Jeff De La Beaujardière
Director of Engineering at NCAR
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff De La Beaujardière is a seasoned engineering leader with three decades of experience at the intersection of Earth science, software, and data policy, having led NCAR’s Information Systems Division and shaped data management across NOAA and NASA. He pairs deep scientific training (PhD in Astrophysics) with practical expertise in cloud computing, data visualization, open data and interoperability standards, and has managed multi-million dollar programs and cross-agency teams. Known for translating complex observational science needs into discoverable, well-documented, and archivable data systems, he has driven policy and technical recommendations that improve environmental data accessibility. Based in Boulder, he brings a rare blend of solar physics research roots and large-scale systems leadership, and maintains an active scholarly footprint (ORCID) despite being retired on disability. An understated strength is his long history of fostering inter-agency collaboration, making him a go-to liaison between scientific, technical, and policy communities.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Astrophysics, PhD, Astrophysics at University of Colorado at BoulderBA, Physics, BA, Physics at UC Berkeley
English, French
Github Skills (32)
datasets10
aws10
intake10
region9
binder9
zarr8
amazon7
amazon-s37
data-access7
python7
n-dimensional6
storage6
soil6
atmosphere6
dask5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jeffdlb/cesm-lens-aws
Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
Examples of analysis of CESM LENS data publicly available on Amazon S3 (us-west-2 region) using xarray and dask
Contributions:4 PRs, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
amazondaskregionamazon-s3cesm-lens
jeffdlb/open-data-registry
Jun 2019 - Oct 2019
A registry of publicly available datasets on AWS
Contributions:10 PRs, 9 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
datasetsdvcaws
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