SUMMARY:

Senior - level GIS professional with experience on domestic and international energy and natural resource mapping projects using ESRI ArcGIS, ArcInfo and ArcView available for local positions in Colorado and remote-work positions. Technical expertise in applications development, data processing, digital cartography, and map production. Artistic experience in cartography combining mapping technologies, visual aesthetics, and the science of projections. Strong communication and organizational skills in a team environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

GIS and Mapping Software: ArcGIS, ArcInfo, ArcSDE, ModelBuilder, Spatial Analyst/Grid, MapInfo, QGIS, and GDAL GIS; AutoCAD and MicroStation CAD; GPSBabel and Garmin MapSource GPS; MODIS Reprojection Tool image processing, and Google Earth imagery viewer.

Other Software: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Paint Shop Pro graphics processing; MATLAB numerical computing and visualization; and Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Operating Systems: Various UNIX/Linux and various Microsoft Windows (98 to 10)

Languages: ArcPy, AML, C, FORTRAN, HTML, MS Batch, Perl, Python, and UNIX/Linux shell

Remote Sensing and Gridded Data: NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land cover, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation Model (DEM), and Landsat imagery; Digital Globe QuickBird, CNES/Spot, and USDA Farm Service Agency National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery; and USGS DEM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Geographic Information Systems Analyst

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Developed Python scripts and Microsoft Batch scripts that called GDAL for the production of the GIS quarterly release data, GIS web application data, ArcSDE maintenance, and GIS data processing.
• Trained an offshore team in GIS electric utility data development using WebEx and Avaya web-conferencing and PowerPoint presentations covering ArcGIS, Excel, Google Earth, and Google Search.
• Managed the production of the quarterly releases for over 50 electric, oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGL) GIS datasets for customers in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
• Lead the metadata development effort for over 50 electric, oil, natural gas, and NGL GIS datasets; trained co-workers in the ArcGIS metadata tools; and worked with ESRI support to resolve tool bugs.
• Worked with sales staff to answer technical questions on GIS data and software from customers and to provide customers with data samples of the various electric, oil, natural gas, and NGL GIS datasets.

Geographic Information Systems Analyst

Confidential, Lakewood, CO

Responsibilities:

• Produced electronic and hard copy map for meetings involving the BLM, Confidential, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Confidential, and other stakeholders on the Greater Sage-grouse.
• Designed and implemented digital databases of GRSG habitat type and energy and mineral leases with ArcGIS and then produced maps and Excel tables for top Confidential of the Interior officials.
• Developed automated techniques in ArcCatalog for generating metadata for over 1000 GIS datasets and manually edited metadata for GIS datasets according to Federal Geographic Data Committee standards.
• Worked with digital imagery in ArcGIS and Google Earth to identify conventional and renewable-energy power plants and associated transmission for wildlife habitat degradation monitoring.

Scientist - Geographic Information Systems Specialist

Confidential, Golden, CO

Responsibilities:

• Produced electronic and hard copy maps of the United States, states and regions, and over 25 countries for WRA Team members and internal and external customers for meetings, publications and websites.
• Served as the GIS point-of-contact between WRA Team members and other Confidential teams, state and federal agencies, domestic and international customers, and various subcontractors to Confidential .
• Managed and maintained the WRA Team’s GIS datasets, imagery, map graphics, and Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets for the United States and more than 25 countries for efficient information searches.
• Coordinated, prioritized, and executed the GIS activities required for completing assigned projects and project tasks from beginning to end on numerous domestic and international wind mapping projects.
• Developed automated processing and scripting tools in ArcGIS, ArcInfo, and ArcView including the Confidential Wind Resource Assessment Model with 21,000 lines of code that received national recognition.
• Prepared Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations for the WRA Team for delivery at a variety of domestic and international meetings promoting wind resource mapping with GIS.
• Developed Perl and Python programs for processing meteorological time-series data for domestic and international wind resource measurement campaigns for input into MATLAB for final plot production.
• Utilized digital imagery including QuickBird, Landsat, and NAIP in the United States and CNES/Spot in foreign countries for wind resource assessment and wind measurement site characterization.
• Worked with IT staff to install GIS software updates, maintain software licenses, resolve user desktop application problems, and stage corporate geospatial datasets approaching a terabyte in size.