Skilled GIS professional using geospatial analysis and programming concepts to develop complex, multidisciplined, infrastructure analysis and solutions. Earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Geography and a minor in Geographic Information Science. Experience in multiple public sector internships before becoming a leading member in an professional engineering environment. After my work in the renewable energy field, I transitioned back into the public sector working for a Department of Energy National Laboratory at Argonne. Furthermore, I am currently working toward obtaining a Master’s degree in GIS.
Outstanding with a variety of geospatial software including both ESRI and opensource QGIS
Demonstrated history of creating and refining geospatial models, processes, and scripts
Exceptional web mapping skills including the creation of web mapping applications
Proficient with Python, Java, and JavaScript as well as the ArcGIS API for both Python and JavaScript
Experienced with JSON and GeoJSON data formats as well as accessing third party APIs in these formats
Ever advancing web development skills including HTML and CSS experience
Active team member of several new GIS and web development projects within my current organization
Built a GIS department from scratch within the Land Division with a focus on project automation and web application development. Oversees all geospatial projects within the Commercial and Residential Markets across multiple offices and regions. Developed division wide geospatial standards for both desktop and web applications. Served in a client focused role working to find flexible solutions to meet the individualized needs of multiple project developers.
Served as a geospatial analyst working directly with the country’s top researchers as well as federal sponsors on large scale geospatial analysis and projects focusing on resilience and recovery. Major work includes natural disaster simulation and response planning, COVID-19 pandemic response, and federal facility safety plans. Most notably provided work on FEMA’s Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT), simulations of resiliency plans for a Cascadia fault line earthquake, Tropical Cyclone prediction and tracking tools, as well as data collection and analysis for resilience and recovery efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic response (to be published in UN GAR 2022). Work primarily includes multidisciplinary data analysis of critical infrastructure as well as GIS based scripting and web application development in a research based setting.
Worked in a fast paced, professional environment leading the development of wind and solar farms. Performed several essential spatial analysis functions including wetland management, maintaining spatial databases for infrastructure, slope analysis, and served as a lead curator of web based GIS applications to support field staff in the collection and monitoring of construction data. Deeply enhanced my knowledge of ESRI products including the functionality of ArcGIS online as well as learned new software platforms including GlobalMapper, Civil 3D, and AutoCAD. Improved my cartographic abilities while learning aspects about in depth GIS model development. Modified and wrote new procedures and standards for several for spatial tasks across the company. Experienced a high intensity work environment with tight deadlines and strict requirements.
Poured through city records to create databases of information related to traffic management, transit programs, street reconstruction, water resources management, and storm hydrology. Additionally, took field GPS/GNSS measurements of various city infrastructure and natural resources as well as collected data for traffic studies.
Worked with and learned from highly experienced GIS professionals doing projects for Hennepin County departments such as the Department of Emergency Management, Public Works, and the County Attorney’s Office. Projects included data management, map creation, putting together public facing applications, and more. Major projects included planning a county wide, quarterly GIS departmental meeting and working on enterprise level projects such as creating a database of historic aerial imagery by georeferencing images from 1940 to 2015.