Javier Otegui
Freelance Biodiversity Informatician And Data Scientist
Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
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Top SchoolJavier Otegui is a PhD-trained biodiversity informatician and data scientist with 13 years of experience building large-scale biodiversity data systems, improving data quality, and delivering visualization and web-based tools. As an independent consultant since 2014 he has applied database engineering and fitness-for-use techniques to major projects like VertNet and Map of Life, and previously collaborated with GBIF on indexing and quality indicators. He combines formal biology training with a hands-on informatics mindset, teaching both middle/high school science and graduate workshops on data cleaning and publishing. Based in Pamplona, Spain, he specializes in turning messy global biodiversity datasets into reliable, analysis-ready resources and is comfortable working across research, education, and production environments. An understated strength is his long experience translating domain-specific quality concerns into practical tooling and workflows that scale.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biodiversity Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biodiversity Informatics at Universidad de NavarraDegree, Biology, Degree, Biology at University of Navarra
Spanish, Basque, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
r-package8
api6
rpy26
newline6
google-app-engine6
python6
web-application6
r6
post6
ropensci5
rest-api5
biodiversity5
rest5
java5
software-quality5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jotegui/statReports
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:9910 pushes, 5998 issues in 1 year 4 months
VertNet/api-geospatial
Apr 2014 - Oct 2016
Contributions:42 commits, 10 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 6 months
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