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Olympia, Wa, Us

Olympia, Wa, Us

Richmond, Va, Us

Kirkland, Washington, Us

Provides general web development, IT, database, and embedded prototyping services to San Cristobal Coffee Importers. Developed a new company website and created a prototype IoT interface for a coffee sample roaster.TECHNOLOGIES USED: Python, Django, Wagtail, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Bootstrap, CSSGrid, DigitalOcean, Gunicorn, nginx, Linux

Castle Rock, Colorado, Us

Provided geospatial software development, data pipelining and delivery, predictive analytics, wildfire risk and exposure assessment, weather and climate impacts, and wildfire modeling to FireSci clients. FireSci is the only consulting firm focused solely on firetech. To help our clients solve wildfire, we designed and implemented novel solutions involving big data, artificial intelligence, tailored software, and automation. TECHNOLOGIES USED: Python, Amazon Web Services, Serverless Framework, Alpine.js, Google Maps JS API, Mapbox JS API, ESRI ArcGIS Software, Pulumi, Bulma.css

Olympia, Washington, Us

Project Lead for the legislatively-funded “GeoPortal 2.0” project involving the configuration and deployment of ArcGIS Enterprise to support sensitive data sharing for natural hazard mitigation efforts across all State agencies. Provided GIS leadership, coordination, consulting, and data/analytical support services to all State agencies in Washington and manages WaTech's enterprise geospatial services offerings (statewide imagery program, geocoding/address correction services, and the geospatial open data program). TECHNOLOGIES USED: Python, ESRI ArcGIS Software (incl. ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcPro, Python API, REST API, Notebooks, Distributed Collaborations), webhooks, FastAPI, Django, Celery, Windows Server, Microsoft Azure, Git

Olympia, Washington, Us

Lead member of a small analyst/scientist team in a hybrid role as a GIS developer, data manager, and wildfire program technology lead. Provided senior-level GIS consultation, analysis, application development, data management, and project support services to the WA DNR Wildfire Division.- Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining various authoritative geospatial web applications including the Wildfire Intel Dashboard which presents users with wildfire statuses, statistics, and other API-based information;- Developed, implemented, and maintained a remote sensing-based machine learning model and ETL pipeline for ingesting parcel data, predicting fire protection status, transforming data structures, and loading the data into ArcSDE. This process uses image classification via two different ConvNets created using transfer learning and the Pytorch machine learning library. The improved, on-going machine learning-based method led to an estimated ~$1.1 million yearly increase in fire protection tax revenue for DNR;- Performed ad-hoc geospatial analyses and acted as a data manager for all Wildfire Division related enterprise spatial data which is exposed thru ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server, and Oracle-based ArcSDE;- Led and supported the geospatial aspects of many large, vendor solution-based IT projects within the Division;- Developed and managed ESRI mobile data collection workflows for the Division through the Survey123 and ESRI Collector applications;- Instructed, lead, and participated in seasonal, interagency wildfire suppression efforts in WA State as a National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG) certified GIS Specialist (GISS).TECHNOLOGIES USED: ESRI ArcGIS Suite (ArcMap, ArcPro, ArcGIS Online), Python, Javascript, R, SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Bootstrap, JQuery, Leaflet, ESRI Leaflet, Windows Server, Linux, nginx, gunicorn, Git

Olympia, Washington, Us

Provided senior-level GIS consultation, analysis, application development, and project support services to the Forest Resources Division of the WA-DNR; Assisted long-term land planning efforts with cartographic and analytical needs (i.e. the WA-DNR Marbled Murrelet Long-term Conservation Strategy). Provided user support for ESRI ArcGIS software, GPS device hardware and software, and iOS & Android tablets. Maintained an ETL data pipeline which fed a Sharepoint-based Business Intelligence spatial data-mashup reporting portal. Maintained established mobile data collection workflows with various work groups. Maintained Python scripts that ran nightly and fixes any bugs caused by peripheral software upgrades. Actively participated in seasonal wildfire suppression efforts in WA State as a NWCG certified GIS Specialist (GISS) in a lead-role on a Type 2 incident management team.

Olympia, Washington, Us

Provided GIS consultation and analysis services to the Forest Resources Division of the WA-DNR. Compiled, processed, and validated statewide LiDAR data and raster datasets from various sources using Python, BeautifulSoup, and LASTools. Provided user support for ESRI ArcGIS software, GPS device hardware and software, and iOS & Android tablets. Bridged the gap between GIS and other parties, including executive management, staff scientists, and field foresters. Designed and developed a spatial ETL pipeline to power an internal reporting portal. Created ArcGIS Collector mobile data collection workflows for various workgroups. Developed an ESRI feature service updating Python script which runs nightly and makes use of the ESRI REST API. Actively participated in seasonal wildfire suppression efforts in WA State as a NWCG certified GIS Specialist (GISS) on a Type 2 incident management team.

Olympia, Washington, Us

Quantified and appraised forest volume and grades of State timber sales for the Pacific Cascade region. Designed statistically-viable sampling procedures for quantification efforts using GIS and statistical tools. Generated volume reports for appraisal efforts. Assisted in wildland firefighting and pre-sales layout efforts as needed.

Olympia, Washington, Us

Assisted the Region Silviculturalist with all aspects of reforestation on State Trust land. Carried out silvicultural surveying to generate work contracts. Administered and generated compliance reports of forest work contracts. Utilized GIS software and tools to create contract items, report on work, and accomplish tasks.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Performed ad-hoc and project-based GIS analysis, wildfire modeling, application development, and GIS support to the Director of Informatics and Client Services at LandVest Inc. Led a wildfire risk analysis for a 170,000 acre estate in California and developed the Timberland Fire Risk Portal - landvest-firerisk.com. TECHNOLOGIES USED: ESRI ArcGIS Suite (ArcMap, ArcPro, ArcGIS Online, ArcSDE), FlamMap, Python, Javascript, JQuery, SQL, SQLite, Bootstrap, Mapbox GL JS, MetricsGraphics.js, VMs, Git

Eberswalde, Brandenburg, De

Provided English language editing support of non-native English speaker contributions for book publication, “Global Change Management: Knowledge Gaps, Blindspots and Unknowables” from Ibisch, Geiger & Cybulla. Translated various University documents from German to English. Contract-based employment.

Conducted independent forest inventory on US Bureau of Land Management stand exam contracts; Maintained forest mensuration equipment; Upheld contract specifications and production levels; Independently inventoried approx. 3500 acres of BLM timberland.

Washington, Dc, Us

Assisted USFS Ranger Station with field work as a recurring seasonal student employee during the summer months on a multi-resource biology field crew in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest; Conducted many different field survey types related to timber/habitat improvement including silvicultural survival, planting, stocking, and pre-commercial thinning surveys.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), International Forest Ecosystem Management

Feststellungsprüfung (German University Entrance Qualifications), Technical And Natural Sciences

Zertifikat Deutsche - B1 Level German Language Certificate, German Language