David O'sullivan
Geospatial Consultant
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid O'sullivan is a geospatial consultant and academic with over two decades of research and teaching experience and 11 years in professional geospatial practice, specialising in spatial analysis, simulation modelling, and data wrangling across urban change and invasive pest control. He combines hands-on technical fluency—R, Python, QGIS, Esri tools and vanilla JavaScript—with a strong track record of communicating complex ideas, having developed 15 courses, taught at multiple universities, and published three books plus over 80 peer-reviewed articles. His roles span professor-level appointments at Victoria University of Wellington and UC Berkeley to industry-focused consultancy at Geospatial Stuff and an Honorary Professorship at the University of Auckland, reflecting a rare blend of academic rigor and applied problem solving. Known for translating simulation research into practical decision-support tools, he offers intensive professional short courses and bespoke consultancy for organisations needing spatially explicit analysis and modelling. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, he maintains an accessible public profile and resources at https://dosull.github.io.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Masters at University of GlasgowBachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at University of CambridgeUniversity College London
Github Skills (132)
geography10
spatial10
geometry10
r-package10
geometric10
proj10
r9
snl-applications9
maps9
dataflow9
python9
gdal9
webmap9
agent-based-modeling9
netlogo9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
DOSull/Spatial-Analysis-and-Modelling
Feb 2019 - Oct 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 235 commits, 272 pushes in 2 years 8 months
DOSull/wasps
Nov 2018 - Sep 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 84 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
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