Mike Rilee
Systems Scientist at Rilee Systems Technologies LLC
Derwood, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Rilee is a systems scientist and founder with a decade of focused experience applying high-performance and parallel computing to Earth science and aerospace systems. He leads Rilee Systems Technologies LLC, building scalable data systems and indexing methods (notably STARE) that make heterogeneous satellite and observational datasets cloud- and supercomputer-friendly. His background spans NASA centers and contractors, contributing to major projects like GISS Model E, ECCO, NOGGIn, and DERECHOS where he combines advanced Fortran, pFUnit testing, and automation for production-ready science software. Mike blends hands-on technical depth in computational physics and HPC with program-level skills in proposal development, IT integration, and acquisition. He is comfortable moving between research, engineering, and operational delivery, and has applied semantic web and AI techniques to aerospace systems design. Based in Derwood, Maryland, he also brings leadership experience from nonprofit governance and coaching, reflecting a rare mix of technical, managerial, and community-facing strengths.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Astronomy (Plasma Physics), Ph.D., Astronomy (Plasma Physics) at Cornell UniversityB.A., Astrophysics & Mathematics, B.A., Astrophysics & Mathematics at University of Virginia
English, Chinese
Github Skills (45)
gaussian-mixture-models10
geostatistics10
python-interface10
conda10
forge10
spatial-analysis10
geo10
smoothing10
gmm10
encoding10
kriging10
self-organizing-map10
splines10
conda-forge9
gaussian-processes9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
SpatioTemporal/STARE
Oct 2015 - Jan 2023
SpatioTemporal Adaptive Resolution Encoding, a unifying index for geo-located data.
Contributions:48 releases, 514 commits, 55 PRs in 7 years 4 months
geoindexadaptiveresolutionencoding
michaelleerilee/NOGGIN
Jul 2016 - Mar 2023
NASA Open-access Geo-Gridding Infrastructure
Contributions:2 PRs, 59 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 9 months
geospatialopen-accessgeoinfrastructureopen-nasa
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