Damon Stone

About Damon Stone

Specialties: GIS, Database Design, Cartography, GPS, MVC, Javascript, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, NoSQL

Experience

1. Senior Software Development Manager

   Electric Power Engineers

   Jan 2024 — Present

   I lead software development for InSights at Electric Power Engineers — the SaaS platform helping renewable developers assess sites faster, reduce interconnection risk, and save millions in project delays and rework.Built from the ground up in 2023, InSights launched in just 7 months with a 3-person team. Today, it delivers dynamically updated grid capacity maps, congestion forecasting, and actionable analytics across ERCOT, SERC, PJM, SPP, and beyond — empowering developers to navigate surging queues and evolving grid dynamics with confidence.Day-to-day, I:Lead an agile dev team to ship scalable, high-reliability features on AWS (Kubernetes, Athena, CloudFront)Collaborate with product and power systems experts to turn complex transmission data into intuitive, decision-ready dashboardsDrive continuous improvement in performance, data freshness, and developer experienceStack:Python backend · React frontend · Postgres · ArcGIS Online · AWS CloudRooted in EPE’s decades of grid expertise, InSights isn’t just software — it’s intelligence that protects investments and accelerates the energy transition.Let’s connect if you’re:Building renewable projectsManaging interconnection riskPassionate about GIS, graph databases, semantic data, or energy analyticsAlways up for a conversation on 0→1 SaaS in regulated industries or turning grid data into strategic advantage.

Education

• Texas State University

  B.A., Anthropology

  1998 — 2003

• Texas State University

  MAG, Geographic Information Science

  2005 — 2008

Skills

• Nepa
• Spatial Databases
• Cartography
• Arcgis
• Geomatics
• Esri
• Gps
• Water
• Water Quality
• Photography
• Training
• Environmental Awareness
• Cultural Resource Management
• Archaeology
• Geography
• Database Management
• Gis
• Database Design
• Remote Sensing
• Management
• Analysis
• Database Admin
• Spatial Analysis