John Cartwright is a geospatial systems architect at CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder where he designs and builds data discovery and access systems in support of NCEI's mission.  He was formerly the GIS team lead at NCEI where he was responsible for the development and operation of their geospatial services and involved in NOAA-wide GIS initiatives.  He has been developing software and building systems at NOAA for over 20 years.  Professional interests currently include spatial databases, web GIS, and "serverless" technologies.  He is passionate about creating robust, distributed systems which leverage the power of GIS to help users discover and access NCEI's vast data holdings.