PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Geographical Information Systems GIS Analyst

• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education ORISE
• Post-Graduate Fellow with the Food Drug Administration FDA

Accomplishments:

Coordinating the development and implementation of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition CFSAN GIS program, mobile and server applications and supporting the development of the Food and Drug Administration FDA GIS enterprise system. Performed GIS analyst, technical support and project management duties:

GIS Analyst

• Using ESRI ArcGIS desktop apply spatial analysis to create ad hoc maps to assist FDA epidemiologist in identifying factors in the spread of Salmonella foodborne illness outbreaks in the USA and foreign countries.
• Perform spatial analysis of pollution concentration levels in estuaries to assess the impact on shellfish growing areas and recommend safe fishing zones to state and federal regulators.
• Utilize ESRI ArcGIS desktop and REST services to produce flood and earthquake maps for hazard identification and risk assessment for the FDA, Office of Crises Management during emergency responses.
• Publish map services to geoportal and situational awareness viewer.
• Manage and coordinate a monthly GIS forum where I train FDA employees how to apply GIS applications to improve their workflow and automation to reduce cost.
• Technical support
• Serve as a subject matter expert in the development, planning and integration of FDA's GIS server environment and the development of CFSAN customized Flex API situational awareness viewer and proprietary GIS mobile applications.
• Made software recommendations and organized meetings with vendors such as ESRI, DigitalGlobe and MapInfo to obtain further details regarding emerging GIS applications.
• Create test scripts, workflow diagrams and installation manuals for GIS application that will be shared with the state and foreign government partners.
• Administer, install and configure ESRI ArcGIS desktop, ESRI ArcGIS Server, manage the use of ArcGIS license, and customize existing GIS applications.
• Provide GIS technical end-user support document troubleshoots procedures, maintained, updated GIS documents for historical reference.

Project management

• Created and maintain Enterprise Project Life Cycle EPLC documentation, GIS Proposals, GIS Evaluation criteria for contracts, business case, Section 508 compliance, and budget for the development of CFSAN GIS applications.
• Initiation and review requirements procedures for quality assurance of GIS applications deliverables.
• Present the benefits of GIS at CFSAN management council meeting to demonstrate how the use of GIS is an effective approach in ensuring the Safety and effectiveness of regulated marketed products as required by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act FSMA .
• Serve as the liaison to stakeholders, internal and external government offices to present GIS projects, share and exchange information and ideas on the application of GIS within FDA offices.
• Organize and coordinate in-house training for ArcGIS Desktop.

Geographical Information Systems GIS Analyst

confidential

Accomplishments: Supported the Haiti Education for All Project, a monitoring mechanism for services delivered by Haiti's Ministry of Education and Professional Training. Converted GPS data into decimal degrees, verified data in standard format and uploaded it into the National Geographic Society Geostories application platform with photos and place names.

Data Analyst II / Geographical Information Systems GIS Analyst

confidential

Accomplishments: Updated and improved the National Water Level Observation Network database NWLON and supported the development of a new user interface. Managed the NWLON for the Gulf Coast. Maintained the NWLON and compiled data that was applied to commercial and military ship navigation. From July 2010 to September 2010, detached to Incident Command Post in Mobile, AL, and updated wildlife observation records, oil spill locations and daily helicopter flight routes into the Environmental Response Management Application ERMA used by the Environmental Resources Managers, the U.S. Coast Guard, Section Chiefs and Federal On Scene Coordinators during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill operation.

Data Analyst July 2008 July 2009

confidential

Accomplishments: Published tidal datums, benchmark elevation sheets and data applied to marine boundary, survey applications and wetland restorations. Supported the Hydrographic Planning Team to map the ocean floor for safe navigation of ships. Performed advanced mathematical calculations Bodnar to analyze the type of tide for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida of Natural Resources and Department of Defense. Processed environmental and physical oceanographic data from reports into the database.

Senior Environmental Data Analyst

confidential

Accomplishments: Managed scientific research records and pesticide registration information using Pesticide Document Management System PDMS database. Queried, compiled and analyzed scientific research for quality control and for adherence to EPA standards. Supervised and trained new employees in Environmental Data Analysis and indexing.

GIS Software Skills

• ESRI: ArcGIS Desktop, ArcPad, ArcGIS Server and ArcSDE. ENVI - Remote Sensing
• Flex API Situational Awareness Viewer, AutoCAD, Geoda095i, Geo Server, GPS, Google Earth, KML, MapInfo, SPADAC Signature Analyst, National Geographic Society Geostories application, GeoRSS, ESRI Geoportal, ArcGIS Online and OGC Standards.

Software Literacy

Microsoft and Apple OS, Adobe Connect Pro, Adobe CS.5.5, HTML, XML, Python scripting, Java scripting, Microsoft SQL Server Management, Citrix, Moveit, Tortoise SVN, Visio, WebEx, and SharePoint.