NICHOLAS DAWES
  • About
  • Experience
  • Mobile Apps
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Machine Learning / AI
  • Swiss Experiment
  • OSPER
  • AVALDAT
  • Sonar
  • GIS
  • Publications
  • Interests
  • Contact

Experience

IT and Data Specialist

SensAlpin GmbH
August 2026 (coming soon)

Creation and maintenance of data and metadata systems for multiple national sensor and warning networks
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Data Systems Developer
GEOTEST AG
Senior/Lead Developer, January 2023 - July 2026
Developer/Project Manager, January 2022 - January 2023
Developer, September 2014 - January 2022
Creation of data gathering and data processing systems for the geosciences and natural hazards mitigation: creation of mobile and web apps, configuration of GIS-based systems for field data collection and AI/ML-based data mining and forecasting
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Environmental Research Infrastructure Developer/Manager
WSL, Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF
January 2008 - September 2015
Coordination of a multidisciplinary research project in environmental data acquisition, storage and sharing.
​Management of environmental data.
Swiss Experiment, OSPER, 

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Sonar Analyst
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (UK)
August 2004 - December 2007
​Evaluation of active sonar systems and maintenance of knowledge sources.
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Research Engineer: Sonar Signal Processing
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (UK)
August 2000 - August 2004
Development of prototype systems for at-sea testing of novel sonar solutions.
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Software Developer / Radar Data Analyst
WSL, Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF
August 1998 – September 1999 (internship), June 2020 - July 2020
Development of a data processing solution for radar data from a full-scale avalanche experiment, AVALDAT
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Journalist
Future Publishing plc.
November 1997 – August 2004
Freelance part-time journalist producing technical product reviews for Cycling Plus magazine.

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Publications
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  • About
  • Experience
  • Mobile Apps
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Machine Learning / AI
  • Swiss Experiment
  • OSPER
  • AVALDAT
  • Sonar
  • GIS
  • Publications
  • Interests
  • Contact