Kimberly Bastille
R Programmer at Taylor-Slough in support of NOAA NEFSC
San Diego Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKimberly Bastille is an R programmer and fisheries scientist with eight years of experience building data-driven tools to support sustainable fisheries management. Based in San Diego, she designs decision support tools and user-focused GUIs for recreational fisheries regulation while leading adoption of Azure cloud services to modernize analytics workflows. Her background in ecosystem-based fisheries management includes coordinating multi-state ecosystem reports and streamlining open science practices to speed report production and improve transparency. She maintains and develops R packages and reproducible data workflows that consolidate contributions from numerous organizations into actionable analyses. Earlier field work—ranging from hatchery work to serving as a Peace Corps aquaculture extension agent in Zambia—gives her practical grounding in aquaculture, community engagement, and applied conservation. This blend of technical R expertise, cloud deployment experience, and hands-on fisheries knowledge makes her adept at turning complex ecological data into clear regulatory guidance.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Fisheries biology, Bachelor’s Degree, Fisheries biology at University of Maine at MachiasMaster's degree, Fisheries Biology and Managament, Master's degree, Fisheries Biology and Managament at University of Bergen (UiB)
English, bemba, r
Github Skills (14)
micronaut10
ecosystem10
documentation10
synthetic9
catalog7
shiny6
stock6
survey6
spatial4
open-data4
science4
machine-learning3
data-science2
noaa1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
NOAA-EDAB/tech-doc
Sep 2019 - Feb 2023
Technical documentation for ecosystem reporting
Contributions:4 releases, 467 commits, 5 PRs in 3 years 4 months
technical-documentationreportingmicronautecosystemreport
NOAA-EDAB/ecodata
Dec 2019 - Jan 2023
A data package for reporting on Northeast Continental Shelf ecosystem status and trends.
Contributions:6 releases, 1 review, 633 commits in 3 years 2 months
reportingstatusshelfdata-packagetrends
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