Summary
Richard Hughes is a GIS application developer with 11 years of experience building practical geospatial tools that bridge field workflows and enterprise systems for clients in oil & gas, renewables, and aviation. He designs and ships end-to-end solutions—native mobile apps in .NET MAUI/Xamarin, Python/Django server APIs, SQL Server/SDE deployments, and custom JavaScript widgets—that integrate with Esri technology to streamline data collection, QA/QC, and cartographic output. His work includes offline-capable mobile forms synchronized to AWS-hosted SQL Server, automated photo-log and PDF generation using the ArcGIS Python API, and tooling that automates project schema and web map templating for rapid Field Maps deployment. Comfortable across desktop, mobile, and web stacks, he pairs domain knowledge in cartography and applied earth science with pragmatic scripting to reduce manual GIS workflows. Based in Pennsylvania, he brings a blend of hands-on development and industry-focused productization that often hides a strong emphasis on automation and reproducible GIS deployments.
11 years of coding experience
B.A. Geology, GIS, B.A. Geology, GIS at Georgia Southern University
B.S. in Applied Earth Science, Cartography, GIS, B.S. in Applied Earth Science, Cartography, GIS at Oregon State University
python, javascript, typescript, c#