Mike Swirsky
Ocean Modeling Programmer at Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Swirsky is an ocean and river systems modeler with eight years of experience translating complex geophysical processes into actionable simulations for resource managers and stakeholders. Currently an Ocean Modeling Programmer at the Columbia River Inter‑Tribal Fish Commission, he builds 3D SCHISM and time‑series OASIS models to quantify Columbia River–Pacific Ocean interactions and hydropower impacts. His background as an industry geologist and GIS specialist gives him uncommon fluency in field data collection, subsurface 3D modeling, and Monte Carlo risk analysis, which he couples with Python, ML, and database tooling to automate analysis pipelines. Mike has also taught and mentored data science students full‑time, honing his ability to communicate technical results to diverse audiences and to develop teaching-grade curricula. Based in Portland, he blends hands‑on field experience with reproducible computational methods to support environmental stewardship and operational decision‑making.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Science and Cartography, Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Science and Cartography at Oregon State UniversityUniversity of California Santa Cruz
English, French
Github Skills (5)
python-scripts6
versioning4
python4
synchronous3
react2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mbswirsky/git_example
Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
Examples of git and github versioning with python scripts.
Contributions:6 PRs, 48 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 3 months
versioningpythonpython-scripts
mbswirsky/datafiles
Jun 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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