Work Experience

Project Manager

Confidential

• Director of SAGIS a cooperative program among the City of Savannah, Chatham County and private and educational organizations.
• Acquire new business and new business partners to grow SAGIS
• GIS project management for city and county using ESRI ArcGIS
• Maintain documentation on all 464 vector layers and 59 raster layers and publish to website. Designed and maintain current internal website. Edit content on external web site.
• Implemented data standards and data sharing agreements for all city and county departments
• Manage the acquisition of large datasets i.e. Imagery and Lidar
• Integration / Migration and/or plans for new software and new versions of existing software current to ESRI ArcGIS 10 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 R2
• Manage the coordination of multiple e-911 databases for multijurisdictional dispatching agency
• Implemented synchronization of databases across multiple domains and remote locations
• Maintain and deliver 3rd party solutions / data to Enterprise
• Implementation of QA/QC procedures for enterprise GIS
• Implementation of a testing environment for testing of all GIS scripts and processes
• Integration of GIS into other enterprise applications using model builder, python script, VB, C and .NET.

Project Manager

Confidential

• Manage an Enterprise GIS ESRI ArcGIS Oracle 9i, 10g 11g along with TOAD with 500 users to manage 6.5 million acres of forest land

• Manage all projects related to the upgrade, improvement or issues for the GIS system and data in three environments Development, Test, and Production
• Analysis of data vector and raster for a wide variety of business needs creating solutions to new issues and government regulations for the management of our Forest Lands to environmental resource protection and planning
• Maintain training for new users on the GIS system and create necessary training documents for enhancements and changes.
• Member of Global Forestry Team implementing GIS and supporting teams/facilities in China, the Philippines, and Russia
• Provide support to Division staff on GIS projects, processes, design and implementation
• Produced specialized data, maps and solutions for other International Paper businesses that utilize the land base Implement QA/QC procedures
• Contract management with outside contractors to set goals, priorities and work cycle on contracted work
• Create testing plans and documentation for service packs and enhancements
• Maintain testing records and documentation
• Collaborate with IT on GIS infrastructure needs, requirements and fixes Geospatial Leader 09/07/2004 - 09/30/2005 International Paper, Savannah, GA
• Project Manager
• Assisted the manager in running an Enterprise GIS ESRI ArcGIS Oracle 9i 10g along with TOAD with 500 users to manage 6.5 million acres of forest land
• Run a help desk for business
• Communicate business needs to other business/contractors
• Create training documentation and other GIS documentation
• Train users on enterprise GIS and GIS concepts
• Provide GIS support to all levels of Forest Resources Division
• Create maps and data analysis on a variety of projects from forest land management to environmental resource protection and planning
• Provide support to contractors as needed for completion of GIS related projects Liaison between IT and business group
• Created geospatial processing processes and script with model builder
• Create cartographic quality maps for business needs and customers to include interactive output to ArcGIS Publisher GIS Manager 05/01/2002 - 09/06/2004 Purchase Area Development District, Mayfield, KY
• Oversaw staff of 2 full-time personnel and 2 part-time inters.
• Project Manager for 15 Development District to map the entire state road network using GPS for contract with KY Transportation Cabinet KYTC
• Project Manager for the GIS of the Paducah McCracken County Joint Sewer Agency in cooperation with other GIS and non-GIS contractors
• Standard creation and implementation
• Created geospatial processing processes and script with model builder
• Data acquisition/management
• Data analysis routing, environmental, site planning
• Creation of complete GIS vector and raster to meet varied customer needs
• Develop future contracts within the 8 county territories that we serve
• Maintain the GIS server, workstations, GPS equipment and licensing
• QA/QC oversight on all GIS projects
• Provide clients, both future and present, with presentations as requested
• Write necessary technical reports in support of GIS work GIS Specialist 06/15/1998 - 05/01/2002 Purchase Area Development District, Mayfield, KY
• Project Manager for 15 Development District to map the entire state road network using GPS for contract with KY Transportation Cabinet KYTC
• Project leader mapping 8 counties with GPS and quality control for 3 other ADD's 34 Counties
• Training others in standards and use of GPS equipment
• Database creation for GIS projects
• Create maps and data layers for GIS for projects for eight counties and 19 cities
• Digitize existing hardcopy maps to be maintained in digital database
• Provided mapping support for office in support of a various projects, grants and other government activities
• Worked with non-GIS personnel to gather information for various GIS needs
• Data conversion of all different types Student Worker 06/15/1996 - 06/14/1998 Murray State University Mid-America Remote Sensing Agency, Murray, KY
• Created and edited data under supervision of University GIS Staff
• Used GPS to create necessary data layers for a variety of projects
• Trained incoming students on GPS equipment