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Amherst, New York, Us

Contracted to Chugach Electric Association (CEA) as a GIS Analyst/Programmer and as a GIS Specialist to develop, test, and maintain the GIS data and environment. This system utilizes ESRI ArcGIS with Schneider Electric ArcFM extensions to model the electrical network. Oracle is the primary database backend with a few instances of SQL Server. ChangeGear is used for ticketing. Atlassian’s BitBucket software hosts internal Git source control repositories, and Atlassian’s Confluence is used for wiki documentation. Many Virtual Machines are in use and access is provided through VMWare Horizon.• Build an easily maintainable solution with System and Network Administrators for GIS users and developers to manage the GIS model of the greater Anchorage area’s electrical network.• Develop for ArcGIS/ArcFM system in .NET and Python.• Drive use of continuous integration by implementing a more complete version control solution through BitBucket and Git. Encourage code review and automated testing.• Audit wide variety of existing custom tools with minimal previous documentation. Create new and update existing documentation including test procedures. Update installer code to reliably update GIS software.• Collaborate with CTG and CEA leadership to develop new business solutions• Using Python and Safe Software’s FME Workbench extensively, develop facets of a system to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from an Autodesk / Oracle Spatial environment to CEA’s ArcGIS / ArcFM environment in support of a merger with the municipal electric utility, Municipal Light and Power (MLP).• Manually integrate data and processes acquired as part of the merger.• Work closely with all departments to ensure maps and data are appropriately updated and modified so all staff, including formerly MLP, can easily understand and utilize information from the GIS to do their job efficiently.

• Design, build, and maintain: * .NET web applications for public users and Fish & Game staff to find information, maintain data, and access Fish & Game resources. * .NET domain layer applications to execute business logic and communicate between front end interfaces and data layers• Technologies: ASP.NET web forms, MVC, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, Telerik/KendoUI, RESTful APIs, Web Services, Entity Framework, WCF, XML, SQL Server• Work individually and on a small team (local & remote members)• Established an automated build and testing solution for the team using Team Foundation server. Other technologies investigated included Team City and Jenkins.

Anchorage, Ak, Us

Contracted to various organizations to engineer, test, & maintain software systems• Municipality Light & Power: Maintenance of and user support for the Engineering Department's software including Synergi Electric, Enlighten GIS, Autodesk Suite, and SBS Automated Utility Design (AUD).• Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles: Perform a tech lift of 30+ year old mainframe software managing DMV data and transactions. Utilize SQL Server 2014, ASP.NET C#, MVC 5 framework, .NET Core, and a variety of NuGet libraries such as FluentValidation, AutoMapper for Entity Framework, and xUnit. Embrace continuous integration using the GitHub pull request interface and Jenkins for autobuilds.• Major oil company: Support an ASP.NET Web GIS application with an ESRI ArcGIS and Oracle backend. Upgrade the aging GIS web application to modern ArcGIS Portal application and other software. Maintain data quality using PL/SQL. Design, implement, and execute test plans for hardware, software, and database upgrades. Implement plugins for 3D visualization software using JScript.• Alaska Brain Injury Network: Create new and modify existing MS Access interfaces and reports.• State of Alaska Telecommunications System: Build an ASP.NET WebForms application using Telerik and a SQL Server backend. Manage project using a scrum-like approach meeting every couple weeks to review progress and define new requirements. Develop new database procedures, triggers, tables, etc. Design mock pages with Balsamiq before implementation.• RDI Intranet: Optimize & fix bugs for existing webpages using C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript/JQuery, & SQL Server. Build test suite for and validate new database security functions regarding human resources data.• CIRI: Define requirements for and develop an ASP.NET MVC web application using a SQL Express backend. Aid client in setting up a RackSpace hosted server and configuration for relay of email. Later aid in migrating from the RackSpace hosted server to one of their own.

Fairbanks, Ak, Us

• Manage data archive of roughly 1 petabyte• Maintain data quality analysis software• Successfully stabilize and manage an IBM TS3584 tape library with Tivoli Storage Management (TSM) software. The library houses up to 1.4 petabytes of data• Decommission obsoleted hardware holding archive data• Act as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and team member in the Agile methodology• Led initiative to purchase large scale Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution to store archive data on spinning disk including composing a Request for Proposal (RFP)

Fairbanks, Ak, Us

• Supervise a team of ten technical staff• Directly responsible for all software design, development, and architecture in the organization• Implement a new standard for delivering reliable and well tested and well documented software • Maintain and regularly update an in-house end-to-end Earth observation data system for satellite data downlink, ingest, processing, archival, backup, and distribution to science users• Nurture creation of a new data discovery portal using technologies new to the organization such as Hudson/Jenkins for automated testing; web technologies including node.js, backbone.js, MOOSE (object oriented Perl), and OpenLayers; and a postgres database• Oversee organizational shift from process-on-demand to direct download model including sweeping hardware and software changes.• Set and maintain ground rules used in the Agile methodology• Administer disciplinary actions for poor performance and behavior• Recognize and laud exceptional work

Fairbanks, Ak, Us

• Lead a team of four technical staff• Develop and maintain user software for ingest of data, digital image processing, and export to easily usable formats. The software utilizes several fundamental digital image processing techniques such as linear transformations, fast Fourier transforms, splines, warping, and simulated image creation. The software enables users to map-project, terrain correct, apply polarimetric decompositions, and colorize panchromatic data.• Act as Scrum Master in the Agile methodology• Create and maintain technical documentation for the software and use of ASF data• Develop in-house automated testing environment

Fairbanks, Ak, Us

• Create, maintain, and document software in C, Java, Perl, Tcl/Tk, and Unix shell scripts• Act as Scrum Master and team member using the Agile methodology

Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems (Gis)

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science