Geir Hjelle
Machine Learning Consultant at XLENT Norge
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolGeir Hjelle is a Machine Learning Consultant in Oslo with 12 years of experience blending theoretical mathematics, statistics and pragmatic software engineering to solve data-driven problems. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from NTNU and has moved from academia into industry roles that span geodetic analysis, power-market modeling and senior data-science leadership. Geir is an active open-source contributor—helping stabilize and extend geopandas and improving developer-facing docs for projects like pyjanitor and Real Python—demonstrating both backend engineering chops and a knack for clear technical communication. He has led content direction at Real Python and built production-ready tooling for geospatial and scientific workflows, reflecting a rare mix of domain depth and product focus. Outside consultancy he volunteers on social-impact data projects, showing a consistent interest in applying technical skills for public good.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Andøy Videregående SkoleNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian, English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (35)
pytest10
python10
pandas10
codelist10
geopandas10
geospatial10
decorator10
functional-design10
functional10
feedparser10
decorators10
code-templates10
doctest10
shapely10
documentation10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
realpython/reader
Sep 2018 - May 2022
Read the latest Real Python tutorials (PyPI Demo Package)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 3 reviews, 38 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Geir primarily worked on developing and refining the Real Python feed reader application. Their initial commits involved creating the foundational structure of the reader, including parsing feeds, displaying article titles, and presenting article content. Subsequent contributions focused on improving user experience by incorporating summary fallback, adding command-line options, and updating the presentation of articles. They also refactored the project to be compatible with legacy Python.
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realpython/materials
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
Bonus materials, exercises, and example projects for our Python tutorials
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:94 reviews, 90 commits, 232 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Geir contributed materials for a "Primer on Python Decorators" tutorial by updating example and decorator files, as well as providing documentation and real-world examples. This included code for simple decorators, syntactic sugar, reuse, value returning, and class decorators. The changes centered around demonstrating the usage of decorators in Python code, making this person primarily involved with backend development.
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