Greg Krakow
Data Manager
Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolGreg Krakow is an experienced data manager who has spent over three decades organizing conservation datasets for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Conservation Section. He specializes in biodiversity and natural resources data stewardship, maintaining NatureServe Biotics databases and applying spatial databases (Oracle Spatial, PostGIS, SQLite/SpatiaLite) and GDAL/QGIS toolchains to make data actionable for conservation decisions. Greg blends field ecology training (MS in Plant Taxonomy) with hands-on GIS and web UI development using SQL, Python/Flask, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, enabling clear reporting and user-focused tools. His background as a field botanist and educator informs a practical approach to data models and metadata that supports both research and resource protection. Based in Athens, GA, he brings institutional memory and continuity to long-running conservation programs, often translating complex spatial datasets into operational assets. Outside routine duties he’s drawn to crafting intuitive GIS interfaces that bridge technical systems and on-the-ground conservation needs.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
University of GeorgiaBA, Fine/Studio Arts, General, BA, Fine/Studio Arts, General at Mercer University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
spatial8
tms7
qgis7
wps7
openstreetmap7
geotools7
data-management7
gdal7
wms7
gis7
system-information7
shapefile7
gml6
sql6
formatting6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gakrakow/gakrakow.github.io
May 2016 - Feb 2023
Contributions:251 pushes, 1 branch, 8 comments in 6 years 10 months
georgiadata-portalportalrarenatural
gakrakow/rastcats
Feb 2016 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 release, 9 commits, 8 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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