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Fairfield, California, United States

Supporting GIS solutions, development, and customer service for the Department of Information Technology, as well as ongoing GIS services and support for our Department of Resource Management Planning Services, Solano County, California.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Establish and advance an MDOT SHA-wide Enterprise Data Governance Program to coordinate resources and provide application and oversight of agency-wide policy, methods, and standards for the people, processes, and technology that support data and information asset management.Responsible for improving the quality and managing the protection of sensitive data and information assets. Focus is on establishing and ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance and quality assurance framework for data policies, standards, and procedures at the business and functional area level, to achieve the required consistency, quality, and protection to meet agency needs.Prepare and administer Project Management and Master Data Management Plan documents.Lead a team of subject matter experts to prioritize and exceed the goal of secure, accessible, quality data assets that will support, advance, and drive complex problem solving and decisive actions across the agency. Manage the development and maintenance of the master inventory of the enterprise information architecture, including authoritative systems, resources, and owners.Administer contract management tasks; assess, assign, and approve work orders, budgets, deliverables, and reporting. Evaluate extensive technical proposals, conduct interviews, and determine potential candidates for contract award.Serve on MDOT SHA Northbound Ten Initiative: Implement Vision Zero Team. Lead Communication Pillar to develop goals and benchmarks. Utilize ESRI ArcGIS Hub application to create and maintain a consolidated, centralized platform to capture and communicate Vision Zero efforts.Project Manager for ArcGIS Online MDOT SHA Headquarters Building Data Model Asset Locator Application.Provide ongoing IT helpdesk and Geographic Information System (GIS) customer service support, and software and hardware procurement. Cultural Resources support for Archaeological Survey fieldwork. Participate in Archaeology Lab processing artifacts.

Baltimore, Maryland

Serve as IT Team Lead/IT Programmer Analyst Supervisor to provide hardware, software, network, and user support: Direct and supervise IT Liaison Team: Assign, review, and guide daily activities providing desktop support to 200 customers, service requests including end user requirements and equipment needs, software installations, SharePoint page updates, network and VPN access, general support and troubleshooting, progress meetings, status reports.Prepare, distribute, or condemn desktop and mobile equipment, imaging, installation, coordinate schedules, documentation, and justification. Prepare, test, and coordinate system upgrades. Follow procurement procedures to purchase and renew required software and hardware.ArcGIS ADA Project Data Compliance Manager: Maintain and edit geodatabase, domains, and metadata, QA/QC, data review, training, and documentation.Lead annual Fixed Asset Inventory: Collect, verify, authorize, witness, and organize tangible equipment inventory data.Responsible for ArcGIS Online Building Data Model: Manage data collection and development of mapping application, ongoing data updates.Serve on Geospatial Data Governance Team: developing policy, standards, and procedures. Classify systems for Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Develop IT Governance: Review audit and responses, prepare implementation plan based on the Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) model.Manage contracts: Responsible for work orders, contract budgets, monitoring of deliverables and reporting.Provide Geographic Information System (GIS) desktop support, administer GIS data.Serve on MDOT SHA Northbound Vision Zero Committee developing context driven action plan to improve safety on Maryland roadways.Prepare system documentation, test plans, scope statements, and other deliverables. Oversee database backup and system recovery, emergency maintenance on applications and programs.

GIS Project Management and Data Management; Map development and production; Mapping standards; Engineer and Consultant GIS support:Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Data Manager: Biweekly geodatabase updates and versioning process upgrades, Key Performance Area (KPA) quarterly tracking measures, Sidewalk Prioritization data team, Baltimore Metropolitan Council annual performance measures, Manage eGIS content, QA/QC, field visits.Road Safety Data Analysis Study: Pilot Site Suitability Spatial Model for High Friction Surface Treatment locations for MDOT Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) initiative.Manage As Built/Construction Plan data: Fulfill internal and external requests via FTP, Update Roadway Projects geometry and data in eGIS Portal and OHD Office, Provide training to district liaisons, Coordinate resources.OHD Public Meeting Displays: Design and print mapping requests, Lead Display Standards Coordination Team to develop office wide standards for public meeting displays, Review/Approve Engineer and Consultant public meeting display maps, Procure printing and mounting supplies.Engineer and Consultant Support: Desktop support, GIS training, Mapping, Printing, Data collection and creation, Provide data upon request in GIS and Microstation file format, Develop GIS and Microstation/CADD data interoperability, Geodatabase development, Transition projects.Consultant and Technical Services (CATS) Contract documents and resources, contract review and interview committee for contract award.Teacher/Facilitator: OHD University, GIS training, OHD employee supervision.Various Interview committees.

Chestertown, Md

Data collection and mapping with a focus on Kent County historic properties; Education, crime, and community mapping; GPS field data collection, GIS Camp Counselor 2009-11.Archaeology Lab support: Process artifacts and site survey data for analysis, Conduct public tours.

Elkton, Md

Deed and property research and survey support: Deed plot and deed chain, Deed research and retrieval (online and courthouse documents), Access tax maps, parcel data, plats and associated maps.Administrative duties: payroll, customer service.

Rising Sun, Md

Detailed brush painting, airbrush painting, and wood carving. Painting instructor, Supervise and train incoming employees, Successful at competition level, Work featured in "Carving the Green Wing Teal" and "Creating the Preening Blue Wing Teal" by Jeffrey A. Moore, 2001/2003 published by Schiffer Pub. Ltd., Atglen, PA.

Master Of Professional Studies, Geospatial Information Science

Center For Historic Archtecture & Design, School Of Urban Affairs And Public Policy

Ba, Anthropology

Aa, General Studies