**Now working remotely from Bozeman, Montana** As the founder of a county GIS Department, I enjoy the evolving challenges of working for local government. Versatility is the key. I have collected GPS data, designed websites, written addressing standards, and guided software implementations. Geospatial data management, cartography, PHP/MySQL application development, coronavirus Hub site creation, server maintenance or automating processes with Python: each day can be different.As a Masters degree student at Penn State (completed 2016), I worked on a data integration automation project for several neighboring agencies using Python. The need is for seamless GIS data for emergency services, and the challenge is to get there from diverse data sources. With the active cooperation of all the agencies, I put together a package of scripts that is currently in use to integrate data for several 911 dispatch centers. I presented on the project at GIS in the Rockies in 2016 and the material is available in the publications section.