Gretchen Greene
Chief Data Officer
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGretchen Greene is a seasoned data science and research computing leader with nine years of focused experience and a multi-decade background in scientific data systems, currently serving as Director of the Research Data and Computing Office and Chief Data Officer at NIST. She has led modernization of scientific infrastructure and public-access data initiatives, translating complex research lifecycles into reliable, scalable systems that advance commerce and industry. Her career spans leadership roles from Space Telescope Science Institute to NIST, combining deep systems architecture skills with program strategy and project delivery. Known for bridging stakeholders and technical teams, she drives partnerships and governance to embed reproducible data practices across research organizations. Gretchen brings a pragmatic innovation mindset—equally comfortable shaping policy as she is designing software and data architectures—to accelerate research impact. Based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, she is recognized for turning long-term scientific goals into operational, auditable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
Github Skills (42)
open-access10
data-repository9
java9
sdp9
data-management9
portal9
python8
science8
perl8
javascript8
wps8
nist8
nexus7
typescript7
data-processing7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
usnistgov/oar-developer
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
Developer resources for Open Access to Research (OAR) data dissemination and public access software tools and services.
Contributions:26 commits, 2 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 years 4 months
wpsoaropen-accessdata-managementdata-dissemination
usnistgov/AMB2022-template
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:16 commits, 12 pushes in 6 months
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