Hello, I'm
Ben Kastner
Geospatial Data & Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience developing custom, object-oriented Python frameworks and ETL pipelines to produce mission-critical map data for airborne augmented-reality mission management systems. Skilled at evaluating, integrating, and testing large, diverse datasets customized to high-stakes operational environments. Specialist in optimizing data ingestion and storage for airborne mission management systems, with a deep understanding of system performance and hardware-level bottlenecks.
/ Career
GIS Engineer Lead
SHOTOVER Systems
Directed technical strategy and vendor integration while leading the GIS team and delivering international customer training on proprietary tools.
GIS Engineer
SHOTOVER Systems (formerly Churchill Naviation)
Engineered automated Python ETL pipelines and custom server infrastructure to process, convert, and optimize multi-terabyte GIS and aeronautical datasets.
GIS Engineer Lead
SHOTOVER Systems
Directed technical strategy and vendor integration while leading the GIS team and delivering international customer training on proprietary tools.
GIS Engineer
SHOTOVER Systems (formerly Churchill Naviation)
Engineered automated Python ETL pipelines and custom server infrastructure to process, convert, and optimize multi-terabyte GIS and aeronautical datasets.
/ Education & Certifications
Bachelor of Computer Science
Calvin College
Capstone Project: Constructed an Ubuntu Linux-based Beowulf cluster, utilizing Ansible for automated node deployment, systems orchestration, and environment configuration.
Capstone Certificate - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Completed while working full time.
/ Testimonials
/ Tech Stack
Spatial
Database
Backend
Infrastructure
Collaboration
/ Contact Me
Feel free to reach out!