J. Scott Benson

775 Gateway Drive SE, #310

Leesburg, VA 20175

Sbenson79@gmail.com

(804) 387-9346

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Objective: To obtain a position in GIS or a related sector that will provide challenging projects and opportunities for career advancement.

 

Experience

 

Metropolitan Communications Group                                                                                              Sterling, Virginia

OSP Engineer – March 2012-Present

 

·         Provided customers with detailed designs for construction of aerial and/or underground fiber optic cable

·         Surveyed job sites in order to obtain accurate field notes for mapping of facilities

·         Hand drafted drawings to be converted into digital form using AutoCAD

·         Prepared design packages to submit for right of way permits

·         Researched site plans in order to obtain accurate land use data

·         Obtained overview maps of utilities in order to overlay onto OSP plan view

             

Timmons Group                                                                                                                                                    Richmond, Virginia

GIS Technician I ∙ February 2011-March 2012

 

·         Worked as a contractor with Dominion Virginia Power GIS Services

·         Extensively utilized ArcMap 9.3 and Dominion-created software in order to update and verify electric utility data

·         Edited and updated existing drawings and coordinated efforts with design departments in order to deliver best possible product

·         Placed in charge of Chesapeake and Chuckatuck offices in order to complete design jobs and redlines in those areas using ArcMap and WMIS

·         Participated in a companywide project in order to research and correct overloaded transformer issues

 

NASA Langley Research Center                                                                                            Hampton, Virginia

GIS Intern ∙ June 2010-February 2011

 

·         Utilized GIS and archaeology techniques in order to reconstruct the landscape surrounding the Moorefield Plantation site, formerly located on the Langley base, during the mid-1800’s and into the Civil War

·         Researched deeds and land records in order to create new or edit existing plantation GIS maps with modified or expanded boundaries

·         Identified, collected and organized historic documentation pertinent to the historic site, including land records, genealogies, birth records and wills

 

Education

 

Old Dominion University                                                                                                             Norfolk, Virginia

Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science ∙ December 2010

College of William and Mary                                                                                                 Williamsburg, Virginia

B. A., Anthropology ∙ May 2003

 

Skills 

ArcGIS Suite, ArcPAD, ERDAS Imagine, Microsoft Office Suite, Trimble GeoXH Handheld GPS, ikeGPS Mobile Handheld