Mike Bannister
Software Engineer at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolMike Bannister is a software engineer and geospatial data specialist with a decade of experience building data pipelines, web applications, and cloud services using Python, Flask/Django, PHP/Laravel, JavaScript, AWS, Docker, and SLURM. He currently applies his skills at Orbital Advisors and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, translating satellite and environmental data into production-ready tools that support renewable energy and earth-science decisions. With a background in water resources engineering and mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech, he blends domain knowledge with practical software craftsmanship to solve real-world problems. Based in Golden, Colorado, he pairs outdoor enthusiasm with a mission-driven focus—leveraging satellite data and GIS to create impactful, scalable systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Chattahoochee HSBS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech
Stackoverflow
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119kreached
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Github Skills (46)
simulation10
ras10
modeling-tool10
energy10
power-systems10
renewable-energy10
electrical-engineering10
hec-ras10
fuel10
controller9
win32com9
exchange9
modelica9
physics8
high-energy-physics8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mikebannis/arvada_dj
Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
Django site for Arvada Stormwater Master Plan
Contributions:1 PR, 52 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 6 months
pythonplandjangodjango-sitemaster
mikebannis/parserasgeo
Jun 2016 - Oct 2019
Import/export HEC-RAS geometry files
Contributions:115 commits, 18 PRs, 86 pushes in 3 years 4 months
exporthecrasimport-exporthec-ras
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