Theodore Reuter
About Theodore Reuter
Theodore Reuter is a Geospatial Data Engineer currently working at Airspace Link, Inc. in Washington, D.C., with a background that includes roles at the U.S. Department of Transportation and Premise Data.
Work at AirspaceLink
Theodore Reuter currently serves as a Geospatial Data Engineer at Airspace Link, Inc., a position he has held since 2022. In this role, he specializes in building services to ingest and process both open source and proprietary third-party data. His contributions are integral to the foundational data of the company's platforms. He has implemented Azure Batch pipelines to automate updates of foundational input data for LIDAR analysis, which has improved data processing efficiency.
Previous Experience at U.S. Department of Transportation
Reuter worked as a Geospatial Analyst/Fellow at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, from 2019 to 2020. During his 10-month tenure in Washington D.C., he contributed to various projects that involved the analysis and visualization of transportation data, enhancing the understanding of transportation systems.
Educational Background
Theodore Reuter studied at Oberlin College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Geology and Physics from 2006 to 2010. He furthered his education at the University of Maryland, where he was a Graduate Student in the Department of Geography from 2018 to 2020. He also served as a Graduate Research Assistant at the same institution from 2018 to 2019.
Technical Skills and Projects
Reuter has enhanced existing geospatial data pipelines to manage large-scale data ingestion, specifically handling 150 million rows of geospatial parcel data. He developed a comprehensive pipeline for LIDAR data transformation, integrating Jupyter notebooks into a streamlined process. Additionally, he maintained and enhanced an internal Python SDK to support backend API interactions, ensuring compatibility with ongoing backend updates.
Career Progression
Before his current role, Reuter worked at Premise Data as a Spatial Data Scientist/Engineer from 2020 to 2022. He also held positions at BicycleSPACE as Service Manager from 2016 to 2018, and at S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc. as a Staff Geologist from 2015 to 2016. His early career included a summer internship at the University of Washington in 2009.