Derek Watkins
Senior Data Visualization Engineer
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Watkins is a Senior Data Visualization Engineer with 13 years of experience translating complex datasets into clear, actionable visual stories for product and content teams. Currently at Netflix, he builds tools and interactive visualizations that illuminate relationships between product features and content performance. Previously a Graphics Editor at The New York Times, he combines newsroom storytelling rigor with product-focused analytics to design visual systems that scale. His background in spatial cognition and research cartography informs a thoughtful approach to map-based and geospatial visualizations that surface subtle patterns. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he blends academic training (MA, University of Oregon) with practical production experience to bridge research, design, and engineering. Colleagues appreciate his knack for turning ambiguous questions into precise visual inquiries that drive decisions.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (MA), Master of Arts (MA) at University of OregonBachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at University of Southern Mississippi
Github Skills (42)
ogr10
artwork10
extendscript10
gdal10
photoshop10
adobe-illustrator10
cli10
colors9
color-conversion9
shader9
adobe9
texture8
uniform8
threejs7
webgl7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dwtkns/gdal-cheat-sheet
Jan 2013 - Nov 2015
Cheat sheet for GDAL/OGR command-line tools
Contributions:57 commits, 8 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 10 months
cheat-sheetcommand-line-toolssheetgdalogr
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