Taylor Hixson
Taxonomist at Vinted
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolTaylor Hixson is a taxonomist and data professional with nine years of experience translating geospatial and information science expertise into practical digital and data transformation projects. After an academic career in GIS and geospatial data services at institutions including NYU Abu Dhabi and the University of Chicago, Taylor earned an MBA from ESMT Berlin and now applies that blend of research rigor and business strategy at Vinted. They have a track record of building discoverable, standards-driven data systems and also contributed technical writing at UP42, bridging technical and non-technical audiences. Based in Berlin, Taylor combines deep metadata and taxonomy skills with project leadership across academia, startups, and international organizations—a mix that makes them adept at turning complex information architectures into usable products.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at ESMT BerlinMaster of Science, Information Sciences, 4.0, Master of Science, Information Sciences, 4.0 at University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleBachelor of Science (B.S.), Journalism, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Journalism, Magna Cum Laude at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)
Github Skills (33)
geospatial10
marketplace10
api10
gis10
sdk10
satellite10
qgis9
wps9
earth-observation9
data-repository9
wcs9
spatial-data9
python9
metadata9
wfs9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
taylorhixson/WF
Feb 2019 - Nov 2021
Files for Introduction to creating and hosting web maps with QGIS2Web and GitHub
Contributions:34 commits, 31 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 9 months
hostingwcswpswfsweb-hosting
taylorhixson/taylorhixson.github.io
Mar 2021 - May 2024
Contributions:33 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 2 months
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