Mikel Maron
Product Lead at Open Street Map
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolMikel Maron is a product lead and seasoned geospatial technologist with 20 years of experience building location-focused applications, ecological simulations, and disaster-response software. Based in Washington, DC, he blends hands-on full-stack engineering with strategic product leadership at The Earth Genome and a long history of founding and steering mapping nonprofits like Map Kibera and HOT. His open-source contributions include impactful work on high-profile projects such as OpenStreetMap and the Tasking Manager used for humanitarian mapping, plus Mapbox visualization tools and data-processing scripts integrating S3 and external spreadsheets. Comfortable across Ruby on Rails, Python, JavaScript and mapping libraries like Mapbox GL and OpenLayers, he ships both backend APIs and interactive front-ends. He brings uncommon domain depth—combining evolutionary systems training with practical field-driven mapping experience—to bridge research, product, and community-driven impact.
20 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems, MSc, Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems at University of SussexUniversity of California Santa Cruz
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Github Skills (32)
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ruby-rails10
javascript10
postgresql10
mapbox-gl-js10
apidoc10
python10
rails10
ruby10
rails-app10
api10
testing9
boto9
openlayers9
amazon-s39
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
mapbox/impact-tools
Apr 2020 - Jul 2022
Simple blueprints for change-makers
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 13 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Mikel contributed to both the backend and frontend aspects of the project. They created a Python script for data processing using boto3 and urllib3, which interacts with S3 buckets and external spreadsheets. Additionally, the user implemented a frontend component using HTML, JavaScript, and the Mapbox GL library for visualization, integrating with external data sources. Furthermore, they made several adjustments to the code base and fixed an issue with filters.
reactpythonmakersarcgis-js-apimapbox
openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website
Nov 2007 - Jan 2021
The Rails application that powers OpenStreetMap
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 5 PRs, 73 comments in 13 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Mikel contributed to the OpenStreetMap website by implementing and modifying features across both the backend (Ruby on Rails) and frontend. They added functionality to the message and diary sections, including subscriptions and social features. The user also implemented a map view for the changeset list page using OpenLayers, enhancing the user interface and data visualization capabilities. Furthermore, they moved the search box and incorporated code changes to the CSS and Javascript files.
railsrails-applicationpowersrubyopenstreetmap
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