Objective

Geospatial Developer with five years of experience building ETL processes and data driven web applications seeking position where I can use my creative thinking, technical and analytical skills in a small development team.

Experience

Geospatial Developer: 2014 – 2015

Geographic Information Services, inc: Alexandria, VA

  • Architect enterprise geoprocessing solutions
  • Engineer ETL processing for DynamoDB, Postgres, PostGIS, and SQL Server
  • Develop custom Pedestrian Routing and Direction services for consumer applications
  • Build data models to support 3D indoor routing and search services
  • Design CI workflows for pushing VM images and applications to AWS
  • Languages: Leaflet, Javascript, Python, ArcPy, Node.js, Angular, Chef, Android/Java

Solutions Engineer: 2010 – 2014

Geographic Information Services, inc: Alexandria, VA

  • Transforming complex manual workflows into concise python utilities on the Esri platform
  • Designing and developing ArcGIS Server geoprocessing tools in Python and Model Builder
  • ArcGIS Server and ArcSDE installations on client servers
  • Developing and processing Test Plans for internally developed Web and Mobile applications
  • Deploying Amazon Cloud based solutions
  • Languages: Javascript, Python, ArcPy

Help Desk Specialist: 2009 – 2010

Geographic Information Services, inc.: Edgewood, MD

  • Defined and streamlined Help Desk standard operating procedures
  • Doubled the number of Help Desk metrics calculated and decreased analysis time by over 50% with specialized scripts
  • Provided technical support for over 100 users of the US Army Installation Management Command’s custom GIS application
  • Awarded Research and Development Award Spring 2010
  • Participant in first ever GIS Inc. Cartographic CompetitionDefined and modified Help Desk standard operating procedures

Seasonal Ranger: 2008 – 2009

Maryland Park Service: Jarrettsville, MD

  • Advocated park policy in a 1000+ visitor a weekend State Park
  • Familiarized park visitors with historical and natural resources inside the 855 acres of Rocks State Park property
  • Developed web mapping application for the Park

GIS Technical Intern: 2008 – 2009

Maryland Department of Planning Transportation Devision: Baltimore, MD

  • Generated new road development projections under the smart growth and current growth scenarios for 2030
  • Completed road density analysis for the State of Maryland
  • Digitized and determined development costs within and outside the priority funding area of Maryland for the Highway Needs Inventory for 2008 and Consolidated Transportation Program for 2008 and 2009
  • Designed cartographic products for publication in interagency presentations
  • Attended Maryland – Delaware regional APA conference and Maryland Bicycle Symposium

Lab Proctor and Intern: 2007 – 2009

UMBC Department of Geography and Environmental Systems: Baltimore, MD

  • Instructed students one-on-one in GIS techniques, thought process and implementation
  • Developed and edited class exercises and lectures for beginning and intermediate level GIS courses
  • Maintained IT infrastructure of a 55 desktop Apple and PC computer lab
  • Managed user profiles and network share permissions for a Windows 2003 server with a user base of over 50 students and faculty
  • Undergraduate research assistant in faculty research study

Presentations

  • “Analyzing Traffic” @ Transportation Techies – Walk Hack Night 2015
  • “Pedestrian Routing in OSM” @ State of the Map 2015
  • “Pedestrian Routing” @ VAMLIS 2014
  • “Remixes for Local Government” @ Esri Dev Meetup 2013
  • “ArcGIS for Local Government” @ Esri Mid-Atlantic User Conference 2011
  • “Python Desktop to the Cloud” @ Esri Dev Meetup 2011

Education

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Bachelor of Science in Geography and Environmental Systems, 2008

Focused on utilizing GIS techniques to analyze the dynamic relationship between humans and the urban environment.

  • Advanced GIS: Analyzed the affect of population density on Sylvan diversity
  • Geodatabase Development: Generated a green space geodatabase of the UMBC Campus
  • Applied GIS for Environmental Field Research: Investigated the affect of urbanization on sylvan diversity
  • Population Geography: Researched population flux in post Katrina New Orleans
  • Human / Environmental GIS: Quantified current ridership of the Baltimore light rail and extrapolated future ridership of the proposed Baltimore Red Line

Activities and Organizations

  • Gamma Theta Upsilon: Omega Omega Chapter, [link]
  • VAMLIS: [link]