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Greenville, NC

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Objective
Use my skills and geographic knowledge to design, implement, and manage integrated GIS solutions

Education

M.A. in Geography

  • Geographic Information Science and Technology Certificate

Sample of Coursework: Spatial Statistics, Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Seminar in Geographic Information and Analysis, Advanced Remote Sensing, Advanced Cartography, Advanced Geographic Images

B.S. in Applied Geography

  • Minor: Art and Design
  • Geographic Information ScienceCertificate

Sample of Coursework: Spatial Analysis, Earth Surface Systems, Intro to GPS, GIS I, Weather and Climate, Fluvial Processes, Cartographic Design, Coastal Geomorphology, and Remote Sensing of the Environment

Work Experience

Confidential, Greenville, North Carolina
Research Assistant 2008 - Present

Assist CDC funded grant, "The Role of the Physical Environment in the Physical Activity Behaviors of Rural and Urban Children"

  • GIS database development, collection, editing, and maintenance

Confidential, Greenville, North Carolina
Cartographer 2008

Maintained facility and support for research, instructional, and outreach activities that use geographically referenced data

  • Cartographic design for various publications

Confidential - Wilson, North Carolina
GIS Intern 2007

Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments provides GIS services to the counties of Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton and Wilson

  • Performed GPS inventory of downtown parking spaces in Smithfield, NC
  • Digitized and edited the parking spaces using ESRI ArcMap, and produced various maps as needed
  • Assisted with the editing of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

Software Competencies

  • Microsoft Excel,PowerPoint, Publisher, Word; Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat; WinZip; PASW (formally SPSS); ESRI ArcGIS, ArcPad; ERDAS Imagine; Trimble GeoExplorer

Professional Affiliations

  • Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG), 2009-Present
  • Gamma Theta Upsilon (International Geographic Honor Society), Inducted Spring 2007

References

  • Available upon request

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