Steven Bickerton is a Senior Staff Data Scientist in Palo Alto with 12 years of experience applying advanced image processing and data-analysis techniques to large-scale survey and satellite imagery. Trained as a PhD astrophysicist, he moved from developing pipelines and Fourier-accelerated photometric algorithms for telescopes to building production methods for commercial satellite image analytics at Orbital Insight. He has a track record of improving performance on TB-scale datasets, resolving subtle calibration issues, and creating online QA tools that keep large image systems reliable. Comfortable bridging research and production, he mentors teams and has led collaborative efforts analyzing millions of spectra and organizing scientific-computing forums. A former field crew chief in geophysics, he brings practical instrumentation and operations insight to software-driven imaging problems.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy and Astrophysics at McMaster University
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Applied Geophysics, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Applied Geophysics at Queen's University
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