Christopher Harrod Email & Phone Number

Forestville, CA, US

Virginia, United States

Work within our Portfolio Management team to help manage the ARC (Advancing Resilient in Communities) Zone 1 Risk MAP contract. Current change management lead. Duties include project tracking, project creation, project closeout, WBS management, and earned value analysis/management. Using my experience from both Risk MAP production and earned value.

Community Engagement and Risk Communication (CERC) Resilience Action Partners (RAP) Cooperating Technical Partner Lead.

Oakland, California, United States

Project Monitor for CTP (Cooperating Technical Partner) and PTS (Production and Technical Services) studies within Region IX (Hawaii, California, Nevada, Arizona, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands). MIP (Mapping Information Platform) Regional Champion.

Oakland, CA

Mapping Information Platform (MIP) Lead (Black Belt) and Coordinated Needs Management Strategy (CNMS) Lead for FEMA Region IX which includes Arizona, California, Nevada, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Manage floodplain mapping projects within the MIP. Coordinate with project managers across the Region to complete studies.

Oakland, California

Oakland, CA

Assist coastal and transportation engineers along with ecologists and geologists with mapping needs. Process LiDAR data, create DEMs, perform spatial analysis, create metadata, and build models for automated workflow using ArcGIS suite. Create and clean data for spatial analysis and manage SDE databases. Construct and refine maps using high end graphic.

Cupertino, CA

Provided technical services for Apple engineering teams. Assessing, validating and enhancing world location data content for consumer applications and metrics.

Pleasant Hill, CA

Performed research on open source and non open source geographic information systems (GIS) software such as Google Earth Pro, Revit, OpenStreetMap, and ArcGIS. Evaluated high school lesson plans related to GIS software. Developed GIS modules in a variety of subjects included economics, geography, and science.

Prepared Special Flood Hazard Area maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). as PDFs and KMZs. Performed topology, editing and QC with ArcGIS and GlobalMapper on FEMA related projects and LiDAR data. Created feature classes for the National Levee Database. Updated and processed data in adherence to the Coordinated Needs Management Strategy set.

Sebastopol, CA

Performed customer service, plant identification, landscape design, consultations, sales, inventory, receiving, purchasing. merchandising and maintained plant stock.

Cotati, CA

Conducted research and wrote articles representing Cotati Creek Critters in The Community Voice. Supervised small groups of volunteers on restoration related tasks along riparian habitat.

Santa Barbara, California

Conducted literature review on water conservation policies and programs in California. Prepared web content on water conservation policies and programs.Prepared a report on water conservation policies and programs in California for CWIN and the broader California public.

Rohnert Park, CA

Performed and reviewed various invasion weed removal strategies. Recruited and coordinated volunteers on Coastal Prairie Restoration Workdays. Lead tours with focus on grass identification, coastal prairie ecology and appreciation, and land management strategies with small-landowner options.

Santa Rosa, CA

Performed customer service, plant identification, landscape design, consultations, sales, inventory, receiving, purchasing. merchandising and maintained plant stock.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Water Resource Management, 4.0

Associate'S Degree, Geographic Information Systems And Cartography, 4.0

Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental Studies And Planning

Associate'S Degree, Ornamental Horticulture