Jordan Bess Email & Phone Number

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Owner and lead architect of an Innovative Geospatial Data Services company focused on offline mapping and FOSS4G Solutions. Data Driven Insightful Actionable Decision Making powered through Geospatial Techologies and Mapping and Data Visualization.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Federal and Defense Business geospatial data, digital twins and earth observation IT generalist and solutions architecture and developer

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Solving Geospatial Data Integrationhelping shape roadmap with product/engineering teamsassisting marketing team in messaging around GeospatialData Visualization Pipelines and API'sProcesses/Workflows for transforming Geospatial dataEvaluating integration with other geospatial software

Hilton Software is an App development firm specializing in EFB Aviation apps for general aviation, commercial and military. My role is to support the mapping, charting and data needs for the mobile applications. Process Raster aviation chart data to be used in the apps by generating tiles for moving map and chart viewer. Process vector data and databases for overlays. Perform Geospatial ETL to convert data into formats used in apps. Geo-referencing/Image GeoRectification of charts. PDF and image conversion, build databases. Automating data production tasks by the use of scripts and developing documentation. Quality Assurance testing of app and data. Perform other Geospatial Information Technology Services and support the needs of the software engineers. Business/system analysis and IT project management. WordPress CMS Web development. Development of several proof of concept and demo Web Mapping Portals and applications and GIS CMS with JavaScript Leafletjs, MapBox GL JS and CesiumJS, TurfjS and tile servers.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

BMS/EMS -Enterprise Mobility Solutions/WWRS-World Wide Radio Solutions/GSPAD - Global Subscriber Platform & ASTRO Division Test GroupsPerform Software Integration Sanity testing of new software/firmware builds impact on radios. Perform Script and Expert Box quality assurance testing.Performed Key performance Indicators (KPI) and Critical Parameters (CP) testing to measure the impact of software builds on radio performance. (Power-Up Time, Core Processor Usage, Audio Throughput Delay, MIPS, data and others)Manually tested the Mackinaw series Portable (APX7000-Model 3.5 Dual Band) and Mobile (APX7500 with MCH 09 05 and 03) radiosWrote up test and radio defectsPrepared reportsCreated and maintained team wiki site on internal intranet.Developed and maintained Critical Parameter Management (CPM) Microsoft Access Database.Utilized IBM Rational Software - Clearcase and clearquest.Utilized CPS-Labtools software for programming radio codeplugs.Utilized FlashZap software to upgrade radio software.

Perform IT consulting for various clients in South Florida. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, analysis, application development, database planning and development, data capture, data conversion, procurement assistance, asset management, internet/web mapping, etc. Other services database management, web design - Joomla and Wordpress and static sites.

Developed wide variety of custom solutions for a variety of small business clients. (GIS consultant and data analyst for an A/E/C, Planning and Surveying firm. This included managing and assembling spatial data, performing complex mapping and analysis and photo interpretation. Conceptualized and began development of a very ambitious endeavor to produce a web portal for all of South Florida Parks and Preserves. (a plan that includes the following Counties - Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, Palm Beach, Lee and Collier) Mapped park properties and facility assets (created GIS feature classes/layers) by heads-up digitizing orthophoto-aerials, utilizing property parcel layers and by incorporating existing data. Designed, developed and managed Geodatabase utilizing SQL Server 2008 and the new geography and geometry data types.Coordinated with the hundreds of agencies responsible for the ownership or management of the many parks, preserve and open space they control.Performed business analysis and project management on the front-end applications (.NET) to track, manage and report this data.

• Served as Parks Department's GIS Manager o Creating, editing and managing ten core GIS layers (feature classes) and about 50 non-core layers. o Continually maintained and updated Parks Dept. data in a geodatabase & shapefiles. o Managed a geospatial data index/inventory system that served as a manual for staff for finding the data and information that was needed for various projects.o Supported other GIS capable staff by developing and managing GIS templates, LYR files and by providing training and user documents.o Developed and maintained a user support log for tracking all requests for maps, data & reports.• Data collection, management and conversiono Collected and updated geospatial data by heads-up digitizing by utilizing orthophoto-aerials and remote sensing data sets, geocoding/address matching, geo-referencing, feature extraction, data extraction/conversion and importso Created, updated and published Metadata using ArcCatalog and other tools.o Managed the import and export of geospatial data. Performing Extract Transform and Load operations on many data sets.o Converted GIS Data to Google Earth and Maps KML files and assembled them into network linked KMZ files. This increased the speed and information delivery of vital information. Performed photo interpretation, image classification, imagery analysis and change detection.o Geo-rectified scanned imagery and non geo-referenced aerials.o Georeferenced CADD site plans and surveys for use in ArcGIS ArcMap.• Mapping and Analysiso Developed custom GIS map projects (ESRI ArcMap –MXD), templates (MXT), LYR files and ESRI ArcPublisher - ArcReader Published maps (PMF) for projects o Performed complex GIS o Created cartographic quality map products (paper and digital) such as custom map books illustrating each park, large format paper maps and aerials and full-sized wall maps. o Performed routing and network analysis on many projects.

• GIS project management and coordination o Served as subject matter expert/ internal consultant on several enterprise-wide applications that were being developed or modified so that GIS could be a component of the application/database and information could be shared.o Coordinated and managed several large scale comprehensive GIS projects. o Development of mobile GIS solutions with ESRI ArcPAD and mobile databases.o Conducted systems/business analysis, systems architecture planning, IT project management, training, coordination and support for several applications o Performed application needs analysis, wrote project scopes, defined critical application data, business process modeling, case studies and plans, tracking, coordination and management of projects. o Reviewed new or modified applications that included testing and vetting systems and bug/error reporting. o Developed methodologies to ensure the successful execution of new products, services and new data requirements.o Coordinated projects with multiple work streams across technical infrastructure, functional design and development, testing, training and deployment project phases. o Managed and conducted hands-on training and developed computer based training resources, user manuals and documentation, intranet site and online videos. o Provided in depth research and analysis for recommending products and services. Including the benefits and risks, return on investment and other considerations.o Coordinated implementation of projects for various business units, functional areas and vendors.o Provided timely status reports and weekly update meetings with my supervisor and steering committees for the purpose of keeping the project on schedule, within budget and to ensure that service level agreements (SLA) were met. o Utilized Microsoft Project break down tasks, and project phases and expected milestones and assign resources.

• Asset managemento Managed and maintained Property and Facility Asset Inventories (more than 15,000 assets) by utilizing Geographic Information Systems, GPS, and Parks Property Management Information System and synchronization with Datastream 7i/ Infor EAM. o Managed and trained staff that conducted site inspections/assessments and the linking of photos and maps to assets.o Responded to requests for custom reports, data and map products. • Database managemento Planned, designed, developed and managed new databases for the Planning and Development Divisions. o Developed MS SQL Server tables and views to assist in the creation of reports and data extracts.o Performed and managed data cleanup and quality assurance, data mining and analysis.o Created reports in Excel and Access (either from data extracts or by an ODBC System DSN connection to SQL Server) Expert at pivot tables and charts and data analysis.o Designed reports that were developed by programmers in Crystal and Cognos.o Established and managed geodatabases with appropriate data models, feature data types and classes to represent the various data sets. • Disaster planning, management and coordinationo Disaster/Hurricane event management and coordination of assessment of park properties and facility/assets. o Development of Damage Assessment Database, responsible for all supplies and gear (backpacks, cameras, GPS, etc.), developed map books and wall maps and an intranet site. o Coordinated with IT staff on the appropriate SQL Server database disaster recovery and high availability strategies.o Organized all assessment photos, prepared custom damage reports and coordinated and assisted the direction of crew of assessors. • Web/Intraneto Spearheaded, developed and managed Parks Dept’s first Intranet consisting of several hundred pages that serve a wide variety of uses and users, made information more accessible and have proven to be a time saver.

Developed and managed a Geographical Information System (G.I.S.) and Global Positioning System (GPS) for post Hurricane Andrew ecological restoration project. Utilized Trimble Pro XL GPS data loggers/Rovers with a GPS base station to collect attribute and locations data of trees, park assets, sand dunes, property features and other park features.Synthesized GPS data from field collectors into ESRI ArcView GIS shapefile format and databases.Created maps and performed analysis, queries and reports. Developed project closeout report.Trained and supervised a crew of six field employees in the GPS data collection process.

Bronx, New York, Us

Utilized GIS, GPS, remote sensing (Satellite Imagery and Aerial Imagery), LIDAR, field observations and other data to map and analyze coral reef and other marine habitats for the establishment of a marine reserve and the designation of a United Nations World Heritage site.

Bs, Marine Biology

Certification, Microsoft Sql Server Database Administration

Certificate, Geographic Information Systems (Gis)

Bachelor Of Science, Various