Ward Fisher
Software Engineer at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWard Fisher is a software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in computer vision, scientific programming, and algorithm development, currently contributing to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder. He combines deep numerical methods, statistics, and linear algebra expertise with low-level C/C++ and multi-threaded systems skills, evidenced by leadership on the netCDF-C project where he helped add CDF-5 support and improve file handling and compression. His background spans image processing research at Ricoh and biotechnology data work, reflecting an ability to translate domain science into robust engineering. Comfortable in both research and production environments, he focuses on reliable, high-performance back-end systems and pragmatic algorithm testing. An understated strength is his long-term commitment to open-source infrastructure that underpins scientific data workflows.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at Colorado State University
Github Skills (6)
file-handling10
netcdf10
c-programming10
compress9
compression9
hdf9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
Unidata/netcdf-c
Aug 2013 - Jan 2023
Official GitHub repository for netCDF-C libraries and utilities.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:44 releases, 338 reviews, 3227 commits in 9 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ward's contributions appear focused on enhancing the netCDF-C libraries and utilities. The commits involve modifications to the C source code, including changes to file handling, compression, and data structure definitions. The user appears to be involved in improving the functionality and compatibility of the netCDF-C libraries by adding features like the support of CDF-5 file format.
c-librariesnetcdfunidataunidata-netcdfc
Unidata/docker-nctests
Jul 2015 - Dec 2022
Docker configuration files for building netCDF regression testing containers.
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 386 commits in 7 years 6 months
dockernetcdfregression-testing
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