Rick Debbout
Software Engineer at General Dynamics Information Technology
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Debbout is a software engineer and GIS specialist with a decade of experience building reproducible geospatial data products and research-ready datasets for US federal agencies and environmental science teams. He blends backend engineering (Django, DRF, Docker) with applied geospatial analysis—having improved core watershed delineation functionality in the pysheds library and enhanced raster handling and testing. At General Dynamics and earlier roles he has delivered FGDC-compliant metadata, QA/QC pipelines, sonar-derived texture maps, and cheminformatics-backed web services that connect environmental conditions to human health and water-resource resilience. Based in Corvallis, Oregon, he brings a practical mix of field surveying experience and advanced GIS modeling from his MS in Geographic Information Science. Colleagues value his focus on reproducibility and client satisfaction as much as his ability to translate complex environmental science into usable, auditable software.
10 years of coding experience
Master's, Geographic Information Science & Natural Resource Management, Master's, Geographic Information Science & Natural Resource Management at St. Mary's University of Minnesota
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Github Skills (14)
gis10
hydrology10
python10
numpy10
testing7
geopandas6
folium6
polygon6
csv6
sqlite6
django-settings6
database6
django6
shapely6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mdbartos/pysheds
Apr 2020 - May 2020
:earth_americas: Simple and fast watershed delineation in python.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Rick primarily contributed to the core functionality of the pysheds library, specifically focusing on the `Grid` class. Their work involved modifying and improving the `nearest_cell`, `catchment`, and `flow_distance` methods. The contributions include adding new parameters, refining existing code, and improving indexing methods within the grid operations. The user also added tests and improved the raster data reading capabilities.
pythongeologyflow-directionhydrologyaccumulation
debboutr/shed
May 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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