Ben Price

Experience

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  Monash University

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

  Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre funded project which investigated the applicability of bushfire behaviour models to bushfire events in Australia. Role involved collection and digitisation of spatial information (e.g. maps, aerial photography, anecdotal evidence) relating to past Australian bushfire events using ArcGIS; extraction and analysis of bushfire related data; report writing and editing. Extraction, sampling, and palynological analyses of lake sediment cores; database collation of global paleoclimatological data; assistant teacher in undergraduate laboratory classes.

  • Research Assistant in Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2013

  • Research Assistant in Paleoclimate

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
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  ALS

  Apr 2011 - Dec 2011

  Laboratory Technician
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  Bureau of Meteorology

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

  Graduate Meteorologist

  Undertook the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) recognised Graduate Diploma of Meteorology course, offered by the Bureau of Meteorology. Upon completion, qualified to undertake meteorological duties at the Bureau of Meteorology, as well as foreign meteorological services.

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  Bureau of Meteorology

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2021

  Development of software systems and methods to conduct nation-wide verification of weather forecasts produced by the Bureau of Meteorology (Python, Bash); database development and maintenance (Postgresql, PostGIS); dissemination of results to internal stakeholders; development and implementation of forecast intervention policies based on these results, to improve efficiency and accuracy in the forecast process. Production of a range of specialised short-range weather forecast products for the aviation industry. Effective communication of time-critical meteorological information to relevant aviation stakeholders, including pilots, air traffic control, and airline operations centres. Production of a range of short and medium-range weather forecast products for a variety of stakeholders, including the aviation industry, emergency services, and the general public. Effective communication of meteorological information relevant to specific stakeholders, including regular live interviews with the media. Development of software systems and methods to conduct nation-wide verification of weather forecasts produced by the Bureau of Meteorology (Python); dissemination of results to internal stakeholders; development and implementation of forecast intervention policies based on these results, to improve efficiency and accuracy in the forecast process; development of online tutorials for forecasters to undertake self-guided verification studies using this software.

  • Software Engineer

    Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Aviation Meteorologist

    Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Meteorologist

    Dec 2014 - Apr 2019

  • Data Scientist

    Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
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  CSIRO

  Dec 2021 - now

  Software Engineer

  Design, development and maintenance of software to conduct optimisation and real-timeimpact analyses of the national freight network (the Transport Network Strategic InvestmentTool (TraNSIT)); design, development and maintenance of automated reporting softwareand visualisation tools for rapid delivery of analyses to emergency management agencies;geospatial database development and maintenance; key contributor to development ofscientific methods; principal refactorer of legacy research code into high-quality, efficientand containerisable software; design and deployment of infrastructure on cloud computingplatforms; supervising and reviewing colleagues’ work; providing technical guidance tocolleagues. Show less