Benjamin Cunningham Email & Phone Number

Charlottesville, Va, Us

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Afton, Va

A geospatial & UAV service provider consulting company based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of central Virginia. Performing geospatial analysis, investigative aerial imagery acquisition & consulting, and GIS technology trainings for environmental nonprofits, community groups, individuals, and private businesses since 2017.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

This position performs GIS analysis and data development tasks within Utilities GIS and assists with the development and implementation of department GIS initiatives and programs. Identifies and analyzes data collected by field crews and from other sources and integrates with GIS data to meet department needs. Generates reports to identify trends and ongoing problems to assist Asset Management program. Ensures compliance with data standards and regulations; handles permitting and easements related to utilities infrastructure. Assists and trains other users with hardware and software applications. Primarily and most frequently the work done here is performed as leader or director with broad functional areas and more expertise and strategic focus.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Camp Atterbury, Indiana, United States

Contracted GIS Analyst position involving travel for field collection of client infrastructure asset information and integration with client geodatabases using submeter hand-held GPS, ground penetrating radar systems, and utility field locating devices.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Organize volunteers to perform crowd-source construction monitoring using smartphones, drones, and airplanes across 12 counties in WV & VA. Many hats include GIS analyst, UAV coordinator, imagery analyst, water quality monitor and trainer, webmaster, and grassroots community organizer.GIS analysis on ArcMap 10.5, management of large raster datasets on cloud drives, aerial imagery acquisition/aerial imagery interpretation using airplane and sUAS, and creation and coordination of public/crowd-sourced observation reports via Esri platforms.Organized and facilitated geospatial educational, recruitment, and training meetings for diverse grassroots environmental groups across 12 VA & WV counties crossed by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Managed dozens of rural field volunteers, designed geospatial technical aspects of ABRA’s Pipeline CSI program, and trained community members to use our program’s investigative geospatial tools to evaluate and report construction and stormwater pollution noncompliance incidents to media, state and federal regulators, and the public in the name of climate and environmental justice.

Nelson County, Virginia

A 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to protecting property rights, property values, rural heritage and the environmental systems that we all depend on for all citizens of Nelson County, VA. My work has included verifying our constituent database as current by using GIS to analyze the ACP’s route, identifying areas of critical environmental risk and construction hazards, and communicating vital geospatial information to non-GIS staff and volunteers members. I also sit on the Web Committee charged with overseeing the implementation of messaging, content, and strategic outreach on FriendsOfNelson.com. This is an unpaid position.

Afton, Virginia

Vital part of small team that together increased client deposits in products and services from $1 million in 2015 to over $4.3 million in 2016. Routine responsibilities include scheduling & confirming appointments for company owner, data entry and maintenance of business CRM, traveling and set up of business seminar locations and client registration, market research and development.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geography

Spanish

Semester abroad learning Spanish