Mark Baird
Product Engineering Lead GPU And Parallel Processing Techniques at Esri
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarMark Baird is a product engineering leader with 20+ years of experience in GIS, mapping and systems architecture, and a decade focused on software leadership. Currently leading research into GPU and parallel processing techniques at Esri, he combines hands-on engineering with product ownership of Esri’s native Java and Android SDKs, shaping developer experience and enterprise integrations. His background as a solution architect and delivery lead spans multi-million pound projects across public safety, insurance and environmental research, where he has translated complex spatial requirements into scalable systems. He’s also built and mentored teams through a successful graduate training scheme and frequently presents industry insights at conferences. Quietly, his career shows a pattern of turning spatial data into tangible business advantage—particularly by integrating GIS into underwriting and fraud-detection workflows.
10 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (49)
gradle10
android-sample10
javafx10
gwt10
arcgis10
geospatial10
desktop-application10
java10
api10
sdk10
gis10
java-programming10
maps10
android-studio10
arcgis-runtime-sdk9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Esri/java-maven-starter-project
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:3 reviews, 18 commits, 33 PRs in 2 years 4 months
arcgis-runtimearcgismavennative-developmentruntime
Esri/java-runtime-graphics-update
May 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:5 reviews, 7 PRs, 27 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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