Dr. Waters has been with NOAA since 1996 and focused on making lidar elevation data accessible to coastal management for over 20 years. In addition to managing and maintaining the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer, he serves as NOAA's representative to the 3D Elevation Program Working Group. He's a reformed ocean color satellite oceanographer, primary productivity modeler, and an active zymurgist. His degrees are from the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara.