Joseph Sheffield
Senior Technical Consultant at The Backcountry Explorer
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Sheffield is a Senior Technical Consultant with 11 years of GIS-focused software and product engineering experience, currently based in Denver and working at Esri. He designs and scripts server-side geoprocessing workflows (notably for a Product on Demand map generation system), manages ArcServer deployments, and implements Production Mapping solutions and workflow automation for national mapping agencies. Joseph combines field research experience and graduate-level GIS/geology training to bridge real-world data collection with scalable, repeatable map production pipelines. He also leads instructor-led training for Production Mapping, keeping course material aligned with evolving implementations, and co-owns an outdoor gear and trip-planning site, reflecting a practical, field-oriented perspective. Known for meticulous automation and testing from earlier product engineering roles, he brings both hands-on coding (Python, C++/VB.net background) and operational expertise to reduce costs and accelerate mapping productivity.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Geographic Information Science, Geology/Earth Science, GIS, M.S. Geographic Information Science, Geology/Earth Science, GIS at Idaho State University
Github Skills (6)
openstreetmap9
arcgis-server4
arcgis2
on-demand1
gis1
java1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
Esri/CTM
Nov 2014 - Jun 2018
Civilian Topographic Map (CTM) product
Contributions:3 releases, 211 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 8 months
topographicmapctmopenstreetmap
Esri/product-on-demand
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:1 commit, 1 push, 1 comment in 1 day
arcgison-demandarcgis-serverdemandmapping
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