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Tyler Mitchell
I'm the Canadian Tyler Mitchell that works in technology, Big Data, geospatial - thanks for stopping by!
Tyler Mitchell's Bio:
Tyler Mitchell's Experience:
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Senior Software Development Engineer at Actian Corporation
2014 - Present | Austin, TexasI work within Actian's CTO Innovation / R&D Lab tracking, testing and developing next generation Big Data solutions. These include technologies such as Hadoop, HBase, graph analytics and web based visualisation.
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Engineering Director at Actian Corporation
December 2011 - January 2014Actian is making big waves in the Big Data space and data management in general. With numerous recent acquisitions and solid growth, the company also aims to round out geospatial data offerings in their core product, the Ingres database. I have the privilege of directing the development of these geospatial capabilities in Ingres and, eventually, in other products in the Actian stack. The possibilities are massive and largely untouched by others in the industry, so we're working on next gen leading edge for geospatial data management in the enterprise.
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Founder & Publisher at Locate Press
December 2010 - June 2013Planned, launched and ran a new training material publishing business aimed at the open source geospatial market. See locatepress.com for the list of titles we brought out, including our first in early 2012. Business transferred to new owner in 2013 to help make more titles available and increase reach.
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Executive Director at Open Source Geospatial Foundation
November 2006 - November 2011Running day-to-day operations for the foundation start-up - assisting IT infrastructure management, communications, promotion, marketing, finance and fundraising. Focused on helping get the word out on open source geospatial technologies that are under our umbrella.
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Author at Published by O'Reilly Media
June 2004 - November 2011During this time I have written Web Mapping Illustrated - Using Open Source GIS Toolkits. The first of its kind outlining the use of many data management tools, how to build MapServer web mapping applications, using PostGIS spatial databases and OGC web services.
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Owner at Spatialguru Consulting
September 1996 - November 2011Various writing, training, teaching and programming assignments. Helping coach new users and integrators of geo technology.
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Editor in chief at OSGeo Journal
January 2007 - August 2011Primary editing, developing a team of editors and reviewers, pushing out a digital publication dedicated to the open source mapping software industry and GIS.
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GIS Manager at Timberline Natural Resource Group
January 2005 - November 2006As GIS Manager, I led the introduction of new geospatial technologies and oversaw operational mapping and spatial analysis projects.
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GIS & Data Coordinator at Lignum Ltd.
November 1998 - December 2004Organised corporate digital assets for over 600,000ha of Lignum's timber license holdings. Coordinated consultants for mapping, data collection, aerial photography, database design and web mapping production.
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GIS Analyst at Inland Timber Management
September 1996 - March 1998Spatial analysis, mapping, report writing and programming.
Tyler Mitchell's Education:
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Lakehead University
1993 – 1996B.A.
Tyler Mitchell's Interests & Activities:
classical music, writing, parenting and exploring
