Jim Barry
Senior Solution Engineer - Railroads at Esri
Redlands, California, United States
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Top SchoolJim Barry is a Senior Solution Engineer specializing in railroads with over 30 years in the GIS ecosystem and a decade focused on solution engineering at Esri. He helps freight, transit, ports, and commuter rail organizations adopt geospatial systems that improve operations, planning, and safety, drawing on deep technical and cartographic roots. Jim has led developer evangelism and large technical support organizations, scaling teams and resources to serve hundreds of thousands of GIS users. His background combines field-cartography craft (he “makes good maps”) with enterprise business development, making him effective at translating operational needs into deployable GIS solutions. Based in Redlands, CA, he brings a rare blend of practitioner experience—from infantry officer leadership to municipal land-use planning—that informs pragmatic, mission-oriented GIS strategies.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Geography, MS, Geography at Central Connecticut State UniversityHS Diploma, College Prep, HS Diploma, College Prep at Middletown High School SouthBA, Psychology, BA, Psychology at Rutgers University
English, german - a2
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
arcgis7
geo7
soda6
socrata6
javascript6
dom6
rest6
geospatial5
gis5
esri4
shapefile2
iphone-app2
iphone1
ios1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JimBarry/arcgis-js-samples
Apr 2019 - Oct 2024
Contributions:51 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
JimBarry/arcgis-basic
Mar 2019 - Oct 2024
a basic template for starting just about any arcgis js project
Contributions:4 PRs, 62 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 7 months
templatearcgisjs-projectarcgis-js-apijavascript
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