Sky Bristol
Campground Host at National Park Service
Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSky Bristol is an information science and data practitioner with over 10 years of experience applying open-source tools and creative data approaches to advance environmental science and sustainability. Formerly a long-time leader in USGS science information services and a Senior Advisor for Data Science in the Energy and Minerals mission area, Sky has built and managed multidisciplinary teams that deliver data management and geospatial capabilities for federal research programs. Grounded in a background in wildlife biology and decades of public‑service work at US Fish and Wildlife Service and USGS, Sky blends domain knowledge in ecology with practical information engineering. Now based in Grand Junction, Colorado and serving as a campground host, Sky continues to champion broad participation in open science and uses data storytelling to illuminate conservation priorities. An unexpected strength is translating complex scientific workflows into accessible, reusable tools that empower non‑technical stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Wildlife Biology Criminology, Wildlife Biology Criminology at The University of New Mexico
Github Skills (118)
wikidata-api9
api8
fuzzy-search8
ontologies8
owl8
digital-humanities8
mediawiki8
full-text-search8
wikibase7
terminology7
app-search7
citations7
environmental7
rest7
database7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
usgs-bcb/bcb-dm
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:47 commits, 35 PRs, 30 pushes in 24 days
data-managementworkshopbcbfoundationjava
usgs-bcb/bis
Jun 2017 - Apr 2019
Package of modules for the Biogeographic Information System
Contributions:46 commits, 16 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 10 months
system-information
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