Kevin Smith
Director Of Product at Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Smith is a product leader and PhD candidate in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering with 12 years of experience building operational software for water management. As Director of Product at OptiRTC after eight years progressing from product developer, he blends field-informed engineering insight with product strategy to deliver real-time stormwater and urban flooding solutions. His academic foundation—BS in Earth & Environmental Engineering from Columbia, a BA in Environmental Studies and Physics from Oberlin, and ongoing doctoral research at Tufts—drives a data-driven, systems-thinking approach to product design. Kevin’s background in interdisciplinary research and internships at institutions like Stroud Water Research Center informs pragmatic features that address both regulatory and ecological constraints. He is based in Medford, Massachusetts, and known for translating complex hydrologic science into user-focused, operational platforms.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New YorkDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering at Tufts UniversityBachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies, Physics, Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies, Physics at Oberlin College
Github Skills (76)
arduino-library10
environmental10
environmental-monitoring10
hardware9
arduino9
r-package9
science8
r8
knitr8
bit8
sdi8
nuget7
python7
unit-testing7
machine-learning7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ethosengineering/ethosengineering.github.io
Jul 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:21 pushes, 2 branches, 12 comments in 9 years 6 months
Kevin-M-Smith/nwisnfie
Jan 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:16 PRs, 367 pushes, 29 branches in 4 years 2 months
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