Scott Akins
Academic Software Systems Engineer, Sr. at Tufts University
Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Akins is a senior academic software systems engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience building and integrating data systems for universities and federal agencies. He specializes in ERP integrations (Ellucian Banner), cloud-hosted SaaS/PaaS/IaaS migrations, and geospatial data platforms using PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Python, and web mapping technologies. At the USGS Astrogeology Science Center he led projects delivering cloud processing and searchable services for 250+ TB of planetary imagery, blending research-grade tooling with public-facing SaaS. Currently he connects campus data sources and modernizes reporting platforms with Denodo and vendor integrations, bringing both operational rigor and project leadership to technical work. Scott’s background spans low-level systems programming to enterprise middleware, and he often combines institutional requirements with pragmatic automation to simplify complex integrations.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Information Technology, 3.9, Master of Engineering - MEng, Information Technology, 3.9 at New Mexico State UniversityBSCSE, Computer Science & Engineering, BSCSE, Computer Science & Engineering at Northern Arizona University
Github Skills (22)
coordinates10
planetary9
integrity9
geodesy9
pow9
data-integrity8
geoserver7
risk-assessment7
wms6
gis6
geography6
geospatial6
ord6
webservice5
image-processing5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
USGS-Astrogeology/Astro-Budget-Site
Dec 2017 - Nov 2019
USGS Astrogeology's internal web based tool for creating budget estimates.
Contributions:9 PRs, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
geospatialinternalweb-basedbudgetestimates
USGS-Astrogeology/PlanetaryGeologicMappers
Jan 2018 - Feb 2020
The web site for the planetary geologic mappers and information on the progress of maps.
Contributions:20 PRs, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
geoservergeospatialplanetarygeographyweb-site
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