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1/2004 - Present

Industry: Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing

Owner / Operator (Part-time)

Utilizing my expertise in GIS and cartography, I created a, niche, online internet based company, providing “custom maps at retail prices” to hunters throughout the southwest.

• Invented and brought to market a custom topographic hunting map product called HuntMap, specifically engineered for game management units for the following states AZ, NM, CO, NV, UT, and OR.• Created, designed and maintain the following online stores and websites: www.HUNTMAP.com www.MAPTREX.com• Manage and edit a large national geo-datasets including but not limited to the following feature classes: forest service roads, game management units, state and municipal boundaries, water features, national roads and interstate highways; using ArcMap 10.x and SQL Server Express.• All maps are produced using Maptitude GIS, ArcMap 10.x and CorelDraw 12 and plotted out on an HP Designjet 5500 42” and HP Designjet Z5200 44” UV plotters, using a patent-pending design.

12/2001 - Present

Industry: Engineering Services

Senior GIS Technician

• Support divisions ArcGIS end-user and provide first level support in areas such as printing, network logons, department and office software applications, and end-user device troubleshooting.• Work with the city Surveyor to resolve property disputes, by interpreting property legal descriptions, county plat maps, field verification and city of Phoenix parcel and aerial GIS data.• Produce quarter section maps with color aerials, right-of-way, Storm drain, sewer/water and engineering drawing utilizing ArcGIS 10.x.• GIS project accomplishments - The list of projects below display major and minor projects in which I supervised from the design to completion. • Developed a process that allows field personal to use an existing Smart phone “apps” to utilize custom GeoPDF maps to verify right-of-way disputes. This process was specifically designed for the police department, community relations bureau to assist detectives in the field dealing with protestors and property owners.• Create large, poster size, presentation map and marketing material for city manager to present at public meetings using CorelDraw and Adobe Acrobat.• Implemented and maintain a GIS based Storage and Retrieval system (GSTAR) utilizing ArcObjects, Visual Basic Applications (VBA), Crystal Reports XI, and MS Access, which streamlined and reduced required man hours to research geographically, based information.• Maintaining, geo-code and update city of Phoenix’s vertical control points (bench marks).• Developed soil reporting tools and soil classification maps for our construction project engineers.• Created custom VBA bench mark search application in MS Access, significantly reducing man-hours by allowing non-survey personnel to field consultant requests for city bench mark information.

10/2000 - 1/2004

Managing Partner

Co-managed a small GIS consulting business, providing spatial analysis, data conversion and application customization services for various national electric utility company's.

•Perform technical project tasks and provide technical consulting to individual clients.•Expert in GIS data conversion, coordinate and projection systems: Longitude/Latitude, UTM, PLS (Public Land Survey Systems), GPS and AutoCAD drawings conversions processes.•Oversee and Identify needs and allocate appropriate resources to complete specific project tasks on time.•Manage and supervise temporary staff and projects.Highlights of accomplishments:•Managed to completion, a GIS integration project for the Salt River Project, which involved the close coordination between software engineers, and various end users. •Provided GIS product training services for multiple clients including SRP, Texas Utilities, the Electric Power Research Institute, and CPS Energy.

10/1997 - 10/2000

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Technical Product Manager

• Managed the Fault Analysis Lighning Location Systems (FALLS) technical lifecycle, by directing tasks and tracking the deliverables of a cross-functional team of stakeholders; people from development, technical support, sales, marketing, and 3rd-party vendors. To determine product acceptance, profitability, evolution, and future market opportunities through customer feedback, financials, and industry research. • Conducted extensive software and applications training to in-house personnel and end user clients.• Extensive trade show, conference, and seminar speaking engagements.

7/1997 - 10/2000

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Geographer / Data Analyst

Provided custom lightning fault related spatial analysis services for the electric utility industry by producing written technical reports and geographic statistical maps; and supported our user groups with training and technical support.

•Produced written reliability analytic reports, quantifying lightning to a utility’s transmission line, using reliability, and regional statistical maps produced using GIS software.•Digitized, scanned, import/export and Geo-coded various formats (DWG, DNG, SHP, TIF, GIF, JPEG, SID, E00, MIF) of customer data for integration into various GIS applications, primarily MapInfo (FALLSTM). •Supported sales and marketing teams by creating marketing and presentation maps.

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Professional Certificate in Project Management

Associate Degree

An Associate's degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences with an emphesis in Civil Engineering Technology.

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelors degree in Geography and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) with a minor in history.

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