Tom Gertin
Research Lead at KAPSARC
Sterling, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Gertin is a research lead and urban planner with 11 years of geospatial and spatial-analytics experience, currently developing advanced spatial-economic land-use and energy models for long-term urban planning in Saudi Arabia. He combines hands-on GIS programming in Python with cloud and web development experience—having administered AWS and built geospatial websites for U.S. government clients. His background spans applied research and operational intelligence, from DARPA and NGA R&D to supporting the State Department’s Humanitarian Information Unit and the World Bank’s Geospatial Operational Support Team. Tom’s work emphasizes evidence-based analysis of urban form and energy demand, translating complex imagery and location data into actionable policy insights. He holds an MS in Geoinformatics and a PhD track in Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences, reflecting a strong blend of academic rigor and mission-driven delivery. Notably, he has repeatedly bridged research and production: shipping open-source geospatial tools while embedding analytic models into decision-making workflows.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia TechMaster of Science (MS), Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, Master of Science (MS), Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence at George Mason University
Spanish
Github Skills (200)
solver10
geography10
serverless10
pulp10
static-site-generator10
spatial-data10
mapbox-gl-js10
liquid10
website-development10
python10
ruby10
graph-visualization10
spatial10
graph-theory10
django10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
d3netxer/humanitarian-space
Aug 2015 - Apr 2021
My mental map of humanitarian space and disaster response
Contributions:146 commits, 15 PRs, 143 pushes in 5 years 8 months
mentaldisasterhumanitarianmental-mapmap
d3netxer/virtual-mapgive-course
Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:47 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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