Matt Turner
Founder & CEO at Instituto Dourados
California, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Turner is an infrastructure-focused technologist and founder with 17 years of experience building research-driven software and production systems across academia and industry. Currently Co-Founder and Director of Infrastructure at Instituto Dourados and leading a civic initiative as Founder and President of Generation of Participation in Democracy - Américas, he blends systems engineering with mission-driven strategy. His background spans postdoctoral research and lecturing at Stanford, a PhD in Cognitive and Information Science, and hands-on roles developing web APIs, geospatial tracking apps, and parallelized data pipelines. He has a track record of translating complex scientific models into accessible, remotely runnable web tools and of porting and optimizing legacy code for modern performance needs. Based in California, Matt pairs rigorous academic training with entrepreneurial drive, often operating at the intersection of data, infrastructure, and public engagement. A less obvious strength is his ability to move between deep research questions and pragmatic product delivery, making him effective at both curriculum development and production deployments.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Master of Science (M.S.), Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at Rice UniversityB.S., Mathematics, Physics, B.S., Mathematics, Physics at Syracuse UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive and Information Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive and Information Science at University of California, MercedHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Pittsford-Mendon HS
Portuguese
Github Skills (71)
cellular-automata10
simulation-framework10
simulation10
agent-based-modeling10
julia9
energy9
agent-based-simulation9
environmental8
python8
watershed8
netlogo8
logistics8
webapp7
hydrology7
django7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
eehh-stanford/MinMaj-Adaptation-Diffusion
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
Agent-based model to evaluate which social factors affect the sustainable evolution of community-based adaptations to climate change
Contributions:50 commits, 89 pushes, 12 branches in 5 months
mt-digital/iatv
Jul 2016 - Nov 2018
Contributions:24 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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