Rachel Opitz
Program Manager, Geospatial Innovation For Food Security
Metuchen, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolRachel Opitz is a program manager and researcher who applies 15+ years of remote sensing and geospatial analysis to drive sustainable land management and food security programs. She bridges academic rigor and operational delivery, having led spatial archaeometry research and innovation roles at universities, the OGC, and now Taylor Geospatial to turn lidar, hyperspectral, and satellite data into policy-relevant insights. Known for integrating historical human-activity data with modern imagery, she builds data-driven infrastructures and embeds digital tools into organizational workflows. Rachel is also a values-led practitioner who has developed ethics policies and review processes for nonprofits and international research organizations, ensuring responsible use of geospatial technologies.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Archaeology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Archaeology at University of CambridgeBachelor of Arts - BA, Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
French
Github Skills (4)
testing9
digital-humanities1
machine-learning1
computer-vision1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ropitz/dataarc-demo
Aug 2020 - Aug 2023
Contributions:1 PR, 10 pushes in 3 years
ropitz/experiments
Feb 2019 - Sep 2020
testing area
Contributions:115 commits, 34 PRs, 108 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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