Mark Bowman
Software Manager at Las Cumbres Observatory
Goleta, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Bowman is a software manager with 11+ years in leadership and over two decades building telescope control and astrophysics-related systems. Currently leading software at Las Cumbres Observatory, he combines hands-on expertise in astrometry, embedded C and Java with Agile delivery across full software stacks. His background spans research-grade astronomy (PhD, Manchester) through industrial telescope engineering, giving him rare end-to-end domain knowledge from instrument firmware to orchestration software. Outside work he channels the same systems-thinking into science fiction writing, reflecting a blend of technical rigor and imaginative problem framing.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy at The University of ManchesterBachelor of Science (BSc), Astrophysics, 2.1, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Astrophysics, 2.1 at University of Leicester
English
Github Skills (57)
backend10
fits9
maven9
ethercat8
algorithms8
ocs7
sky7
multicore7
openflow7
python7
industrial-automation7
jpeg6
puppet6
webservice6
tom5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
LCOGT/lcogt-pom
May 2020 - Mar 2026
Contributions:1 review, 15 PRs, 35 pushes in 5 years 10 months
backend
LCOGT/tsb-scripts
May 2020 - Sep 2025
Scripts used in conjunction with the Telescope Software Build, e.g. to analyse tracking performance
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
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