Biography
Dwight Owens
Web Content Manager
Dwight joined NEPTUNE Canada in June 2008. He holds a B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature and an M.A. in Educational Technology, both from the University of Colorado.
Dwight has 20 years of experience in design and development of computer- and web-based rich media and interactive educational materials. Much of this work has been science-related, including a diversity of topics such as radar meteorology, the aurora borealis, hurricane safety, fire weather, watershed protection and the physics of shallow-water waves.
Aside from his work in educational media, Dwight also previously worked as web communications designer for the Oregon State University Extension Services and ran a small consulting service.
Although he was born and raised in places far-removed from the coast, Dwight has long been fascinated by oceans. This connection drew him to take up residence in coastal areas like Taiwan, Hawaii, western Oregon and most recently Vancouver Island. He's thrilled to be working with NEPTUNE Canada during this exciting time when the observatory goes operational.
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NEPTUNE Staff and Consultants
Director
Chris Barnes, project director
- Karen Douglas, technical administrator
Administration and Finance
Fern Johnson, associate director
- Leslie Elliott, project coordinator
- Natalia Gartley, administrative assistant
- Marion Will, accounting coordinator
- Jason Rush, systems administration
Engineering
Lucie Pautet, associate director
- Reece Hasanen, scientific instrument manager
- Jonathan Zand, Systems Integration Engineer
Engineering Consultants
The following external consultants have worked closely with NEPTUNE Canada.
- Steve Lentz, network engineering consultant
- Peter Phibbs, systems engineering consultant
Information Technology
Benoît Pirenne, associate director
Software Development
Eric Guillemot, Manager, Software Development
- Darryl Bidulock, observatory monitoring and control developer (currently on leave)
- Tim Boesenkool, web developer
- Ray Bon, Java developer
- Yan Chen, Java developer
- Dmytro Draga, Java developer
- Reyna Jenkyns, scientific applications programmer
- Tim Lavallee, data acquisition developer
- Tony Lin, Java developer
- Kalpana Rawat, Java developer
- Ronald Schouten, senior front-end application developer
- Karen Tang, user applications developer
- Mitozcelle Valenzuela, Java developer
- Position vacant, senior Java developer
- Position vacant, senior Java developer
Quality Assurance
- Murray Leslie, software quality control specialist
- Daisy Qi, software quality control specialist
- Yingsong Zheng, software quality control specialist
Systems
Martin Hofmann, systems manager
- Shane Kerschtien, mission-critical systems administrator
- Nic Scott, mission-critical systems administrator
- Position vacant, mission-critical systems administrator
Science
Mairi Best, associate director
- Dilumie Abeysirigunawardena, scientific data specialist
- Brian Bornhold, project scientist
- Martin Heesemann, research theme integrator, plate tectonics & earthquake dynamics
- Maia Hoeberechts, research theme integrator , engineering and computational research
- Marjolaine Matabos, research theme integrator, deep-sea ecosystem dynamics
- Steve Mihaly, research theme integrator, ocean/climate dynamics and effects on marine biota
- Dwight Owens, web content manager
- Ian Ross, scientific data specialist
Science Contractors
The following external science contractors work closely with NEPTUNE Canada:
- Steve Bloomer
- Kim Wallace
- Jason Williams
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