Walter Jenkins
Founder at TransitChat
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolWalter Jenkins is a founder and civic tech entrepreneur with a decade of experience designing data-driven transit solutions and web applications from the ground up. Based in St. Louis, he combines hands-on full-stack engineering (React, Remix, Prisma) with deep GIS and transit-domain expertise—automating workflows, improving map performance, and translating operational needs into usable tools for agencies. He founded TransitChat to help agencies listen to riders and consults through GeoStack Solutions while previously building mapping and data pipelines at Blue Raster and Coolfire. Comfortable bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders, he has a track record of reducing costs and manual effort (e.g., custom GTFS feeds and automated analyses) and empowering staff to adopt spatial tools. An Appalachian State alumnus, he brings an uncommon blend of transportation planning, Python/Node scripting, and UX-minded frontend work to civic infrastructure challenges.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science Appropriate Technology Sustainable Technologies, Bachelor's of Science Appropriate Technology Sustainable Technologies at Appalachian State University
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Github Skills (182)
postgresql10
transit10
datasets10
gtfs10
firebase10
auth10
transit-data10
feature-service10
database10
steam10
timetable10
public-transport10
deno9
arcgis9
postgis9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
AvidDabbler/walterkjenkins
Apr 2019 - Feb 2023
Walter Jenkins portfolio site
Contributions:28 PRs, 76 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 10 months
jenkinswalter
MetroSTL/TitleVI-Analysis
Oct 2019 - Feb 2021
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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