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Katie O'Laughlin

Wildfire Commons Lead Developer at UC San Diego (La Jolla, CA)

Katie is an Associate Director of Data Platforms at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab. She is a data engineer and contributes to the development of the many diverse data hubs and collaborative networks. Before joining SDSC, Katie started her career in computer…

Big Data Software Development

Julia Oliveto

Research Technologist at Los alamos national laboratory

User Interface Fire modeling

Russell Parsons

Research Ecologist at USDA Forest Service (Missoula, MT)

Russ Parsons is a research ecologist with the USDA Forest Service RMRS Fire Sciences Lab, where he has worked since 2000. He got is BS in Forestry at UC Berkeley, his MS in Forest Resources at U Idaho, and his Ph.D. in Forestry at the University of Montana in 2007. His…

Fire Ecology Fire Behavior Modeling Fire Effects Vegetation Modeling

Ismael Perez

Computational and Data Sience Research Specialist at University of California San Diego (La Jolla, CA)

Ismael is a Computational Data Scientist and contributes his expertise in DevOps to ensure the delivery and implementation of production quality services across the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab's projects. He also contributes to software development and debugging…

Big Data Cloud Technologies Software Development Workflows Sensor Networks Remote Sensing

Suzanne Pierce

Manager, Research Scientist at Texas Advanced Computing Center

Decision Support Tools AI/ML

Scott Pokswinski

at New Mexico Consortium (Crestview, FL)

Scott Pokswinski is a research scientist at New Mexico Consortium. Scott specializes in adapting cutting edge research to management applications. His recent work has integrated remote sensing technologies with monitoring and modeling technologies to increase the quality…

Field Data Collection / In-situ Monitoring Fire Effects Fire Ecology Botany Fire Science

Stuart Poulter

Wildfire Resilience & Environmental Program Manager at Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc.

CEQA Business Development Wildfire Fuel Mitigation Wildfire Planning

Marta Prat Guitart

Science Manager at Blue Forest

Marta Prat Guitart is a Science Manager at Blue Forest, where she works at the intersection of science and project development. Marta leads the development of conservation finance projects in Southern California, engaging with different stakeholders to increase the pace…

Biodiversity Benefit evaluation Wildlife Ecology GIS Conservation Finance

Pedro Ramonetti

Associate Director of Education at UC San Diego (La Jolla, CA)

Pedro is Computational Data Scientist at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab engaged in educational projects such as the National Data Platform’s Education Hub, the Coursera Big Data Specialization, and the FOUNT initiative. Pedro is deeply committed to accessible…

Big Data

Rukmini Ravi

at UC San Diego

Rukmini Ravi serves as the Program Coordinator for the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab. In this position, she manages and streamlines task tracking, financial oversight, and external communication. Rukmini has a background in technical writing, holds a BS in…

Community Engagement Program Management Metadata Data Stewardship

Jonathan Reimer

Fire & Emergency Manager at Capital Regional District

Jonathan Reimer is a wildfire incident commander and operational researcher. He led response on Canada’s largest wildfire disaster, was a National Incident Management Team member, and a Director of BC’s Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre. 

His…

Co-production with Practitioners Response Operations Emergency Management

David Robinson

Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Fire Behavior Modeling

Seth Schalet

CEO at Santa Clara County FireSafe Council (Saratoga, CA)

Business Development CAL FIRE Operations burnbot Embedded Systems Cloud Technologies

Stefan Schonsheck

Analytics Unit Supervisor at California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety

AI/ML Big Data Decision Support Tools

Melanie Scott

Director of Marketing & Communications at Synoptic Data

Melanie Scott is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Synoptic Data and brings a unique background with experience in both meteorology and marketing. Melanie’s previous experience includes working in the private weather sector where she played an instrumental…

Meteorology Communications Real-time Data Marketing

Steve Shoap

CEO and Engineer at IFFC

BSEE Drexel University, MSEE MIT

Member of Technical Staff:  Bell Telephone Labs, MIT Lincoln Lab, Motorola Semiconductor Products

When I retired I became interested in fighting wildfires. I lived in Quincy MA near the headquarters of the National Fire…

Home Hardening External Spray System pumps Ethernet Relay Pumping fire detection

Kevin Sofen

Technology Advisor at International Association of Fire Chiefs (McLean, VA)

Love fire technology.

Storytelling Business Development

Kris Stewart

Professor Emerita at San Diego State University

Building on a research background in numerical analysis, it was natural for me to work with the San Diego Supercomputer Center, SDSC, starting 1986 on mathematical software and curriculum development for high performance computing when I was hired at San Diego State…

Cloud Technologies