Solomon Vimal
Chief Executive Officer at Geothara
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolSolomon Vimal is a hydrology-focused technology founder and CEO with 11 years of experience translating academic research into operational flood-mapping and water-resilience products. He founded and now leads Geothara after a Runway Startup Postdoc at Cornell Tech, combining deep domain expertise from a PhD in Hydrology (UCLA) and multiple international master's degrees with hands-on implementation experience. His career blends academic appointments and industry roles—from NOAA and RMS to visiting researcher positions—where he helped operationalize the HAND flood-mapping method for national forecasting. Solomon has repeatedly bridged modeling, GIS and software engineering to deliver practical systems (including integrating EPA-SWMM, HEC-RAS workflows) and has presented work at major venues like EGU. Based in Los Angeles, he brings an unusually global and interdisciplinary perspective, having worked across the US, Europe, and India to turn complex hydrologic science into deployable tools.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Hydro-science and Engineeering, M.Sc. Hydro-science and Engineeering at Technische Universität DresdenMaster's Degree Hydroinformatics, Master's Degree Hydroinformatics at IHE Delft Institute for Water EducationBachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Civil Engineering at St. Peter's UniversityUniversity of California, Los AngelesUPC Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSpartan Matriculation
English, Tamil, French, Spanish, German, Italian
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Github Skills (100)
python10
language-server-protocol10
python-development10
animation10
anaconda10
pyqt10
spyder10
ide10
qt9
datasets9
deep-learning9
netcdf9
scientific-computing9
elevation9
grav-plugin9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
solomonvimal/UCLA-Hydro
Jun 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:63 commits, 2 PRs, 53 pushes in 11 months
solomonvimal/PyFloods
May 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:13 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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