Zaven Arra
Executive Director at RRIV
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZaven Arra is an interdisciplinary engineering leader with two decades of experience designing integrated hardware and software systems focused on water, environmental sensing, IoT, and GIS. He has led large hybrid teams—from launching RRIV, an open-source platform for dense, low-cost water quality monitoring, to directing engineering for Greenstand’s global digital forestry efforts—bridging academic sensor research and practical field deployments. A hands-on full-stack developer with a background in mobile, embedded Linux, and GIS, he’s contributed UI and back-end improvements to impactful open-source projects like TreeTracker’s admin client. With a Master’s in Environmental Science from Yale and a BS in Computer Science from Michigan, he uniquely combines scientific domain expertise with product-grade engineering. Based in Oakland, he now focuses on building operational tech for water resources and is available for contracting or advisory roles to help early-stage teams scale.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science & Humanities of New Technologies, Highest Honors, BS, Computer Science & Humanities of New Technologies, Highest Honors at University of MichiganMaster’s Degree, Environmental Science, Master’s Degree, Environmental Science at Yale University
French
Github Skills (10)
javascript10
react10
api-design9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
git7
rest-api7
material-ui5
fest4
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Greenstand/treetracker-admin-client
Mar 2021 - May 2022
The Admin Panel is the part of the Treetracker project for verifying, processing and managing data collected by the Treetracker app
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 81 commits, 44 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Zaven primarily contributed to the front-end of the application, focusing on UI/UX improvements and feature enhancements. The commits reveal work on React components within the `EarningsTable`, `CaptureMatching`, and `Messaging` sections. They also made updates to API calls and data fetching, demonstrating involvement in the back-end, and refactored code for cleaner builds and improved error handling.
reactadmin-paneladminpanel
rrivirr/rriv-rust
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:3 reviews, 47 PRs, 91 pushes in 2 years
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