Mike Mcmahon
Aquatic Science Biologist
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Top SchoolMike Mcmahon is an Aquatic Science Biologist and Data Manager with 11 years at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, based in Halifax, who blends marine science with practical data engineering to produce reproducible, accessible data products. He develops R packages, extracts and harmonizes information from Oracle databases, and supports a wide range of internal and external clients to solve complex data-management challenges. His background spans hydrography, GIS and web-mapping—having built tools like GooDir, GPSDatabase and automated KML converters—so he pairs domain knowledge of tides and charting with strong geospatial software skills. Passionate about maps and accessibility, he focuses on making marine data discoverable and usable, often translating legacy systems into modern, reproducible workflows.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Masters, Marine Management, Masters, Marine Management at Dalhousie UniversitySentinel SecondaryBachelor of Science - BS, Zoology/Animal Biology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Zoology/Animal Biology at University of Calgary
English
Github Skills (31)
r-library8
r-package8
ecology7
shiny7
arcgis7
r6
oceanography5
hydrology5
prediction4
boxee3
atlas2
file-comparison2
nim-lang2
twine2
nim-language2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Maritimes/bio.datawrangling
Aug 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:132 pushes, 2 branches, 3 issues in 1 year 2 months
Maritimes/Mar.datawrangling
Oct 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:43 commits, 105 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 5 months
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