Stephanie May Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA

San Francisco, CA, US

I took a sabbatical year to take in the personal milestones and relocation that I hadn't properly been able to enjoy while working through the pandemic. This afforded me much needed time for travel, outdoor adventuring in the #PNW, volunteer work, art museums, and house projects.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Defined and executed on a product vision for client-driven custom map development, resulting in 40-80% improvements in key performance metrics. Contributed to empowering designers and powering collaboration across silos.
• Led three to six client projects with contract values ranging from $10K to $1.6M, delivering seamless and accurate delivery forecasts and software solutions, driving customer satisfaction and revenue growth.
• Managed a team of 12 employees to prioritize problem-focused areas and define clear, measurable goals. Delivered impactful products to the market, enhancing user experience and business success.
• Developed design systems, libraries, and/or map aesthetics to align with brand guidelines, ensuring that work products were durable and maintainable long beyond the contract period.
• Guided teams in creating tools using React, JavaScript, Node, Amazon S3, Mapbox, and Maplibre, leading to a streamlined workflow and improved collaboration across the organization.
• Consistently recognized as a top performing manager based on program efficiency, client satisfaction, and renewals.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Co-created service offerings around custom dashboards and charting solutions, base map design, and data product strategies; provided expert guidance on navigating the geospatial product industries.
• Led the creation of compelling RFPs resulting in a substantial increase in successful bids, and driving business growth.
• Shaped a dozen successful data visualization and mapping projects based on client goals and thoughtful creative direction.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Led the identification and execution of data visualization projects for retail traffic modeling, delivery logistics, and energy transition on behalf of diverse clients, resulting in project efficiency and driving.
• Provided expert guidance on navigating the map services industry; developed custom strategies.
• Translated technical requirements into meaningful deliverables to inform consulting contracts.

Menlo Park, CA, US

• Championed a multi-scale global mapping platform that is now integrated into Facebook and Instagram product families, leading to an enhancement in platform functionality and a substantial rise in user adoption.
• Developed strategies to manage and ingest geodata sources, leading to reductions in modeling errors. This resulted in a seamless and efficient processes, enhancing transparency and customer confidence.
• Drove a product roadmap that resulted in a successful product launch 4 months ahead of schedule.Led a team of three to five cartographers and consultants within an engineering team.
• Established and optimized QA protocols for updates, maintenance, and feedback, leading to a noticeable improvement in issue resolution and overall product performance.

Cupertino, California, US

• Spearheaded technical leadership on building out and supporting rendering configurations for Apple Maps on all Apple platforms globally.
• Defined and executed strategies to integrate cartographic thinking within engineering, data, and design teams, leading to improved map experiences.
• Defined and enforced style guidelines across all devices and operating systems, set new code review benchmarks, and streamlined asset pipelines; leading to enhanced problem-solving capabilities within technological and.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Designed and delivered engaging course lectures for graduate and undergraduate students on map making fundamentals and GIS data management.
• Created novel exercises and curriculum to familiarize GIS students with digital cartography.
• Collaborated with other instructors to ensure curriculum continuity across courses, leading to a seamless learning experience for students.

• Crafted product vision through narrative and visual storytelling based on pubically available or licensed data.
• Developed ETL scripts and technical documentation, streamlining data processes and improving public awareness of product capabilities.
• Collaborated with prospective customers to understand their product requirements, resulting in increased accuracy of product recommendations.
• Defined procedures for sampling and summarizing marketing, demographic and geographic data, leading to improvements in data reliability and meta-data management.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Collaborated across local government agencies on successful integration and data visualization for modeling energy efficiency and health indicators in the urban built environment.
• Contributed to collection, maintenance, and distribution of geographic data across city agencies and through open data portals, improving public access to city-owned data.
• Created an interactive map of SF pedestrian high-injury corridors, named among best government open data releases of 2012.

Master Of Science - Ms, Geographic Information Science And Cartography

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Earth Systems