spans agricultural engineering, hydrology, hydraulics, remote sensing, statistical modeling and expert systems, blending deep technical breadth with practical automation and web development skills. Known for revitalizing stagnant programs, he has halved staffing needs through scripting and process improvements while implementing remote sensing solutions that recovered millions in royalties. A former USDA research engineer and US Army Corps analyst, he pairs academic training from Texas A&M with hands-on modeling and biometric expertise, and brings an aviator’s passion for general aviation to his methodical, systems-oriented approach.
12 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
C. E. Ellison High SchoolMaster of Science (MS), Agricultural Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M UniversityBiological/Biosystems Engineering, Biological/Biosystems Engineering at Mississippi State University
Github Skills (7)
simulation10
soil10
climate-change10
simulate9
cpp5
water4
simulation-framework1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
USDA-ARS-ACSL/ExcelInterface
Dec 2019 - Oct 2024
Contributions:3 releases, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
USDA-ARS-ACSL/MAIZSIM
Nov 2013 - Mar 2022
Source code for maize or corn (Zea Mays) simulation model
Contributions:4 releases, 217 commits, 56 PRs in 8 years 6 months
cropmodelssimulationtwo-dimensional-soilmaize
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