Summary

Please accept my attached resume in response t the advertised opening for Associate GIS Developer/Analyst. I hope that my extensive experience over eight years in designing and performing spatial analyses for diverse range of applications along with demonstrated ability of seeing through long term and complex projects, will help you consider me for the position. I am dedicated, detail-oriented and have the organizational ability t plan and implement long term projects. I am quick learner in situations requiring technical proficiency as well as those calling for organization and innovation.

Some examples of my skills are:

• Eight years of conducting spatial analyses and designing methodologies t support resource management goals
• Designing models t perform large and complex analyses reiteratively, t direct conservation efforts
• Creating custom scripts and tools t simplify complex spatial analysis tasks and make them accessible t users wh are not technically proficient at GIS analysis
• Performing dat analyses and formatting t support report writing and management decision making
• Updating dat t newer and better standards t streamline work flow and improve QA/QC processes such as topology or domain tools in the geodatabase format
• Producing cartographic products for audiences ranging from maps for public viewing through inserts for policy reports and fieldwork
• Fieldwork using GPS equipment in variety of conditions, followed by dat development and mapping
• Training personnel in GPS methods and basic GIS
• Writing workbook type documents for unique analysis methodologies for use by peers and presenting at regional and national conferences
• I am U.S. Citizen with an ideal salary expectation of 70,000 per year. I look forward t meeting in person t discuss how I may be an asset t your concern.Thank you in advance for your time and please feel free t contact me with any questions.

GIS Specialist Profile

• GIS professional with extensive experience in spatial and dat analyses supporting natural resource and environmental management. Nine years experience in GIS and statistical analyses, dat development, modeling and mapping. Some experience in programming and customization. Self motivated and resourceful with multi-disciplinary background in geography, GIS, programming and database management. Skills include:
• Spatial analyses Database design and creation Application customization
• Modeling Dat development and maintenance GPS fieldwork, training and dat development

Cartography

Experience

Confidential

• Broad scope of duties requiring self pacing, innovative spatial thinking and attention t detail. Roles include:
• Spatial analyses t support resource management goals. Some project examples:
• Performed weighted overlay analyses t identify statewide conservation potential
• Conducted viewshed and overlay analyses t explore potential wind tower sites based on different sets of criteria
• Utilized broad range of geoprocessing tools and methods t generate statistics guiding conservation planning
• Integrated multi-step geoprocessing tools and overlays t delineate are of potential archeological sensitivity als converted int model for shared use
• Modeling and customization t perform complex and reiterative geoprocessing tasks. Examples:
• Designed and implemented customizable weighted overlay model in Model Builder t evaluate degrees of Forest Stewardship potential. Developed in partnership with 3 other states, the final product won the USFS Annual Chief's Award in 2004 for its flexibility in allowing users t adapt parameters t best represent the geography of their state.
• Developed predictive model based on Python scripts t evaluate 'connectivity' between features in any polygon dat layer based on user specified variables that influence connectivity. The methodology behind the model will apply t any variable being analyzed and has potential application in many fields of study.
• Created suite of smaller efficiency enhancing scripts such as
• an ArcMap Python script add-on t convert Traverse tool measurements t user specified units
• VB expressions t calculate areas and format text
• VB macros in excel t help create SQL syntax for complex ArcMap queries.
• Dat development and maintenance. Involved in hands-on updating as well as coordinating and streamlining group efforts. Examples:
• Spatially enabling databases with adequate information
• Heads-up digitizing historical and institutional records
• Entering survey information sometimes requiring resolution of conflicting surveys
• GPS dat processing
• Development of variables based on user input such as Administrative Region boundaries as based on pre-existing dat such as ecoregion and town boundaries and management input
• Maintenance of dynamic dat layers based on newly available dat through extensive editing and geoprocessing
• Upgrading older dat t more effective formats t streamline maintenance by GIS technicians such as migrating t geodatabases and using topology and domains instead of manual entry and checking
• Mapping and dat generation t support resource planning, report writing, public meetings, public displays as well as fieldwork requirements. Quality maps with high visibility are often required at short notice with supporting statistics that leave little room for error. Target audiences range from administrators and supervisors with planning agendas, through trail maps for public use t presentation quality products for government and public meetings.

Confidential

The position required the development and use of analytical techniques and GIS tools t aid understanding and decision-making on an extensive and complex environmental assessment and remediation project. Elements of the job included the proactive development of GIS and dat management system capabilities for complex and dynamic spatial database. Other roles were troubleshooting systems problems, CAD for project support, statistical and spatial analyses using GIS, fieldwork with GPS system and related post processing and training technicians in its use.

Confidential

• Examining the Correlation between Land Application of Commercial Fertilizers and Animal Wastes, and Nitrate-nitrogen in Receiving Waters in Selected Sub-watersheds of Maryland. Involved delineation of sub-watersheds, generation of appropriate variables from raw data, statistical testing and spatial correlation analysis using GIS.
• Confidential
• Included course/syllabus design, formulating laboratory exercises, conducting lectures and coordinating field trips. Courses taught include Climate and Weather, Geomorphology and Physical processes, Biogeography.

Confidential

Designed and implemented an analytical study of socio-economic and environmental impacts of process Solid Waste by-products disposal

Confidential

Designed an exploratory study of possible environmental impacts of operating brick kilns in rural India.

Skills

• Training:
• ArcObjects ESRI workshop , VB ESRI course , VB and MapObjexts UMASS Boston , GIS/Key GIS Solutions workshop , BASINS EP workshop
• Software:
• ArcGIS , ARC/INFO, GIS/Key, Idrisi, AutoCAD, MapViewer , Surfer, Didger, Pictometry , MS Office , BASINS/ HSPF v2.0 , NCSS60