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.

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..

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.

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.

* 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.

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.

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