New Additions to the iNaturalist Team 2014-09-08
We’re super excited to announce two new members of the iNaturalist team. This month, Alex Shepard and Patrick Leary will start working on iNaturalist full time in the new iNat Department at the California Academy of Sciences.
Most of you have probably noticed that the iNaturalist website receives more love than the iNaturalist mobile apps. Alex Shepard is going to help us change that. His skills combine a rare mix of art and engineering. Alex led iOS development at Eyefi, a photography technology company tackling many of the same issues as iNat. Alex’s engineering experience is balanced with a passion for art—he has a Masters of Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute—and for nature. He’s currently iNat-ing his way towards a nature guide to Lobos Creek Valley here in San Francisco.
You have also probably noticed that iNaturalist has been running a bit faster these last few weeks (about 4x faster, actually). This is due to the heroic efforts of Patrick Leary. Patrick has been working in the biodiversity informatics world for over 13 years starting on the uBio (where iNat gets much of its taxonomic data) and later with the Encyclopedia of Life, both of which iNaturalist relies on heavily. Few people combine Patrick’s skills with scaling web architecture with his long experience working in the biodiversity informatics world. Even fewer can claim all that AND the ability to pull bonito out of Buzzards Bay!
We couldn’t have brought on two engineers as talented and experienced as Alex and Patrick without the continued support of the California Academy of Sciences and its commitment to the future of natural history. We’re looking forward to doing great things with these guys and all our colleagues at the Academy!
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