Career Objective

I seek to leverage my extensive geospatial skill set to foster innovative and sustainable solutions to environmental and planning challenges.

Position Sought

GIS/CADD scientist/programmer/technician/manager.

Experience Summary

I have over twenty-five years of experience in the field of spatial data processing and analysis. During the past twenty years, I have concentrated on the application of Geographic Information Systems, Internet/Web, and Landscape Visualization technologies to a wide range of natural/cultural resource management and environmental projects. I have worked on GIS Software Development efforts, and have designed and delivered software trainings. I have designed and implemented spatial databases and developed custom applications using GIS technology. I have served as a GIS consultant to various government agencies and private enterprises. I have also taught introductory courses in GIS and Remote Sensing at the Boulder campus of the University of Colorado. I have worked as a team member, a consultant, and an individual researcher. I have demonstrated my ability to learn and master new software products and methodologies quickly, as well as my ability to conceive, design, and implement novel workflows, programs, and methodologies to achieve increased efficiency and superior efficacy.

Professional Affiliations

Member of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ASPRS since 1985

Computer Skills

• Extensive experience with Esri GIS software ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcInfo, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst and the programming languages specific to the Esri product line python, VBA, ArcObjects
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, Microstation software and file formats
• Proficiency with three-dimensional modeling and scientific animation using AutoDesk's 3D Studio MAX, including mental ray and Scanline renderers
• Experience with three-dimensional C-Tech visualization software EVS and techniques of geologic indicator kriging and fence diagramming
• Experience with 3D subsurface modeling and active seismic techniques
• Experience with a wide range of hardware and OS variants, office productivity software MS Office and OpenOffice , and many system administrative tasks
• Proficiency in the Adobe line of multimedia products including Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Encore, and Flash
• Programming experience in python, C, FORTRAN, and Visual Basic
• Mastery of 3DNature's World Construction Set and Visual Nature Studio software for photo-realistic 3D landscape and built-environment visualization, as well as real-time scene generation using Scene Express
• Proficiency with programming in 3D Studio MAX using MaxScript to automate procedures and to solve 3D geometric problems
• Application of Internet/Web skills including HTML, VBScript, and JScript coding, XML document design, XSL Transformation language, Virtual Reality Modeling Language VRML and Dreamweaver software
• Proficiency with Windows-based and Linux/UNIX workstations and network environments
• Key Projects
• GIS and Cartography
• Translated many non-spatial databases into fully-attributed GIS-compatible spatial datasets through custom programming.
• Devised methodology to incorporate LIDAR terrain data into viewshed calculations and compared results with existing methodology.
• Automated GIS procedures for creating viewsheds for windfarm projects using both bare Earth and vegetation-adjusted surface models for use in Environmental Impact Statements and feasibility studies.
• Developed automated methodology for creating site-specific vegetative clearing protocols for shoreline and backlot development in Northwoods of Maine to minimize visual impact of subdivisions from key visual receptors.
• Developed and implemented methodology for predicting probabilities of finding neolithic archaeological sites based on environmental variables for an Air Force base in Montana.
• Developed interface between GIS and photo-realistic landscape visualizations to quantify visual impact and visual quality.
• Developed new and novel map presentation symbologies for predicted windfields in the ARC/Info environment.
• Designed and conducted spatially discrete analysis of perceived Digital TV tower sizes to census blocks along the western edge of the Metropolitan Denver Area.
• 3D Modeling, Multimedia, and Internet Mapping

Confidential

• Created photo-realistic virtual 3D city of Amsterdam, Confidential
• , and produced video of animated flyovers of key proposed projects included pedestrian bridge, park and trail enhancements, and streetscaping upgrades for public presentations.
• Co-designed, developed, and implemented SCoP now NDIS , a Web-based Mapping System for presenting multi-scale biological resource data for the State Confidential
• Created numerous overhead transmission line 3D models comprising dozens of structures from utility company plan/profile CAD drawings and ancillary information for use in visual impact assessment.
• Created a library of 3D and billboarded tree models leaf on and leaf off using Xfrog parametric tree modeling software for inclusion in photo-realistic 3D scenes.

Confidential

• Created numerous photo-realistic virtual models of project sites to include terrain, 3D buildings with textured facades, infrastructure, and 3D vegetation to assist in project presentations to stakeholders.
• Created photo-simulations of a proposed mountaintop Digital TV tower site as part of a qualitative analysis of visual resources on the western edge of the Metropolitan Denver Area.
• Created photo-realistic time-lapse animations of the proposed mining operations expansion/reclamation efforts for a major gold producer in Colorado.
• Created numerous photo-simulations and photo-montages to show visual impacts of proposed wind projects, offshore pipeline construction projects, electrical power distribution systems, and other development projects.
• Trained and assisted the staff of Nicklaus Design, LLC in their efforts to visualize proposed golf course design plans.

Confidential

Map portion of a poster presented at AWEA 2010 Conference illustrating marginal impacts of the second phase of wind power project in Confidential