Tom Ingold
Technology Lead (CTO) at The Earth Genome
Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolTom Ingold is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with over a decade of experience building cloud-native, data-driven systems at the intersection of environment, geospatial science, and machine learning. He currently leads engineering at The Earth Genome, delivering high-impact projects like Climate TRACE and Global Plastic Watch that combine large-scale data pipelines, ML, vector databases and production APIs to make planetary change searchable. Previously he shaped product and engineering strategy across Boundless, Planet, and federal-focused roles, managing secure deployments, export-controlled environments, and multimillion-dollar contracts. Known for decomposing monoliths into containerized, scalable services and for driving open-source adoption inside enterprises, he pairs hands-on technical depth (Python, Java, Golang, PyTorch, Kubernetes) with strategic customer-facing leadership. Based in Maryland, he brings an uncommon blend of DoD/IC security experience and environmental mission-driven engineering.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, GIS, Certificate, GIS at Penn State UniversityBA, Natural Sciences, BA, Natural Sciences at Harvard University
French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (100)
geojson10
wkt10
wkb10
mapbox-vector-tile10
geospatial10
geo10
gis10
h39
geography9
2d9
geometry9
shapefile8
continuous-delivery8
golang8
extensible8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
planetfederal/cogj-spec
Sep 2018 - Sep 2020
Cloud Optimized GeoJSON spec
Contributions:3 PRs, 20 pushes, 2 comments in 2 years
golangtopojsonmvth3spec
tingold/gophertile
Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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