Brian Blaser, M.Eng., Gisp Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Co, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

"Blaser & Company, LLC" (BCO) was founded on February 10th, 2005 and converted to an LLP on January 26, 2015, adding the "Trail Blaser Guides" (TBG) DBA moniker and trade name (in good standing with the Colorado SOS) to shift from a geospatial application development small business to a backcountry skiing guide and outfitter. BCO had many successes as a geospatial consulting company which leveraged the ESRI's ArcGIS Server and the Javascript API (from it's inception to the latest AMD/DOJO/CSS3/HTML5 expressions), Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Map APIs for unique political and governance oriented constituents (See http://newgov.net/demomap/index.html?&x_min=-105.32799164932547&x_max=-104.77867524307621&y_min=39.507805532125836&y_max=39.77218687346136). Our focus was, and is, even as we move into a new phase:· Develop online map GPS location applications.· Engage in effective motivation of employees & contractors.· Encourage "skin in the game" efforts based on self-motivated personal gain.· Engender teamwork, leadership and a sense of shared struggle to get a job done.But TBG has indeed transitioned its focus for daily operations to a guide service (in part, to avoid conflicts of interest with full-time GIS employers). TBG's goal is now soley focused on helping each client unlock their own great human potential which, we believe, in turn makes for more vibrant, safe and self-reliant communities when they get back to town, not to mention bragging rights for climbing and skiing some of the most amazing terrain in Colorado! Certifications:· PSIA Level 1 Alpine· PSIA Level 2 Alpine· PSIA Basic Freestyle· USSA Membership· AMGA Membership· AIARE Level 1 Cert· AIARE Level 2 Cert· AIARE ITC Cert· SAS PRO Level 1 Cert· First Aid, CPR and AED· Wilderness First Responder (WFR)See https://www.facebook.com/brian.blaser.guide for more info.

Reston, Va, Us

Serve as supervisor for a nine (9) person team. Offer one-on-one check-ins with team members, providing them with any needed support, issues resolution and encouragement for them to best perform their duties. Provided additional assistance to facilitate team members’ knowledge sharing and/or transfer, as well as helping with cross-team coordination. Provide GIS developer support to the modernization of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Geospatial Services Platform. Participate in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) training to apply agile framework and methods in a multiple GIS team(s) environment as a Program Team Lead (PTL) in the context of an Agile Release Train (ART).

Reston, Va, Us

Support the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) by providing best in class GIS software development solutions. Engineer mapping applications to help administer the highest quality GIS services to investigators for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC). Use ESRI's API arcpy, propy, ArcGIS API for Python, to connect to enterprise databases, SQL Server Management System (SSMS), SQL Server Tables and Views, SQL Spatial, ESRI Table Queries and Views, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Spatial Database Engine (SDE) and Portal for ArcGIS Data Stores using Active Directory (AD) group policies for Portal Group authentication. Write web application code with ESRI's JavaScript API, HTML, CSS, C#, etc. in Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code or NotePad++ to multi-tiered web development environments including Development, Quality Assurance, User Acceptance and Production in a Highly-Available (HA) Portal Environment across multiple servers for the QA and Production environments. Manage installation and configuration of the Network Load Balancer (NLB). that serves as the interface between requests and available servers. Use git and Team Foundation Server (TFS) to manage code, track sprints, deployments to successive environment, hot fixes for bugs currently in production and build management. Serve as official Scrum Master in daily stand-ups and tech sessions on the GIS Development Team (code name: GeoWizards) to implement Agile Software Development methods and best practices. Attend monthly Agile Center of Excellence (COE) sessions to keep current on the latest Agile and discuss software development challenges and scenarios where issues are resolved using the scrum methods and best practices.

Develop custom GIS applications to support the efforts of Technical Services Program’s (TSP) Continuous Real-Time Monitoring, Meteorology, Forecasting, Prescribed Fire, Emissions Inventory and Air Quality Modeling units. Tasked with the update of the the development and production enterprise map server(s) for generating APIs to support the online and mobile display and analysis of various map layers including emissions inventories, urban and background concentration assessments, facility and stack emissions location and aggregation for nearby source emissions as well as to provide tools for helping locate and/or identify pollution sources with topographic maps and areal imagery. I have written a spectrum of client-side air quality assessment and reporting mapping applications for web and mobile browsers. Employ scientific research methods, theory, and principles in the identification, study, and solutions to air quality problems by designing, applying, developing, and validating air quality related computer applications (e.g., mathematical modeling systems) that report and/or simulate concentration levels of airborne contaminants and associated variables. As Senior GIS Analyst/Developer, provide technical guidance and expertise in the field of geospatial software development and analysis to support unit assigned permit applications, dispersion modeling, emissions inventories, meteorological determinations and other tasks as they arise or as assigned. Often called upon to assist with the streamline of GIS workflows for web and mobile display of spatial monitoring of hourly, max and average concentration data from our monitoring network, as well as provide geospatial analysis input for reports and create map applications showing measured and modeled meteorology, modeled chemistry and modeled dispersion to show the advantages and disadvantages of (or alternatives to) dispersion modeling.

* Set up field GPS equipment* Attended training on GPS equipment* Wrote custom domain and metadata templates* Authored paper on real-time RTK Kinematic Surveying

Englewood, Colorado, Us

Worked closely with Site Environmental Remediation group developing new GIS products. Automated database reporting and map generation from ArcSDE, ArcIMS and ArcGIS. Learned Autodesk Civil 3D and Map 3D basics. Enrolled in multiple safety courses including: Ladder Safety Training (February, 2003)Asbestos Worker Training (February, 2003)Respirator Fit Training (January, 2003)Beryllium Worker Training (January, 2003)Radiological Worker II Training (December, 2002)Capability Maturity Model Training Certificate (November 2000)

Denver, Co, Us

Provided GIS support for Water Engineering services including hydrogeologic and utility mapping projects including water rights analysis, COGCC wells data management, water quality monitoring and integration of GPS field data.

Washington, D.C., Us

• Established efficient spatial data processing, organization and management.• Created maps with ArcView 3.0 for fire management, natural resource management.• Managed, analyzed and developed GIS data in UNIX Arc/Info environment.• Created custom GUI interfaces and interactive GRID and ARCEDIT sessions using AML.• Employed GPS and Aerial Photo Interpretation during fieldwork and post-processing.• Contributed to an important publication entitled "Fire management and GIS: a framework for identifying and prioritizing fire planning needs" (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236324412)

* Learned the basics of AML for expediting digitizing datasets in a production environment.* Wrote large DMA (now the NGIA) proposals for large paper map to GIS conversion projects.* Did QA on node topology maintenance and vertex generalization and spline standards.

* Digitized, maintained, clipped performed Q&A and helped to sell and distribute GIS datasets.* Traveled and met with potential clients to demonstrate the value of purchasing GIS datasets.* Developed sales presentations and attractive PowerPoint presentations.* Maintained custom CMS for client follow up.

Washington, D.C., Us

Key Accomplishments: * Created the Mining and Mineral Branch’s first-ever GIS product by geocoding all known mine locations. Primary Responsibilities: * Maintain database of mining locations and enter new mines as they were surveyed (pre GPS). * Develop visio-like software input forms for entering the data into the database

Collected mapping data for then ground-breaking computer-generated GIS map application for a real estate planning and development company that focused on single-family, multi-family, retail and commercial inventory for real-estate market analysis and zoning. Received commendation from the Denver Chamber of Commerce for creating the very first Denver real estate "GIS" database system in a little known program that has come to be known as FileVision.

M.Eng., Civil Engineering

Multiple Certificates, Gis, Applications Development, Dba

Ba, Physical Geography

High School Diploma, Chemistry

Multiple Certificates, Javascript, Jquery, Visual Studio, Amd, Dojo, Angular

Mathematics, Musicology And Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Outdoor Studies

Don Rag, Alumni, Ancient/Classical Greek Language And Literature