Summary
Richie Carmichael is a Principal Software Development Engineer with two decades of GIS experience across four countries, now leading development of Esri's ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript. He combines deep GIS domain expertise with full-stack skills—especially JavaScript, C#, OpenGL and spatial ArcGIS technologies—to deliver approachable apps that hide GIS complexity. An MBA from the University of Redlands informs his product-minded approach to building natural user interfaces that leverage touch, motion and sound. At Esri’s Applications Prototype Lab he’s authored hundreds of desktop and web apps, experimenting with physics engines, Kinect and advanced visualization libraries like d3 and twgl. Based in Redlands, CA, Richie is motivated by making powerful spatial tools unintimidating for end users while pushing interactive UI boundaries.
11 years of coding experience
English, Malay