Simon Tarr
Red List Data Manager
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Tarr is a Red List Data Manager and experienced software/data engineer with 9 years' experience building and operating data platforms for conservation and public health. At IUCN he leads development of the Red List website, APIs and the Species Information Service, helped secure a multi-million-pound grant to rebuild SIS, and shapes technical standards via the Red List Technical Working Group. He combines full-stack engineering (Python, Django, Postgres/PostGIS) with geospatial analytics and ML-style species distribution modelling, and has delivered production ETL and analytics systems using Snowflake, dbt and Fivetran. Previously he sped analytics from 24 hours to sub‑hour at Original Cottages and contributed code to high-impact research platforms such as CO-CONNECT. Based in Nottingham, he blends rigorous academic training (PhD in Geography) with hands-on product delivery to turn ecological research into robust, data-driven conservation tools.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography at University of Nottingham
Github Skills (137)
django10
rapid10
carrot10
health-data10
health10
htmlwidgets9
nextjs9
django-rest8
linux8
shiny8
r8
hyper8
css8
fishing8
biodiversity8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
simon-tarr/NicheMapR
Jun 2018 - Dec 2018
R implementation of Niche Mapper software for biophysical modelling
Contributions:31 pushes, 9 branches in 6 months
modellingnichemapper
simon-tarr/uk.tides
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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