Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I am a map maker and spatial data wrangler who is working to become a full-fledged developer. I am experienced with the ESRI ArcGIS suite as well as in other geo-related technologies such as remote sensing, aerial photography, global positioning systems and web mapping applications. I also have experience in strategic planning, training, curriculum development, and management of GIS interns.

Work History

• General Dynamics AIS
• Sr. Geospatial Engineer
• Febuary 2008 to Present

• Acting as a librarian for a central repository of geospatial records. Search and obtain new GIS datasets, research and compose detailed metadata entries, convert to standard formats, streamline attribute tables, merge and split layers as needed to maintain directory structure and naming conventions. Use model builder and python scripting to automate large data processing tasks.

• Parsons
• GIS Specialist
• July 2005 to Febuary 2008

• Field map and report figure creation for various engineering projects. Development and maintenance of SDSFIE standard personal geodatabases. Presentation of GIS data in client meetings. Preparation of spatial data to be delivered to the public on web mapping servers. Management of GIS interns. Planning and conducting a 2-day GIS Fundamentals training course. Researching and writing a GIS Strategic Plan.

• Michael Baker Corporation
• GIS Analyst
• June 2004 to July 2005

• Created national flood rate insurance maps (FIRMs) according to FEMA specifications using ArcGIS 8.3 geodatabases and 8.2 coverages. Projects involved digitizing, data conversion, spatial editing and attribution to create a digital data repository, as well as annotation and symbology to produce hard copy maps. Also supported the FEMA headquarters as a disaster reservist creating maps to assist relief efforts during hurricanes.

Education

• George Mason University
• M.S., Earth Systems Science
• 1999 - 2005

• The Earth Systems Science program at GMU is a hybrid of Environmental Science, Computational Science, and Geography.