Summary
Mike Chase is a senior application and automation engineer with two decades of hands-on experience building scientific and environmental data systems, combining systems integration, instrumentation, and software development. Based in Raleigh, he has led end-to-end projects from remote sensor deployments and real-time data acquisition to database design, analysis, and reporting for clients including Xylem-Sensus and environmental consultancies. He codes in Perl, C/C++, Java and more, administers Linux/Unix stacks, and leverages containers and virtualization to reliably deliver automated pipelines and web services. His work uniquely blends field instrumentation expertise (TDL, UV-DOAS, interferometers) with pragmatic automation—often replacing tedious manual workflows with robust, low-leakage C and scripted systems. An entrepreneur who ran a technology solutions firm, he pairs scientific domain knowledge with a proven track record of productionizing research-grade algorithms.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
AA, General Education, AA, General Education at Cape Fear Community College
Bachelor’s Degree, Atmospheric Science, Math (Minor), Major: 3.5; Overall: 3.0, Bachelor’s Degree, Atmospheric Science, Math (Minor), Major: 3.5; Overall: 3.0 at University of North Carolina Asheville
English, c/c++, perl, html/css, weather/meteorology, sql, java