MAX ALTMAN

415-652-1373 • maltman2008@gmail.com • www.linkedin.com/in/maxaltman

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Ambitious optimist with a positive attitude and an even disposition. Goal-oriented problem solver takes pride in hard work, initiative, focus and efficiency. Compassionate and non-judgmental, a good team player with strong collaboration skills. Never-ending desire for further knowledge and skills.

 

EDUCATION

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, Bachelor of Arts in Geography                                                         5/2008

·         Special interests: cartography, GIS, GPS, transportation, urban planning, the environment

City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Continued Studies                                                         5/2009

·         Advanced GIS

·         Conversational French

French-American International School, San Francisco, CA                                                                                     6/2004

·         Bilingual immersion program emphasizing academic rigor

·         International Baccalaureate (IB) bilingual candidate in French

·         Certificate of Excellence in French and Certificate of Endeavor in English

 

EXPERIENCE

GPS Field Surveyor, Cyclops UK Ltd, Northamptonshire, UK                                                                      5/2011-present

·         Surveying on a contract basis for speed camera sites; will travel throughout the Western US

 

Private French Tutor, San Francisco, CA                                                                                                                 6/2010-9/2011

·         Tutor elementary and high school students

 

Contractor, Weather Underground, San Francisco, CA                                                                                       2/2010-5/2010

·         Batch geocoded worldwide location data using Google Maps API, ArcGIS 9.3.1

·         Geocoded on an intranet interface

·         Coding and programming (HTML, PHP, MySQL)

·         Translated weather terms from English into French

 

GIS Intern, San Francisco Planning Department - OASIS, San Francisco, CA                                           7/2009-2/2010

·         Under supervision of GIS Business Analyst, used ArcGIS 9.3.1 (ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo) to create maps and map templates using data on department's ArcSDE server

·         Provided assistance on various mapping projects and data updates

 

Office Assistant/Web Designer/CAD Drafter, Joram S. Altman Architect,

San Francisco, CA                                                                                                                                                                        1/2009-7/2009

·         Performed various administrative duties, web design and coding

·         Compiled portfolio of past architectural projects, organized storage of blueprint drawings, catalogued library

·         Using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, updated website with new photos and text

·         Using AutoCAD, drafted and plotted residence floor plans

 

Physical Science Aide, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),

Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA                                                                       Summers 2006-2008

·         Designed and mapped the Celtic Sea and Bay of Biscay Continental Shelf Areas including surface calculation and mapping

·         Developed GIS and numerical calculation skills pertaining to geophysical data management and application

·         Vectorized scanned maps, translated vector data to obtain geographic location, gridded and contoured surfaces

·         Performed inverse map calculations

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

·    ESRI ArcGIS, Illustrator, Photoshop, PageMaker, Acrobat, HTML, OmniPage, AutoCAD, Dreamweaver

·         UNIX-based Generic Mapping Tools (GMT)

·         Microsoft Office Suite

·         Some experience with MS Access, XML/KML, SQL, Visual Basic & ModelBuilder

·         WPM: 59, KPM: 347

·         Keen eye for editing & proofreading

·         Top-notch Mac & PC proficiency