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Bozeman, Montana, US

Basemap design, map tile configuration, cartographic automation

Through Stamen Design, I designed new map styles to accompany the launch of new vector map data tiles created by AWS Location Service. We created and refined four basemaps: - Light reference (muted colors) - Dark reference (muted colors) - Light data visualization (greys) - Dark data visualization (greys)The light reference style launched as part of the.

San Francisco, CA, US

Through Stamen Design, I worked on a small cartographic team that improved, maintained, and added new features to the vector tile basemap used throughout Facebook and Instagram.In addition to visual improvements, I conducted a thorough reorganization of the vast number of build files used to generate the vector data tiles and map stylesheets. This made the.

Seattle, WA, US

• As Amazon's sole cartographer, I drove the roadmap for cartography at Amazon, integrating priorities from several teams and collaborating with product, engineering, data science, QA, and design to improve map quality.
• My map styles were in use by dozens of teams across Amazon, including Flex (delivery driver app with over a million users), PrimeNow, AWS QuickSight, PrimeAir, and many internal-facing applications.
• I maintained a suite of 56 map stylesheets, variants of 4 main styles, that satisfied needs such as localization and different languages, various data sources, low-end device performance, and diverse use cases. I.
• I conducted an analysis of how map styles affect map renderer memory usage and used the results to performance-tune all stylesheets to use less memory while minimizing visual changes.
• I developed and managed the internal customer onboarding process for Amazon Maps, including documentation, ticket management, onboarding meetings, and status tracking.

Seattle, WA, US

Designing basemaps

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, US

Designing maps

Seattle, WA, US

I worked on special projects in several areas including cartography, web communication, graphic design, business analysis, Python scripting/automation, and ArcGIS administration. My biggest focus was designing and maintaining the City's basemap in both raster and vector tile formats.

Took some time off to focus on my GIS studies and work on personal projects.

TEAM LEADERSHIP: Built and led the content quality, customer service, and community management department from its inception into a successful, high-performing, 19-person team. Accomplishments include: - Running a cost-effective team (mostly remote) with extremely low turnover and high job satisfaction, despite the repetitive and low-end nature of much of.

Full-time care of my daughter from age fourteen months until she began preschool at two and a half.

Information technology: Led a team that selected, purchased, and administered all internal systems, from employee desktops/laptops to network, telephone, and email servers. Facilities management: Handled building-related issues; helped to organize and execute a major office move; maintained floor plans; worked with outside vendors; managed the acquisition.

Seattle, WA, US

Technical support: Provided telephone, email, and remote desktop support for customers with a wide variety of skill levels. Addressed each customer on his or her own level, while maintaining a high standard of clear, patient communication and meeting Service Level Agreements. Software migration: Acted as single point of contact within the company for our.

Dallas, TX, US

Technical management: Led system support and testing teams of up to eight people. Performance testing: Evaluated automated test software, implemented new performance test processes and benchmarks, wrote training documentation and test plans.Configuration management: Took over the build and deploy process for our product and changed it from an arcane system.

Certificate, Geographic Information Systems

Ba, Cum Laude, Comparative History Of Ideas, Drama