Jeff Coughlin
Candidate For Mayor Of Bremerton
Bremerton, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Coughlin is a scientist-turned-civic leader with a PhD in Astronomy and a decade of mission-critical experience at NASA and the SETI Institute, where he helped validate Kepler’s planet catalogs and earned NASA’s Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal. He combined technical leadership as Director of the Kepler/K2 Science Office with hands-on algorithm and software work to find one of the most Earth-like Kepler planets and quantify planet occurrence rates. A certified Project Management Professional, Jeff translates complex data-driven processes into practical policy and programs—applying those skills to housing, homelessness, transportation, healthcare, and small business support as a Bremerton Council Member and former Council President. He stepped into nonprofit leadership as Executive Director of the Kitsap History Museum during the pandemic, blending a love of local history with systems thinking. Now running for Mayor, he frames civic challenges with the curiosity of a scientist and the operational rigor of a project manager. Outside public life he’s a husband and father whose career path uniquely bridges astrophysics, public service, and community stewardship.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Project Management, Project Management, Certificate in Project Management, Project Management at University of WashingtonDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy at New Mexico State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics and Astronomy at Emory University
Spanish
Github Skills (28)
kepler10
jekyll10
science10
react10
k29
astrophysics8
astronomy8
overleaf7
time-series7
latex7
discovery7
python7
music6
player6
catalog6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nasa/kepler-robovetter
May 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:18 commits, 3 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year 9 months
JeffLCoughlin/Model-Shift
Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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