Bringing useful geospatial experiences to customers across Procore's construction software portfolio

Enabling developers to build immersive maps experiences with Google Maps Platform APIs. Google.org Fellow for The New School: Building an AI climate hazard risk tool for cities on GCP (https://urbansystemslab.com/climateiq)

Managing both B2B (web) and B2C (mobile) products centered around geodata collection (UGC), production, acquisition, and geodata content management/Operations tooling. Often also wearing the hat of technical program manager, user researcher and UX designer, as needed, to execute a vision to deliver the world's most entertaining and engaging community mapping experience for players.Delivering research driven product features in Pokémon GO, Ingress, and Wayfarer that built Niantic's 15M global Wayspot (POI) database used across all Niantic games. Defining and delivering product strategy, as informed by work with data science, achieving cross functional alignment across the org (legal, security, trust and safety, operations, game design, ux, platform engineering). Leading and inspiring a cross-functional team to stay ambitious in the face of ambiguity and resource constraints.

Owning the visioning, design, and execution of products and features for Wayfarer, Niantic's community mapping program that allows millions of players to contribute to the real-world gameboard as experienced in games like Pokémon GO and Ingress. Delivering B2B server and web-applications to support platform geodata administration at scale, impacting all Niantic games. Building new value into the geodata platform through sourcing, acquiring, or deriving new types of geodata that inspires innovation in real-world location-based game design. Providing product leadership and strategy for numerous complex spaces such as accessibility and safety, community management, anti-cheat in community mapping, geodata security, and on-site geodata collection.

Delivered digital products and services for clients on half-million to billion dollar projects, using geospatial technology to drive process innovation and project insight (rail, airport, bridges, tunnels, building projects). Executed user research to develop core user stories for web-applications, designed wireframes to support data/content management experience, and translated technical ideas into a shared vision. Managed a small team of engineers and GIS analysts.Lead Information Manager for MTA Capital Construction's $2.6B Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project: Responsible for constantly improving information flows and work efficiency between staff and information security. Oversaw implementation of an Office 365/SharePoint system for document control and record retention, various IT security protocols, the use of mobile data collection program for construction oversight, and the development of a digital dashboard for project information management and reporting.Led and designed New York City DEPs first Citywide Parcel-Based Impervious Area GIS Study, and delivered the first city-wide vector dataset on imperviousness using supervised image classification techniques on 4-band aerial imagery in FME. Other geospatial services provided include cartographic maps and map infographics, and the collection and post-processing of LiDAR data, georeferenced field inspections, panoramic imagery, raster imagery, and vector data. Clients included New York's MTA NYCT, MTA LIRR, NYC DOT, and NYC DEP.

Managed project geodata, produced cartographic products, designed and executed data collection projects, data processing, and data management best practices. Produced technical and graphical maps that explained spatial patterns or told specific narratives to helped explain complex spatial problems.Deployed data collection programs for numerous large infrastructure and planning projects across the US. Technologies used included mobile data collection applications (Fulcrum, ArcCollector) and remote sensing devices (Faro LiDAR, Panono 360 imagery). Supported the Digital Insight team by providing expertise in workshop facilitation, user experience research and user interface design on custom web products for client information management. This capability was enabled by my former experience as a graphic designer and public outreach consultant. I also led the development of user requirements prototyping of a GIS-based water master planning web-application for medium to large sized US cities.

Curated and edited articles for GIM International Magazine, English print publication.

Delivered the first contemporary report on downtown parks as part of the "TOcore comprehensive planning study" that informed an overall downtown planning strategy. Led and executed on policy research and analysis on downtown parks policy, working with Parks Information Analysts, policy officers, and GIS specialists. Influenced how asset and geospatial data should be maintained, to scale Divisional park mapping efforts and facilitate cross-divisional information sharing on the parks system and assets.Designed and executed the first large-scale Park Asset Inventory and Use Survey by coordinating a team to collect geodata using the Fulcrum mobile mapping solution, a methodology which inspired broader technology adoption across the Department. Introduced and advocated for new planning methodologies and metrics aimed at transforming the culture of parks planning from a reactive to a proactive posture, through planning workshops and inter-divisional training sessions. Co-chaired the Enterprise Geospatial Partnership, a group of geospatial practitioners across the City of Toronto, and as a core member of the Innovation Lab, a staff-led volunteer initiative to create unique learning opportunities for staff.

Co-authored an introductory chapter, provided editorial oversight and coordinated the overall publishing of the scientific book “Geodesign by Integrating Design and Geospatial Sciences” (Springer Publishers) which has been downloaded over 24,000 timesContributed to research proposals on urban environmental indicators and geodesign education. Worked with partners to implement the 2013 and 2014 Geodesign Summit Europe held in the Netherlands. Designed and organized two international geodesign workshops for Bachelor students from the University of Southern California.Managed a core-team to organize the first Geodesign Summit in Europe, attracting researchers and practitioners from around Europe to gather at the GeoFort, Netherlands, for a two-day intensive summit. Coordinated with participants to gather scientific papers with summit partners (Esri, Esri Netherlands, Esri Europe, Microsoft Europe).

Generated consensus-driven policy recommendations for building sustainable communities by conducting planning policy research and stakeholder interviews, writing technical reports and analyzing municipal strategic plans, official plans, urban design guidelines, and growth management strategies. Worked directly with Partners to successfully design and implement dozens of public engagement strategies for hundreds of stakeholders by producing communication/marketing material, managing volunteers, and coordinating with City staff in Regina, Saskatoon, Mississauga, and Toronto.