Résumé of Nathan Bergey

Summary

Creative cross-disciplinary programmer with a passion for space. Voracious researcher. Communicates complex ideas with clear explanations and visual analogies.

Work Experience

Program Manager, Lab for Interconnected Devices 2014–2015
Portland State University, https://pdx.edu

I transformed the L.I.D. into a full prototyping makerspace at Portland State University. I was the lab’s first program manager and oversaw a move in to a larger space and its growth into vital part of the school of engineering.

Build-out of new lab space, acquisition of new machines and capabilities
Management of a large grant budget
Taught students prototyping techniques (e.g., 3D printing)
Developed lab policies and best practices
Manager of a team of ~5 student volunteers

Consultant, Programmer 2010–2014
Self Employed

Freelance software developer in Portland, Oregon. Client work included full stack web programming, data visualization, HTML5/JS front end work, and robotics

Interactive robotics installation for a large technology-focused children's museum
Charts and report design for a small medical device company

Junior Consultant 2007–2009
Strategic Solutions NW, http://ssnwllc.com/

I was a member of a small group of technology and management consultants working for medium to large corporations

Balanced many projects and clients simultaneously
Rescued failing projects from other agencies and transformed them into successes

Volunteer Work

Rocket Scientist And Project Manager 2008–2016
Portland State Aerospace Society, http://psas.pdx.edu/

PSAS is an open aerospace engineering project. They are building ultra-low-cost, open source rockets that feature some of the most sophisticated amateur rocket avionics systems in the world.

Helped push PSAS into one of the premier aerospace clubs around the world
Made significant contributions in almost all fields e.g: data analysis, software development and management, outreach
Sponsor/director of three senior Computer Science capstone projects

Programmer 2009–2016
Open Source Projects, https://github.com/natronics/

I’ve created and worked on several open source projects

Created a public API to NASA Space Station data, currently used worldwide: ~28 million requests per month
Contributer to https://spaceprob.es
Started a collection of homebrew state-of-the-art aerospace simulation resrouces: https://open-aerospace.github.io

Education

Bachelor of Science, Physics 2006
Appalachian State University, NC

Skills

Web Development HTML CSS

Python Flask IPython (Jupyter) Notebook Data Analysis Data Viz Matplotlib

Interests

Space NASA Launch vehicles ISS real-time data

Data Viz python IPython (Jupyter) Notebooks charting

natronics / Resume