Don Dietrick
Software Engineer at PAE
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDon Dietrick is a software engineer with 13 years of recent experience (and a longer legacy in defense and mapping) specializing in situational awareness applications built on GIS and mapping platforms. He currently develops SureTrak at PAE and previously led development of OpenMap at BBN, bringing deep expertise in Java mapping toolkits and mission-focused systems. His background spans mission planning, acquisition, and production/distribution of mapping data from work at SRC and the U.S. Air Force, giving him a practical grasp of operational requirements. Educated in electrical engineering and computer science with a GIS graduate certificate, he blends rigorous technical foundations with domain knowledge that helps turn complex geospatial needs into deployable, field-ready software. Unusually for someone in his space, he maintains long-term stewardship of core open-source mapping infrastructure, reflecting a commitment to tooling longevity as well as product delivery.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Science and Technology, Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Science and Technology at USCBS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Boston University
Github Skills (17)
perl10
javabeans10
data-access10
openstreetmap9
java9
databases9
decoder4
planet3
tiles3
encoder3
mapbox-vector-tile2
spec2
mvt2
vector2
gis2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
OpenMap-java/openmap
Jul 2015 - Jul 2021
OpenMap is an Open Source JavaBeans-based programmer's toolkit. Using OpenMap, you can quickly build applications and applets that access data from legacy databases and applications.
Contributions:170 commits, 9 PRs, 131 pushes in 6 years
data-accessdatabasesappletsperljavabeans
leif81/openmap
Aug 2012 - May 2015
Contributions:154 commits in 2 years 9 months
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