Mathew Carson Email & Phone Number

Irvine, California, United States

Pasadena, California, United States

Los Angeles, Ca

Monrovia, Ca

• Managed paleontological mitigation projects throughout Southern California;• Prepared daily, weekly, and monthly reports for clients and agencies, including Caltrans, Metro, CPUC, and BLM;• Conducted paleontological desktop and field-based assessments for environmental legal documents (IS/MND/EIR and EA/EIS) throughout California, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska, including paleontological inventories, mitigation plans, and monitoring reports that meet local, state (CEQA, Caltrans), and federal (NEPA) requirements and formats;• Served as a Principal Investigator for California BLM Paleontological Resources Use Permit;• Prepared annual BLM close-out reports, and facilitated the curation procedures of significant fossils between repositories and landowners;• Provided QA/QC for technical reports, GIS figures, and field data prepared by junior staff;• Participated in resume review and interview process for potential new candidates;• Prepared scopes of work and cost estimates for clients to provide paleontological and cultural resources services in California and other western states ranging from $5,000 to $400,000+;• Discussed scope of services with potential clients and leads, including helping to secure a contract with a new client in a key target area to provide on-call services in Caltrans District 5;• Mentored and managed junior staff members in the field and in the office on various tasks, and conducted site-walks with clients and lead agency representatives; and• Provided GIS support, mapping, and geodatabase management using ArcMap (10.X), ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Collector, including proposing and implementing geologic map conversion from non-georeferenced vector graphic pdfs directly to georeferenced shapefiles/feature classes to save time and costs associated with map digitization.

Huntington Beach, Ca

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) geodatabase management (ArcGIS Desktop 10.X);• Georeferencing, feature digitization, and cartography in ArcMap;• 2D and 3D geospatial analysis and modeling of surface water drainage (ArcGIS 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst, and ArcHydro toolsets); • Multispectral satellite remote sensing image processing, raster data analysis, and land cover classification techniques (TerrSet/IDRISI and ArcMap Image Classification tool);• GPS data collection, post processing, and management of spatial data (ArcPad, Survey 123 for ArcGIS, Collector for ArcGIS, and TerraSync);• Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) for GIS and CADD data and figures; • Site investigation and remediation;• Implementation of sampling plans and collection of samples for groundwater, soil, soil gas, and air monitoring programs;• Groundwater well design, installation, and development;• Lithologic description and geologic logging (gINT);• Technical reporting, including Phase I/II ESA documents, RI/FS Work Plans, and technical memoranda;• Communication and coordination with local and state government agencies, clients, external consultants, subcontractors, and field staff;• Preparation and implementation of task-specific health and safety plans; and• Assistance in the preparation of project proposals, including budgeting, scoping, and technical writing.

Earth Sciences

M.S. Geology, Paleontology

B.S. Geology (Paleobiology Specialization)