Noel Peterson
Senior Software Development Engineer at Esri
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolNoel Peterson is a Senior Software Development Engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in GIS and spatial analytics, currently building location-aware software at Esri from Minneapolis. He combines deep expertise in Esri ArcGIS (Desktop, Pro, Online) with practical programming skills in Python, R, SQL and JavaScript (D3.js) to translate complex geospatial problems into usable tools and visualizations. Prior to Esri he spent nearly a decade at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning rising from assistant to senior data analyst, where he honed applied data science and policy-oriented mapping workflows. His academic background—an MGIS with a 4.0 GPA and a magna cum laude BA in mathematics/statistics—underscores a strong quantitative foundation that informs pragmatic engineering decisions. Colleagues rely on him for bridging GIS domain knowledge with reproducible analysis and polished web mapping interfaces, and he often blends statistical rigor with design-minded visualization techniques.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
IB Diploma, IB Diploma at Sha Tin College, Hong KongUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesBA magna cum laude, Mathematics, Statistics, Environmental Studies, 3.82 GPA, BA magna cum laude, Mathematics, Statistics, Environmental Studies, 3.82 GPA at St. Olaf College
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Github contributions (5)
CMAP-REPOS/ONTO2050-indicators
Dec 2019 - May 2022
ON TO 2050 indicators help measure the progress of plan implementation
Contributions:5 reviews, 173 commits, 19 PRs in 2 years 4 months
plandatasetonto2050comprehensive-planindicators
CMAP-REPOS/mhn_programs
May 2013 - Apr 2022
Code for managing CMAP's Master Highway Network geodatabase
Contributions:16 releases, 606 commits, 111 PRs in 9 years 1 month
arcpywpscmapgeospatialhighway
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