Rick Wightman
Teaching Professor at University of New Brunswick
New Brunswick, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Wightman is a Teaching Professor with 13+ years of hands-on experience translating practical computing and data concepts into engaging undergraduate courses across computer science, engineering and the sciences. He blends a curiosity-driven approach to web systems, Raspberry Pi projects, cloud computing and data analytics with deep roots in GIS and forest inventory—bringing real-world problem solving into the classroom. His industry sabbaticals include big-data experimentation with Hadoop at Salesforce Marketing Cloud and KPI-driven BI work for a government CIO, showing he pairs teaching with applied research. Comfortable across low-level machine concepts (assembly, C) up to web stacks (Python, PHP, JavaScript) and databases, he’s as likely to prototype a Raspberry Pi solution as he is to design a data warehouse. Notably, his career began in forest resource management, which informs a pragmatic, systems-oriented teaching style that emphasizes measurable outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Forest Management/Forest Resources Management, Master's Degree, Forest Management/Forest Resources Management at University of New Brunswick
Github Skills (9)
javascript4
react4
science4
computer-science3
authentication3
fastapi2
python2
starlette1
asyncio1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
wightman/HTML5FollowAlong
Mar 2017 - Mar 2023
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
wightman/CS2063-Labs
Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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