Gillian Mccusker
Senior Customer Success Project Manager at XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative)
United Kingdom
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolGillian Mccusker is a Senior Customer Success Project Manager and climate scientist with nine years of experience translating advanced climate modelling into actionable decision-support for enterprise clients. With a PhD in Atmospheric Physics and a track record across academia, climate tech and NGOs, she blends deep numerical modelling expertise with product-focused delivery—driving customer adoption, automating data delivery pipelines, and shaping GTM strategies for physical climate risk products. She has led internationally distributed training programmes (including for emerging economies), secured competitive UKRI-NERC funding as a researcher, and intentionally transitioned from academia to the private sector to bridge scientific rigour with business impact. Known for tailoring technical narratives to varied audiences, she consistently converts pain points into measurable, data-driven solutions and has scaled delivery efficiency through programmatic automation.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Atmospheric Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Atmospheric Physics at The University of ManchesterMSci, Physics and Astronomy, First Class, MSci, Physics and Astronomy, First Class at The University of Glasgow
Github Skills (8)
simulations5
simulation4
particle2
hydrodynamics2
scheme2
random-walk2
geophysics2
electron1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gymccusker/MONC_CASES
May 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:249 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
gymccusker/MOCCHA
Mar 2019 - Aug 2022
Model data analysis scripts associated with MOCCHA campaign
Contributions:4 PRs, 4432 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 4 months
data-analysispythondata-sciencemachine-learningdata-model
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.