Tag: Mike Dolbow
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Ayodele Odubela to GeoHipster: “Frame your work as if the data was about your friends and family.”
Ayodele Odubela is Founder and CEO of FullyConnected, a platform for reducing the barrier to entry for Black professionals in ML/AI. She earned her Master’s degree in Data Science after transitioning to tech from digital marketing. She’s created algorithms that predict consumer segment movement, goals in hockey, and the location of firearms using radio frequency…
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Morgan Herlocker to GeoHipster: “Look for similar work with a different label”
Morgan Herlocker is an open source software developer and creator of the Turf distributed geospatial analysis framework. He has worked on mapping and statistics software across the geo industry, from consumer navigation to citizen counter-surveillance. Morgan has been a vocal advocate for user privacy in the design of location telemetry systems. Morgan was interviewed for…
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Mike Dolbow: “I haven’t always succeeded, but I’ve always been satisfied with the pursuit”
Mike Dolbow is a GIS Coordinator at a small state agency and your classic Jack of All Trades (Master of None). Mike was interviewed for GeoHipster by Atanas Entchev. Q: How did you get into GIS? Would you do it all over again given the chance? A: Like a decent percentage of my peers, I…
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Sahana Murthy to GeoHipster: “GIS is a very large umbrella, brimming with opportunities”
Sahana Murthy is the General Manager of Loveland Technologies, where she manages the team, the product, and the overall corporate & marketing strategy. Prior to Loveland, Sahana had extensive experience working with software companies and startups of all sizes across USA & India. Over the years, she has worn multiple hats with roles ranging from…
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David Haynes to GeoHipster: “Learn the back end…you’ll be viable forever.”
David Haynes II is an Assistant Professor with the Institute for Health Informatics at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and a health geographer who uses cutting-edge spatial analysis methods to advance knowledge of health and cancer disparities. David was interviewed for GeoHipster by Mike Dolbow. Q: You got your undergrad degree in Biology, then a Master’s…
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Making GeoHipster an independent business
When a door opens Making GeoHipster an independent business By Mike Dolbow, GeoHipster CEO Someone somewhere, with a similar addiction to being busier than humanly possible, said that when a door opens, you should walk through it. In other words, when opportunity knocks, if you’re at all interested, you should pounce. I guess that’s what…
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Michael Terner: “Choice is back”
Michael Terner has been working in the geo/GIS industry since 1985, initially in state government where he was the first manager of MassGIS. In 1991 he co-founded Applied Geographics/AppGeo, where he remains a partner and Executive Vice President.Michael was interviewed for GeoHipster by Atanas Entchev, Mike Dolbow, and Randal Hale. Q (Randal): So Michael, you…
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The Special Tool
Mike Dolbow is a GIS Supervisor for the State of Minnesota and the operations manager of the Minnesota Geospatial Commons. He has served on the GeoHipster Advisory Board since 2014. This past summer, I put a new set of stairs on the end of my deck. In the grand scheme of home improvement, it was…