Douglass Turner
Founder at Elastic Image Software LLC
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDouglass Turner is a founder and software engineer with 13 years building data visualization and 3D graphics solutions for clients including the Broad Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital. He combines deep GPU and graphics expertise (Metal, OpenGL/GLSL, Unity) with frontend data viz skills (D3, Node, JavaScript) to deliver interactive iOS and web experiences. A former Apple alumnus and public speaker, he pairs hands-on implementation—Swift and C# development—with strategic product and training services. His work spans AR, scientific visualization, and interactive decision-making platforms, reflecting both creative design sensibility and rigorous engineering. Based in Lexington, MA, he has a background that blends mechanical engineering and an MS in computer science, which informs his practical approach to complex visualization problems.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Amherst CollegeB.S. Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Mechanical Engineering at University of Massachusetts AmherstM.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (79)
cancer-genomics10
genomics10
genomics-visualization10
matrix10
scenekit10
rapid10
component-based10
genome10
embeddable10
visualization10
viewer10
super-resolution10
interaction10
bioinformatics10
react10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
turner/HelloShader
May 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:73 commits in 5 months
igvteam/igv-ui
Nov 2019 - Feb 2024
UI components for igv.js and related projects
Contributions:75 PRs, 63 pushes, 88 branches in 4 years 3 months
igvui-components
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