Katherine Dobson Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

• Administered the implementation of, and managed, the GIS systems to enable the continued growth of oil and gas leasing in the Barnett Shale, Permian Basin and Eagleford Shale.• Evaluated needs and defined solutions leveraging Petra, IHS Data, Texas Railroad Commission Data, DrillingInfo,County Data, CAD Data, LandWorks and ESRI ArcGIS technologies.• Pivotal role in deploying and supporting new corporate land mapping GIS system, LandWorks, eliminating disparate systems and automating manual processes across the organization.• Managed and created maps and templates using SDE features, personal geodatabases, and shapefiles for planning, operations, legal and regulatory services.• Mapped leasehold in Jeffersonian Survey (PLSS), Texas Land Survey (TLS), and parcel data.

• Integral team member in the strategic design of a global GIS mapping system and Global Energy Database (GED), integrating SQL tabular data with SDE spatial data.• Managed and supervised the Global Energy Database (GED) which held project related information focused on the business of the worldwide energy sector. GED maintained technical and commercial information, spatially enabled with global map data.--5+ employees managed.• Administered GIS development:--Managed spatial data, conducted research, analysis and mapping of oil and gas property resources, land parcels, wells, fields, facilities, basins, pipeline and cultural data.--Edited shapefiles, geodatabases and SDE features; performed various geoprocessing tasks.--Maintained all GIS data on network.--Implemented GIS and cartographic best practices; developed or improved workflows, processes, or procedures.--Responsible for quality control of geographic data; improved GIS data quality ensuring smarter decision making.--Supervised mapping section and helped coordinate and manage projects, workflow, and data or map requests.--Worked with clients to custom tailor GIS needs to extract maximum value and ROI--Responsible for all cartographic output; provide detailed attractive maps for clients and marketing.• Conducted research and evaluations associated with the development of Competent Persons Reports and business plans for the purpose of raising capital for clients. Research included analyses of geology, oil and gas prices, transportation and lifting costs, established infrastructure, and government relations.• Represented Moyes & Co. and Clients at industry conferences and other events.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Geological Sciences 3359: Computer Methods in Geological Sciences, Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS) – Co-Instructor for initial GIS class at SMU with Dr. Jason McKenna.• Prepared course material and co-taught class of 25 students.

• Developed reports for clients including Phase 1, Phase 2, ESA, limited asbestos surveys, soil resistivity, aerial photographs, topographic vicinity maps, site drawings, etc.• Evaluated risks of geological, historical and potential environmental hazards and concerns.

Bachelors, Geology, History, English

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