Nome Dickerson
Co-Founder, Senior Technology Consultant at Garnet Consulting, LLC
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolNome Dickerson is a senior software engineer and co-founder based in Portland, Oregon, with a decade of experience focused on public transit technology and human-first, accessible software. As Co-Founder and Senior Technology Consultant at Garnet Consulting, they help transit agencies and product teams build equitable systems while advising on engineering culture, technical interviews, and software architecture. Previously they led technical strategy and reliability as Chief Software Architect and briefly CTO at Trillium Solutions, bringing a pragmatic emphasis on data privacy, performance, and accessibility. With an MS in Computer Science and a background teaching operating systems, Nome combines hands-on engineering, developer coaching, and systems thinking to translate complex domain requirements into usable, inclusive products. An uncommon strength is their mix of technical leadership and lived practice in accessibility and equitable transit tech, making them a go-to consultant for socially impactful engineering work.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Portland State UniversityBachelor's Degree, Russian Language and Literature, Bachelor's Degree, Russian Language and Literature at Reed College
Github Skills (31)
mds10
open-data10
gtfs10
google-sheet10
google-apps-script9
transit9
transit-data9
timetable9
google-sheets9
database9
mobility9
mongodb8
war8
wordpress-plugin8
public-transportation8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Trillium-Solutions/transit-base-template
Dec 2017 - Feb 2021
A public transit Wordpress theme template optimized for GTFS data
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 comments in 3 years 2 months
gtfswordpress-themeswordpress-themepublic-transportationtransit
NomeQ/transitland-atlas
Jun 2024 - May 2025
an open directory of mobility feeds and operators — powers both Transitland v1 and v2
Contributions:27 pushes, 19 branches in 11 months
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