At Go West Geospatial Services, we provide GIS consulting services to nonprofits, public entities such as state and local governments, and the private sector for managing mountains of geospatial data to create engaging maps and tell enlightening stories.

Perform GIS data management, metadata authoring, analysis and create cartographic products for ecological assessment projects on an as-needed basis.

Working with a small, start-up nonprofit to conduct a GIS needs assessment and introduce them to the wonders and power of the ArcGIS Online suite of offerings.

Provided advanced technical expertise and support for the enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS). Supported the GIS and delivery of geospatial services to customers, partners, and the public. Infused technical expertise on GIS projects and to manage the City's GIS web and desktop applications.• ArcGIS Online/Open Data curation and administration• ArcGIS Pro user and evangelist• Project management• Data curation and analysis• Enterprise geodatabase administration• Python scripting for automated tasks• Electronic field data collection solutions• Departmental GIS coordination and solutions advisement/curation• ArcGIS Pro user and evangelist• VertiGIS (formerly Geocortex) product configuration and administration

Fall 2020/2021: "Python Scripting for GIS" - a 3 credit course that introduces fundamental Python concepts and the Python scripting environment in ArcGIS. Students will learn to write Python script to automate routine tasks, customize data processing, create a tool with GIS applications in mind, and export models to Python using the ArcGIS ModelBuilder.Spring 2021: "Remote Sensing/GIS Integration" - a 3 credit course that provides an overview of the principles of remote sensing and image processing. Students will learn about satellite imagery and aerial photography as data sources for geographic information systems, along with image enhancement, classification techniques, and spatial relationships.

• Use Esri ArcMap Editing, Advanced Editing, and COGO tools to create and maintain spatial datasets, which include, but are not limited to: o Licensed outfitter areas for the online Idaho Outfitter Guide o Properties that IDFG currently owns, leases, and or manages o Idaho hunting areas for the Online Hunt Planner and printed hunting regulations o Access Yes! properties o Statewide wildfire emergency closures• Mapping and spatial analysis tasks for the Wildlife Bureau, such as: o “Hotspot” analysis of deer roadkill in Southeast Idaho o Analysis of potential and actual effect of wildfire on Greater sage grouse habitat o Helped with the modeling of Idaho species of economic and recreational importance crucial habitat project for the Western Governors Association o Wolf pack home range analysis o R scripting code to determine calving locations of pregnant cow elk using GPS-collar data o Many custom map projects, such as: the south-central Idaho Wildlife Tracts hard-copy map: regional Access Yes! booklets; statewide Fishing & Boating Access Guide; Wildlife Management Areas map series, statewide species report maps• ArcGIS Server/ArcGIS Online Open Data portal administration, service creation, organization, and maintenance (index on INSIDE Idaho).• Created and maintain a number of interactive mapping applications built using customized Esri Story Maps, the Esri JavaScript API, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Server, which include: o Hunt/Fish Planner Map Centers o Wildlife Management Areas o Wildlife Tracts o Idaho Birding Trail o The IDFG Lands Viewer (in-house app) o The IDFG Collar Finder (in-house app)• Adept at creating/troubleshooting Esri’s Survey123 and Collector and bolstered awareness of these technologies across the agency.• Have been a part of hiring committees for various positions.• Attend IDFG In-service Training School give co-present related to GIS.• Go-to resource for IDFG personnel GIS questions, custom mapping and data requests.

Completed solo and group labor support tasks and provided construction, maintenance, and general assistance at numerous work centers at McMurdo Station, the heavy mechanic shop at South Pole Station, and WAIS divide field camp in Antarctica.Tasks included: • preparation of flags and markers for airfields & roads • general cleanup around the stations and field camp • assistance to Science Support functions• helping the Berg Field Center RFI (ready for issue) field equipment to be issued to or checked back in from science and support groups • food preparation for the galley• sorting of recycled materials for the waste work center• manual labor in the removal of snow and ice• offloading and staging of materials from the cargo vessel

• Used GIS as a tool for creating maps for the field and reports, also simple spatial analysis.• Helped organize and conduct surveys for great gray and flammulated owls on the Payette National Forest, including the Frank Church Wilderness. Co-authored the species’ occurrence reports. • Led and managed the northern Idaho ground squirrel (NIDGS) monitoring team (3-5 people). Coordinated and conducted surveys and trapping sessions throughout April, May, and June for the last three years. Co-authored the annual population monitoring progress reports. Organized metapopulation and colony data into an Access database that may be used to create a website for the use of the NIDGS recovery team, which involves a number of agencies.• Sampled vegetative/species-specific cover at NIDGS trapping sites using Daubenmire plots. Collected samples of all plant species found within trapping sites to create a library of potential NIDGS food sources for a long-term cattle competition study for Dr. Eric Yensen, Department of Biology, of the College of Idaho. • Constructed and set out hair snare grids and set up bait stations with game cameras to collect hair for DNA sampling and obtain picture proof of fisher and wolverine presence in the McCall Subregion.• Assisted in aerial elk surveys in the main Salmon River, South Fork of the Salmon River, and Johnson Creek drainages and mule deer surveys across southwest/central Idaho winter range.• Assisted in a black bear DNA study that involved constructing baiting cubbies, setting up foot snares for capture, using jab sticks to administer tranquilizers, and collecting hair, tooth, and blood samples as well as taking general body size measurements. • Operated telemetry equipment to locate mule deer being monitored for a statewide mortality study and retrieved collars sending mortality signals during the winter/spring 08-09 in the McCall Subregion.• Spring 2009 greater sage-grouse nocturnal trapping/collaring in central Idaho.