Christopher Wright Email & Phone Number

Tulalip, Wa

Kenmore, Wa

Program Manager, “Water Watchers” (community-based water quality monitoring program)• Designed data management protocol for monthly monitoring at 26 monitoring locations• Developed QA/QC protocol for data collection and reporting• Conducted routine monitoring of urban streams for water chemistry, and bacteriological parameters GIS Specialist• Developed “Water Watchers” geodatabase for managing GIS data related to SKWC projects• Created GIS-based information products including maps, posters, and outreach materials

Bothell, Wa

Operational management of 23 LiDAR specialists supporting self-driving car project• Designed productivity and QC metric tracking systems resulting in productivity increase of 106%• Responsible for coordination of resource requests from stakeholders and engineering teams• Technical support liaison for proprietary GIS software tools (evaluation, debugging, feedback)• Designed and developed policy, workflow, and training program

Bothell, Wa And Ecuador

Environmental Change in the Tropical Andes Mountains (Independent Research Capstone Project)• Utilized GIS framework and remote sensing techniques to conduct spatial/temporal analysis of changes in land use and vegetative land cover in relation to climate change data • Designed protocol and led in situ data GPS data collection of over 80 control points for ground truthing and field verification of remotely sensed data • Created a series of thematic maps showing temporal and spatial land cover and land use change.• Co-author of "Environmental change in the equatorial Andes: Linking climate, land use, and land cover transformations", published in the journal, Remote Sensing Applications: Environment and Society

Glencoe, Il

• Developed GIS models identifying potential habitat locations for rare/endangered plant species• Database management of "Plants of Concern" database• Conducted field monitoring of rare/endangered plant populations• Researched metrics for plant population health and viability

Bothell, Wa

• Designed GIS-based modeling framework to identify high priority natural water infiltration areas• Delivered presentation at Washington Urban & Regional Information Systems Association (WAURISA) Conference.• First place award winner of Dick Thomas Student Presentations, named a “Rising GIS Star”

Gis Certificate, Geographic Information Science And Cartography

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Environmental Science: Conservation And Restoration Ecology

Activities and Societies: UWB Presidential Medalist Candidate 2014, UWB Magna Cum Laude 2014, National Science Foundation Research.

Associate'S Degree, General Studies