Alec Courtright
Seattle,WA
Summary
Technical Program Manager with expertise in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration. Led development of geospatial data tools to enhance insights and engagement. Skilled in risk assessment and data integration to drive successful projects and partnerships.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Program Manager
EarthDaily Federal
Seattle, WA
08.2023 - Current
- Led multiple million dollar programs by aligning strategic roadmaps with priorities, enhancing team resource use for geospatial products.
- Product owner of geospatial software, meeting customer needs and improving analyst insights derived from satellite, aerial, and open source geospatial datasets.
- Guided feature development of data integration through AI tools and expanded data partner relationships.
- Innovated data fusion tools integrating high-resolution imagery for real-time insights.
- Resolved inherited program delays by realigning strategies and engaging stakeholders.
Support Engineer
Descartes Labs
Seattle, WA
09.2021 - 08.2023
- Coaching customer data science teams in the development of analytics pipelines and best practices for working with remote sensing and geospatial data.
- Managing technical meetings and support requests for strategic clients while identifying contract growth opportunities and feature improvements with sales and engineering.
- Training new clients to use Descartes Labs services, enabling them to use various geospatial analytics products.
Research Scientist
ISciences, L.L.C.
Seattle, WA
01.2020 - 09.2021
- Developed operational data analysis pipelines to assess lake water quality globally.
- Improved, deployed, and maintained geospatial web applications for the NGA.
- Trained NGA imagery analysts to use a team developed web application designed to simplify manual classification.
GIS Specialist
Earth Resources Technology
Asheville, NC
06.2018 - 01.2020
- Developed a global, near-real-time Standardized Precipitation Index product using satellite precipitation estimates.
- Collaborated with international drought researchers to help them access and produce drought monitoring products.
- Operationally managed and visualized geospatial data for the National Integrated Drought Information System.
Research Assistant
Global Science & Technology
Asheville, NC
10.2017 - 06.2018
- Created and demonstrated GIS story map templates for NCEI’s Climate Monitoring Branch communications.
- Supported a high volume of customers in data access, discovery, and user interface tutorials for NOAA NCEI legacy satellite archive requests and NOAA’s Big Data Project.
Program Manager
NASA DEVELOP National Program
Asheville, NC
04.2016 - 10.2017
- Directed a collaborative NOAA and NASA DEVELOP internship program, serving as a key liaison between NOAA researchers and NASA DEVELOP’s National Program Office.
- Proposed, managed, and presented seven applied research projects by engaging with regional stakeholders, federal scientists, and academic researchers.
- Interviewed, hired, and managed research teams to complete applied research projects.
- Transitioned end-products into operational tools for NOAA NCEI, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, South Dakota State Fire Meteorologist, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Philippines.
Education
B.S. - Environmental Science
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina01.2015
Skills
- Program management
- Project leadership
- Stakeholder communication
- Technical roadmapping
- Agile methodologies
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Risk assessment
- Geospatial analytics
- AI integration
- Data fusion
- Data integration
Volunteer Experience
Co-founder, Destination SPACE, Developed and conducted hands-on, aerospace after-school programs for high school and middle school students around the U.S culminating in student built small satellite launches., 2017, 2019
Activities
- Interactive Global Drought Information Dashboard Using Remotely Sensed Near-Real Time Monitoring, Poster Presentation, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2019
- Next Generation Plenary: Small Sats - Involving Everyone through their Applications, Plenary Speaker, International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, 2018
- Utilizing Earth Observations to Enhance the United Nation's Storm Preparation and Disaster Relief Planning, Oral Presentation, NASA DEVELOP Summer Presentations, Washington, D.C., 2017
Affiliations
- Co-founder | Destination SPACE - developed and conducted hands-on, aerospace after-school programs for high school and middle school students around the U.S culminating in student built small satellite launches.
Certification
- Certificate, Statistical Analysis with R Programming, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Timeline
Technical Program Manager
EarthDaily Federal
08.2023 - Current
Support Engineer
Descartes Labs
09.2021 - 08.2023
Research Scientist
ISciences, L.L.C.
01.2020 - 09.2021
GIS Specialist
Earth Resources Technology
06.2018 - 01.2020
Research Assistant
Global Science & Technology
10.2017 - 06.2018
Program Manager
NASA DEVELOP National Program
04.2016 - 10.2017
B.S. - Environmental Science
University of South Carolina
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