Erik is a frontend engineer at Development Seed. He has expertise in building UIs for interactive maps and dashboards and is passionate about making complex datasets accessible to the widest audience possible.

Prior to joining the team, Erik worked at Global Fishing Watch, where he helped the team shine a light on human activities at sea, by building interactive tools to explore geotemporal datasets. Previously, he founded a boutique studio dedicated to experimental data visualization.

Erik graduated from the Gobelins applied arts school in Paris where he received a Master’s Degree in Interaction Design and Engineering. When he’s not coding, Erik enjoys trail running, photography, and looking at trees.