BRIANT B. PETERSON

 

EDUCATION

 

Master of Arts, GIS & Political Science, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, Matriculated

 

Bachelor of Science, Geography & Geology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

 

SUMMARY

 

·               From 2001 to current experienced SME with focus on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) project management, and business analysis demonstrating core competencies in the software and hardware environments.

·               16 yrs. Exp. As-builting gas pipelines incl. instructing procedures and QA/QC.

·               Strong technical background and experience in system analysis, oral and written skills.

·               Sustain government regulatory and legislative environmental assessment assignments as skilled and practiced GIS cartographer, pipeline CAD designer and compliance with US Code of Federal Regulations, 49 CFR 192 and 195.

·               Project Experience:  Relational Database Project Management (RDBMS) upgrades and data migration for Spatial Analysis; Pipeline & Piping; Structural & Civil Design; Telecommunications; Surface Land Projects, Logistics & Environmental GIS Projects (U.S. & Trinidad).

·               Areas of Expertise:  Requirements Generation; Scope Development; Schedule Development; Test Plan Development; Aerial Imagery; Project & Program Communications; High Consequence Area (HCA) Mgmt.; Data Migration; Pipeline Verification; Mapping Procedures; Customer Service Training; GIS Department Development; Data Integration (ILI, CIS & GPS); Data Standards.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

PODS Data Model Upgrade & Deployment; APDM Data Model Environment; Windows & Web; WYSIWIG.Net [Personal WebPage Created]; ESRI AGOL; Proprietary Custom Pipeline Management of Change [PMOC] Web App Needs Assessment SME; ASP.NET; Oracle; PL/SQL [DB & OS]; VB .NET; C#; JavaScript; Python; ESRI ArcDesktop v9.3-10.2; Intergraph FRAMME; Bentley MicroStation; IRAS-C; Inroads (SelectCad); MapInfo Pro; MJ Harden PipeView; AutoCAD R. 2006; Automated Alignment Sheet Generator Programs; Acrobat Distiller (PDF); Microsoft Office Suite; MS Project; SharePoint; BrightWorks; MS Visio 2013; PeopleSoft; Photoshop

PM Methodologies:  Waterfall; Agile; ISO 9000

ESRI:  ArcGIS; ArcSDE; ArcGIS Server; ArcGIS Server API; FLEX; ArcObjects; Geoprocessing ESRI Tools

Languages:  English; Spanish; French

AFFILIATONS

 

Klein Volunteer Fire Department, Suppression Firefighter (4 Yrs.)

Toastmasters International, Competent Communicator

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Briant, Peterson, Co-Author, Louisiana Water Quality Inventory, vols. 5 & 6. 1989, 1990

Briant, Peterson, Co-Author, LA Toxics Release Inventory, 1990 

Briant, Peterson, By E. B. Brossard, Ph.D., Petroleum Politics & Power, PennWell Books, 1986, 6 maps

Briant, Peterson, By E. B. Brossard, Ph.D., Petroleum Research & Venezuela's INTEVEP, PennWell Books, 1988, 4 maps

Briant, Peterson, By E. B. Brossard, Ph.D., Power & Petroleum, Book Masters. 2006, 2 maps

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Pacific Gas & Electric, San Francisco, CA 2015-Present

IT, Electrical Distribution, GIS Incident Team

·               Troubleshoot User, software incident tickets in ArcFM, ArcDesktop, SilverLight-based Web mapping, GasMap, GasView

·               Assist work order tickets in software installations and security group, active directories

·               Assist in reporting milestones, KPI’s

·               Interact with business units regarding state of DB and software upgrades, user workflow, incidents and enhancement requests

·               Troubleshoot incidents from Electrical Transmission, Pipeline Transmission and GIS tools installations

Enbridge Energy, Houston, TX 2013-2015

Business Process Mapping

·               Improved processes through MS Visio 2013 process maps of client ArcPad and datasets deployment as well as client ESRI licensing management and maintenance.

·               Experience loading, capturing and managing pipeline feature data into PODS, Relational PODS, or PODS Spatial. Also, 1 year exp. In ISAT, and 2 years in APDM v4 and v6.

·               Reached agreements and communicated with Intranet Security, IT, Desktop Support, Accounting and Operations regarding login profiles, ServiceNow, needs and solutions.

·               Brought ESRI enterprise license agreement (ELA) into compliance and accountability.

·               Communicated with departments regarding license payments and deployment issues.

 

Project Manager-Operational Risk Management (ORM) Projects

·               Completed 5 of 8.

·               Transferred PM to DBA before completing data migration.

·               Worked with team as GIS projects manager to bring to near project closure of database upgrade:  two (2) projects; data from two (2) SDE DB’s merged, upgraded from ArcGIS 9.3 to 10.1 & migrated to APDM 4 data model, then, migrated to an APDM6 data model and MS SQL Server 2005 DB upgraded to SQL Server 2012.

·               Upgrades were needed to more fully utilize interoperation of multiple projects.

 

Team Lead/Writer (APDM 6)-GIS Pipeline Tools Requirements Phase I & II

·               Demonstrated DB and procedural opportunities in data capture resulting in improved and more complete program by increasing data behaviors in linear referencing and positioning.

·               Existing data model was also shown to need expansion to accommodate required data.

·               Initiated, sustained, updated and enhanced Enterprise Web GIS project.

·               Trained 300+ employees to use Web-based mapping and asset identification in FLEX environment, acquire LiDAR.

 

Regulatory Reports Project Manager

·               Submitted NPMS, PHMSA reports as well as team lead for all internal reporting.

 

Transmission Line Data Capture ORM Project

·               Led project.

·               Successfully prepped and captured data.

·               Met milestones.

·               Wrote final report.

·               Supervised and taught team.

 

PM-Aerial Imagery Project

·               Was accountable for the aerial imagery acquisition, management and deployment.

·               Led aerial imagery storage and deployment with IT and SI teams.

·               Imagery for transmission lines available corporate-wide through ArcMap, AGOL and Flex Viewer.

·               Managed teams on automation projects to deliver regular, or requested reports of GIS data, spatial queries, and spatial views and map services incorporated of ArcGIS Online (AGOL).

·               Maintained web mapping contacts, project communications, and customer service training.

·               Oversaw HCA migration and GIS department development.

 

Lead Functional Test PPL RDBMS Tools

·               Contractual noncompliance DB enhancements needs identified and addressed with stakeholder departments and with vender.

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodlands, TX 2010-2012

GIS Project Lead

·               GIS support to Surface Land Department in Surface Owners Agreements (SOA) measurement issues based on spacing units (SU), Pooling, and unitizations located in Colorado, Wyoming.

·               Established project mapping procedures synchronized project and re-project systems utilizing ArcInfo (ArcMap, ArcToolBox & ArcCatalog).

·               Experience loading, capturing and managing pipeline feature data into PODS, Relational PODS, or PODS Spatial. Also, 1 year exp. In ISAT, and 2 years in APDM v4 and v6.

·               Performing QA/QC on pipeline data from PODS.

·               Experience generating alignment sheets using EagleMap TurboRoute.

·               Experience producing GIS passed, pipeline maps using ArcMap.

·               Experience developing and maintaining Personal, File, Enterprise GeoDatabases.

·               Experience creating and managing ArcGIS projects using ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcToolBox v8.9, as well as ArcDeskTop 9.3. Also, created Spatial Views and Rest points for use with AGOL.

·               Applied ArcMap to clip polygons of parcels and tracts of assets on Colorado GIS lead in surface owners’ agreement project.

·               Trained Anadarko personnel in procedures to determine surface owner’s agreements percentages payments determinations.

·               Mapped as-built and construction pipeline facilities for GIS data generation incorporated of maintenance, analysis, as designate for mineral, oil and gas lease assets in Ohio.

 

Universal Ensco Inc., Houston, TX 2008-2009

GIS Analyst II

·               Established ISO 9001 procedures as GIS support to UEI clients which consisted of property plat DB maintenance, foreign encroachments and crossings such as pipeline, utility, water feature, telecom and data processing.

·               Aided with alignment sheets deliverables.

 

 

GIS Lead

·               Led access roads delineation for pipeline construction.

·               Data standards creation, documentation, evaluation and planning.

·               IMP development.

·               Utilized ArcInfo, ArcView (ArcMap, ArcToolBox & ArcCatalog) to route pipelines in new construction, creating station series, station feet, and encroachments.

·               Determined and identified HCA with ArcObjects.

 

S&B Engineers LTD., Houston, TX 2004-2008

·               Collaborated in civil engineering and transportation projects with application of ArcView (ArcMap, ArcToolBox & ArcCatalog).

 

GIS Supervisor-2 George W. Bush Intercontinental Airport Drainage Master Plan Projects

·               Employed ArcMap, ArcToolBox, and ArcCatalog in pipeline risk analysis, and well placement and market analysis for Dow Chemical and Gulf Coast pipeline.

 

GIS Lead-GIS Services for IH 10 Construction Management Services & Utility Services

·               Civil and structural designer accountable for construction inspections services and CADD schematic implementation using GIS.

·               Reduced facility location data acquisition labor costs by locating, codifying and incorporating GPS, and telecommunications facilities data from completed SBI projects, into current project.

 

Senior GIS Manager-GIS Services for Time Warner Telecom

·               Was in charge of asset management.

·               Developed marketing strategy using GIS.

·               Found shortest routes saving client $xxx.

 

GIS Database Administrator, DOW & Gulf Coast Pipeline, Angleton, TX

·               HCA, alignment sheets automation, and other GIS mapping and facilities management, data management tasks.

·               Collaborated with Houston DOW Center planners for asset strategies.

·               Led GIS business process by supplying commodity (ethylene, propylene & naphtha) brokers with analysis and determination of markets, supply and available facilities and capacities by acquiring and creating maps, graphs, tables, and other digital spatial data in the most useful form and completeness for informed decision-making.

·               Located, acquired aerial photography and other data sources for IMP, Operations, and other departments, incorporated of the routing of new PPLs.

·               Loaded aerial photography, DCVG, ILI, foreign facility crossings, DOT structures, class location, risk and other data into GIS software.

·               Organized, maintained, stored, retrieved, transferred and transformed hard copy data to digital consisting of foreign crossings, CIS, DCVG surveys, pipeline reroutes, renovations, repairs, abandonments, strength (hydro) tests, and coatings.

·               Evaluated, recommended and acquired new data sources to match needs, supporting development of MOCs.

·               Submitted NPMS centerlines, attributes, and metadata.

 

Senior GIS Manager-GIS Services for Pump & Lift Station Renewal & Replacement, City of Houston

·               GIS Support, Lift station design, data conversion, and raster image processing.

·               Combined geographic data in disparate projections, and file formats which facilitated analysis for design purposes.

 

Senior GIS Manager-GIS Services for Bush IAH GIS Master Survey, IAH

·               Provided GIS Support, located general underground and above ground airport facilities, GIS coordination, and database data design.

·               Discovered facilities threats allowing client to prioritize security risks remediation efforts.

·               Developed method to create 5'x8', 500+ megabyte maps of airport facilities as part of deliverables.

 

Senior GIS Manager-GIS Services for Bush IAH Tier 1 Re-Vamp

·               Located facilities for Houston Airport System (HAS).

·               Located cable connectivity from EFSOs to Fuel Farm at IAH Airport for HAS GIS.

·               Developed method for connectivity-data acquisition, capture and display in digital and hard copy form.

 

Senior GIS Manager-GIS, Environmental & Engineering Services & Waste Management Environmental

·               Was accountable for GIS development in support of environmental assessment, integrating data from GIS database.

·               Provided approximately 50 exhibits with I' pixel resolution aerial photography, and SBI fields data along with environmental impact measurements and analysis.

 

Senior GIS Manager-GIS Services for TXDOT, Houston District Bridge Evergreen Contract

·               Provided GIS services and quality assurance.

·               Provided displays of construction areas for engineering design which aided project bidding in construction phases.

 

Williams Gas Pipeline, Houston, TX 2003-2004

Senior Mapper

·               Documented as-built work-orders into Williams GIS incorporated of all piping equipment and materials such as power plant interconnects, pipe wall thickness, outside and inside diameter, flanges, regulators, and turbine meters, As-Builting Pipeline Facilities using ArcView v3.2, and in-house FM software.

·               Generated Alignment sheets.

 

Halliburton & Kellogg, Brown & Root, Houston, TX 2002-2003

Mapper/Pipeline Designer/GIS Specialist

·               Provided GIS, Earthworks Modeling (InRoads) and Detail Alignment Sheet Support for Atlantic LNG 56" OD Pipeline Project.

·               Pipeline Facility Design (AutoCAD & MicroStation) Cartography, Photogrammetry and LIDAR.

 

El Paso Energy, Houston, TX

As-Built Project Lead

 

Brossard Petroleum Consultants, Houston, TX

Independent Consultant/Photogrammetrist

 

Duke Energy, Houston, TX

Pipeline Designer/Drafter/Mapping Analyst II

 

Ferguson Mapping Facility, Huntsville, TX

Industrial Supervisor