Rolando Peñate

Design Lead

Rolando first began working with geospatial software while still an undergraduate and found the experience so frustrating that he vowed never to use it again unless he could make it better. A few years later he found himself working with OpenGeo to make the user experience of their suite the best in the industry.

Before OpenGeo, Rolando worked at Brown University's Instructional Technology Group developing educational uses for emerging technologies. In 2006, he moved to New York City and joined The Open Planning Project as the Digital Community Director, quickly becoming their first full-time web designer and founder of their design team.

Now he works as OpenGeo's lead interaction, graphic, and web designer. In addition to working with all of our software projects, he works on GeoSilk, a set of icons for geospatial applications.

Education

  • BA Urban Studies, BA Sociology, magna cum laude, Brown University, 2006
  • Career Discovery Program (Urban Planning and Design), Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

Did you know that Rolando...

  • Is fluent in Spanish.

Open Source Projects

  • GeoSilk: Project Founder
  • GeoServer: Contributor
  • GeoExt: Interaction Designer

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