Maanas Nukala
GIS Data Operations Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaanas Nukala is a GIS Data Operations Engineer with eight years of experience applying remote sensing and geospatial analysis to conservation and sustainable development projects. Based in San Francisco, he currently manages data operations for the World Resources Institute and previously streamlined data pipelines for Global Forest Watch, combining practical data engineering with domain expertise in forest and protected-area monitoring. His background spans academic research, satellite-based object detection, automated change-detection algorithms, and hands-on cartography—skills honed at institutions including Stanford Woods, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian. Maanas pairs technical fluency in large geospatial datasets and Google Earth Engine workflows with an eye for reproducible, operationalized data products that inform policy and conservation action. An interesting through-line: he has experience evaluating nanosatellite (Planet Dove) performance and converting that research into operational monitoring tools.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, International and Development Economics, Master of Science - MS, International and Development Economics at University of San FranciscoBachelor of Science - BS, Public Health, Bachelor of Science - BS, Public Health at The George Washington UniversityHigh School, High School at Westford Academy
Portuguese, English, Telugu
Github Skills (26)
data-api9
geotrellis8
spark7
redux7
satellite-imagery7
vector-tiles7
api-server7
tile-cache7
object-detection6
computer-vision6
react6
statistics6
tensorrt6
inference6
onnx6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wri/gfw-data-qc
Nov 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
manukala6/crop_health_monitor
Jan 2025 - Oct 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 6 branches in 9 months
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