Jordan Perr-sauer is a data science researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with 14 years of engineering experience focused on software development, AI, and renewable energy integration. He combines strong academic training—a MS in Computer Science and a BS in Applied Mathematics—with hands-on product and backend experience from co-founding a location-sharing startup and building Node.js services and mobile apps. At NREL he works in data analysis and visualization, applying scalable software practices to energy research problems. An early contributor to practical open-source front-end tooling, he implemented a Pandora connector for the popular Web Scrobbler extension, demonstrating attention to UX timing and robust data extraction. Based in Denver, he blends research-grade rigor with startup pragmatism to move algorithms into usable tools for energy systems.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado Denver
Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Contributions summary:Jordan primarily focused on developing a connector for the Pandora.com music streaming service within the web-scrobbler extension. They implemented the necessary JavaScript code to extract track information from Pandora's interface and send it to the scrobbling service. This involved creating functions to identify the song title, artist, and duration, addressing a 0-second duration bug, and integrating a 10-second delay to account for slow UI performance. The user also updated the options.html file to reflect Pandora.com support.
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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