GIS Epidemiologist Resume hoenix, Arizona - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

An accomplished Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professional with 23 years of verifiable success using GIS to help government agencies better manage their physical assets. Reputation for improving geospatial operations that translate into dramatic improvements in productivity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

GIS Epidemiologist

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona

Saved data management time by 60% by developing ArcGIS online and WebAppBuilder web maps for Office of Preparedness and Response and Office of Epidemiology
Reduced data processing time by 50% by creating a Model Builder script to clip point features representing various demographic data within reach of a number of supermarkets and to create multiple shapefiles based on specific disease type
Saved data mining time by as much as 30% by creating health - related file geodatabases
Utilized MS Access to develop a database consisting of the location of PDF and JPEG maps within department directories
Developed instruction guides on how to utilize web-based GIS viewers for non-GIS employees
Converted over 1 million health-related SAS file records into GIS format

Senior GIS Specialist

Confidential, El Segundo, California

Reduced imagery acquisition costs by 70% by purchasing new imagery through Los Angeles County
Taught non-GIS users how to use a web-based GIS viewer depicting all properties within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles Air Force Base and wrote a document giving detailed instructions on how to use the tool
Created metadata for each feature class according to FGDC standards
Updated ArcSDE-based floor plan, Common Installation Picture, and transportation and utility (electric, gas, water) data for Los Angeles Air Force Base by converting existing CAD drawings and post-processed Trimble GPS files into a geodatabase
Administered ArcGIS Server

Source Data Analyst

Confidential, Mesa, Arizona

Saved end user data mining time by 90% by moving metadata from 25,000 separate image files into a Geospatial Data Management System (GDMS), an SQL-based repository for geospatial data
Improved the effectiveness of a flight simulation model to be used by the Air Force by performing quality control reviews of point locations derived from Air Force Range Handbook documents and of the spatial placement of 500 3-dimensional models against the most up-to-date satellite imagery
Reduced potential data conversion time for image and shapefile buffering by 50% through creating Python and Model Builder programs in ArcGIS

Geographer / GIS Analyst

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona

Earned Confidential Spotlight Award (2007) for exceptional performance on San Bernardino County, CA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) project
Increased the visibility of the Phoenix office by updating 25 different county-wide and community-based digital geographic databases (ranging in area coverage from 2,000 to 10,000 square miles)
Converted digital elevation data from NGVD29 to NAVD88 vertical datum to meet FEMA Map Modernization standards (using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst)
Incorporated up to 60 Letters of Map Revision and hydrologic restudies into a database update by merging Microsoft Access databases into an enterprise geodatabase
Revised up to 100 flood profiles and Floodway Data Tables (FDT) on a countywide project

Geographer / GIS Analyst

Confidential, Tucson, Arizona

Earned Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution (1999) and Recognition Award for Outstanding Customer Support (1997) for outstanding work on land use projects
Reduced data input time by 50% by producing a group of Arc Macro Language (AML) programs that automated ArcInfo data processing while increasing data accuracy
Helped the Army Corps of Engineers reduce future map update costs by converting over 100 small-scale hard copy hydrologic maps to digital format
Conducted project quality control reviews of geographic data produced by up to 12 team members through the use of data queries and by visually inspecting the data in relationship to the most up-to-date aerial photography
Trained colleagues in project-specific standards related to data editing, data interpretation, and quality control by demonstrating how to implement the standards and then by checking to see that the co-workers successfully implemented the steps