Mark A. Parsons, Chelle Gentemann, and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee
MARK A. PARSONS is a senior research scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He is also director of data science operations for the Tetherless World Constellation at RPI. Previously he was Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance and an associate director of the Rensselaer Institute for Data Exploration and Applications. Prior to that, he was lead project manager at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has been involved in data management for more than 20 years, during which he defined and implemented comprehensive data management processes for many projects and organizations. He is active in multiple international informatics efforts and led the data management effort for the International Polar Year (IPY). Mr. Parsons is a member of the Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners Board of Directors and a member of the Coordinating Committee for the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. He received the American Geophysical Union/Earth Science Information Partners Charles S. Falkenberg Award. He earned his M.A. in geography at University of Colorado Boulder. Mr. Parsons has served on the Committee on the Development of a Strategic Vision and Implementation Plan for the U.S. Antarctic Program, as an ex officio member of the Board on Research Data and Information, and a member of the Committee on Archiving and Accessing Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA.
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ESIP 2019 Winter Meeting - Day 3 Plenaries
