Rhet Turnbull
Senior Solutions Architect at Space Kinetic Corp.
Alabama, United States
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Top SchoolRhet Turnbull is a senior solutions architect and seasoned technologist with 7 years in his current software-focused trajectory and a 30-year career leading large, mission-critical space and defense programs. He combines deep systems engineering and program leadership—directing teams of hundreds and integrating multi-billion-dollar space architectures—with hands-on software craftsmanship, contributing backend features to open-source projects like osxphotos. Known for delivering tough problems with speed and agility, Rhet has authored enterprise AI strategy for a 16,000-person organization and stood up an AI Accelerator to drive practical adoption. He coaches and builds high-performing teams, having launched the first Space Force software factory and engineered cross-agency governance for classified systems. Based in Alabama, he advises a space startup while transitioning government-scale systems thinking into commercial and open-source work. His profile blends national-security-grade systems integration with hobbyist coding that keeps him current on modern engineering trends.
7 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Strategic Studies, Master’s Degree Strategic Studies at Air War CollegeBS Astronautical Engineering, BS Astronautical Engineering at United States Air Force AcademyMA Military Operational Art and Science, MA Military Operational Art and Science at Air Command & Staff CollegeCertificate Software Engineering Management, Certificate Software Engineering Management at U.S. Air Force Institute of TechnologyME Space Operations, ME Space Operations at University of Colorado Colorado SpringsDefense Acquisition University
English, Haitian Creole
Stackoverflow
26reputation
628reached
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Github Skills (3)
command-line-interface10
python10
image-processing7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
RhetTbull/osxphotos
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
Python app to work with pictures and associated metadata from Apple Photos on macOS. Also includes a package to provide programmatic access to the Photos library, pictures, and metadata.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:452 releases, 15 reviews, 1865 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Rhet's commits primarily focused on enhancing the core functionality of the osxphotos application. They implemented a new feature to export preview images if the actual photo file is missing. They also revisited and re-enabled try/except blocks in the cli export and added a test for the functionality. The user's contributions involve directly modifying the command-line interface code, indicating a focus on improving the application's core functionalities related to exporting photos and images.
pythonprogrammaticmetadataflickrgoogle-photos
RhetTbull/ChargeMon
Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 14 commits, 11 pushes in 10 months
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