Michael Seidel

1884 Denver West Ct #712

Lakewood, CO 80401

(303) 669 3209

  michael39936@gmail.com

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Carrier Objective: GIS Technician

Summary of Qualifications:

An efficient professional, with sixteen years of working experience in numerous areas including:

drafting, mapping, spatial orientation procedures and collation of survey and GPS data. Working

knowledge of: Esri Software, GPS technology and relational databases. Well known for outstanding

attention to detail and constant learning of new software and skills that help to improve overall

efficiency and ability to be more cost effective. Well respected for meeting deadlines under minimal

supervision.

Professional Experience:

Gray & Osborne Inc. Consulting Engineers, Seattle Washington, July 1997 – 2014

GIS technician / AutoCad Civil 3d drafter

  · Provided subject matter expertise to both the GIS Analyst and management team in order to create,

update and correct personal, and distributed GIS databases.

  · Supported planning and designing maps and figures for comprehensive plans for public works

clients and for internal use.

  · Extensive knowledge of underground utilities, primarily water, sewer and storm systems, creating

and maintaining their respective geodatabases and feature classes for clients such as Silver Lake

Water and Sewer District, Northshore Utility District, Lake Stevens Sewer District, Mukilteo

Water and Wastewater District, Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District, City of DuPont and

City of Sammamish, Washington

  · Extensive knowledge in obtaining and manipulating imagery and spatial data from various

government sources such as USDA, NWI and USGS.

  · Provided technical assistance to various clients and fulfilling requests for GIS data and maps.

  · Took on full responsibility to manage clients’ utility geodatabases and shapefiles.

  · Converted residential and commercial developer drawings into utilities, parcel and easement

feature classes.

  · Always worked under minimal supervision with fast approaching deadlines producing quality

maps, utility map books and geodatabases.

  · Assisted engineers with development of AutoCAD Civil 3d basemaps using survey data, LIDAR

data and various GIS data sources.

  · Assisted engineers with preparing engineering plansets containing drawings such as utility,

structural and mechanical.

  · Worked in the field with survey crew, taking measurements for a utility project, enhanced

knowledge of Public Land Survey System (PLSS), survey practices and Leica Total Station

equipment.

Other Applicable Skills:

  · Basics of Python programming language for GIS ModelBuilder.

  · Proficiency in reading and preparing technical drawings in mechanical and structural disciplines.

  · Knowledge of both standard and metric measurement systems.

  · Self educated in ESRI geographic systems software such as ArcMap version 9 and 10.1, also

working knowledge of ARC Info and spatial analyst software extension.

  · Extensive knowledge of autocad programs including AutoCAD 3d and 2014, Microsoft Office,

Adobe Photoshop.

  · Microsoft suite: Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Education and training:

  · Associate of Arts and Applied Sciences in CAD/Drafting technology, Shoreline Community

College, Washington State, June 1999

  · The King County GIS Center 2010, Essentials of Editing and Analysis with ArcGIS and

Geoprocessing for Analysts Training