Brian Kay Email & Phone Number

Multi-discipline professional with 30 years of experience in government administration, specializing in GIS, Geospatial Analysis, and Asset Management. Extensive experience in asset lifecycle management, capital improvement planning, and asset data management. Led the successful Cityworks implementation for El Paso County Department of Public Works, utilizing an ArcGIS Online backend environment and various asset management solutions.My expertise includes asset data creation, data management and processing, workflow mapping, technical research, project RFP/RFQ development, and capital improvement project planning. I have a strong background in parks and open space planning, trail design, grant writing, stakeholder engagement, golf course construction and grow-in operations, golf course irrigation design. I also excel in employee training and supervision.Proficient in GIS (ESRI ArcGIS Suite, QGIS), asset management (Cityworks, Utilisync, RoadMatrix), AVL (ESRI Velocity, Samsara), reporting (Power BI, MS Access), CAD (AutoCAD, MicroStation), and various programming languages (HTML, JSON, Javascript, Python, SQL). Skilled in database creation and management (MS SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL).Employment history includes roles as Asset Systems Supervisor, Engineering Technician and Parks and Trails Planner at El Paso County, Open Space Planner at Jefferson County, and various positions in golf course management where I was introduced to GIS while converting CAD data into GIS data and integrating it into Rainbird Cirrus Central Irrigation Control computer systems. Early career successes include deployment of a data acquisition and control system (Wonderware), identifying process limitations and implementing solutions while employed as an Associate Fermentation Scientist for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and working on the America Samoa Project to alleviate waste disposal issues created from Tuna canary operations.I hold a B.S. in Agronomy from Texas A&M University and various certifications, including Golf Course Irrigation Design, CAD and GIS. Active member of the Institute of Asset Management, former president and coach of Pikes Peak Lacrosse Club and founder of the Boys Lacrosse Program at The Vanguard School in Colorado Springs, CO.Current interests are giving back to youth sports what they gave to me. Being there for my son. And current hobbies include: AI, Vector Databases, UAVs, home automation, IoT, cycling, and lacrosse.

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  Texas A&M University

  Bachelor Of Science - Bs