Richard Zwaap
Director Of Software Engineering at dymaptic
Greater Cleveland United States
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Top SchoolRichard Zwaap is a Director of Software Engineering with 20+ years building and leading GIS software products, from Esri core SDKs to custom client solutions at dymaptic. He combines hands-on API, app, and UI development with architectural leadership, driving AI-powered geospatial products and engineering best practices across teams. At Esri he led early development of ArcGIS Runtime for Xamarin and several high-profile mapping products, and at dymaptic he now shapes technical strategy and proposal-driven delivery for industry clients. A pragmatic engineer who still ships code, he contributes to .NET samples for the ArcGIS Maps SDK—improving offline tile export and cross-platform behavior—bringing deep GIS domain knowledge together with emerging AI capabilities.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Geography - Specialization GIS, Bachelor of Science - BS, Geography - Specialization GIS at The Ohio State University
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Github contributions (5)
Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-dotnet-samples
Aug 2014 - Jun 2017
Sample code for ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET – WPF, WinUI, .NET MAUI
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 18 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the .NET-based samples within the repository, focusing on updating and improving the offline tile export functionality across different platforms (.NET Desktop and Store). They added status reporting to the tile export process by incorporating progress messages and download status updates, enhancing the user experience. Furthermore, they addressed cross-platform compatibility by merging changes from the `v.next` branch and fixing iOS references. They also made small changes regarding the icon references and launch screen for the iOS platform.
arcgis-runtimearcgisruntimec-sharpios
Esri/arcgis-viewer-silverlight
Jul 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:86 commits, 6 PRs, 5 pushes in 6 months
viewerarcgissilverlight
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