Ryan Whitley
Founder, Coach at Planet
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Whitley is a seasoned software engineering leader with 20+ years specializing in geospatial and data-powered applications. As Senior Software Engineering Manager at Planet, he steers the Customer Onboarding team, delivering faster access to satellite imagery, self-service access controls, and automated user provisioning, while building a centralized product catalog to unify the customer journey. He has led cross-functional teams on high-impact projects for NASA, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the American Red Cross, and drove security uplifts in Tableau Dev to meet government cloud requirements. A proactive coach and founder of Full Orbit Leadership and Full Orbit Coaching, he has established internal coaching programs at Planet and Salesforce to grow diverse tech talent. He combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership, aligning product delivery with people development and inclusion. Based in Seattle, he holds a BA in Geography from the University of Washington and a Negotiation Mastery certificate from Harvard Business School Online.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Geography, Earth and Space Sciences, B.A., Geography, Earth and Space Sciences at University of WashingtonCertificate in Negotiation Mastery, Certificate in Negotiation Mastery at Harvard Business School OnlineSpanaway Lake High School
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Github Skills (111)
tiles10
node-js10
mapbox-gl10
gdal10
geojson10
sailfishos10
spatial10
api10
vector-tiles10
sos10
html5-canvas10
geopackage10
mvt10
offline-maps9
qt9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
locana-co/PGRestAPI
Jul 2013 - Jun 2015
Node.js REST API for PostGres Spatial Entities. AKA: SpatialServer
Contributions:155 commits, 2 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year 11 months
apinode-jsspatialnodejspostgres
AmericanRedCross/GeoForce
Apr 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:339 commits, 3 PRs, 108 pushes in 1 year 3 months
salesforcespatial
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