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Richmond, VA, US

• Built an Environmental Data Hub prototype for the U.S. Department of Agriculture- Designed and implemented a full-stack data pipeline, delivering real-time and historical environmental data to USDA scientists- Deployed.
• Ported a commercial C++/Fortran application from CentOS 7 to CentOS Stream 9 utilizing Docker, Github Actions, and Sonatype Nexus

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

• Cloud Developer: Led the migration of NCEI archive datasets to AWS storage and demonstrated cloud-native data access capabilities- Developed a NetCDF climate data to cloud-optimized geotiff conversion pipeline using.
• Geospatial Web Developer: Spearheaded the development, deployment, and maintenance of geospatial web applications- Developed the Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data (OCAD) Portal: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/oads/.

Lynchburg, Virginia Area

• Esri StoryMap of projects completed during internship: https://arcg.is/1uD5Pu
• Created new feature class in ArcSDE and captured GPS points for all City trail mile and safety markers; utilized the ArcGIS Collector app on an Android tablet paired with a Trimble R1 GPS device
• QA/QC’d and completed capture of the City’s ADA ramps on sidewalks in a versioned ArcSDE that allows the City’s GIS division to build a walkability network and to analyze pedestrian accessibility throughout the city
• Converted out-dated, static City Overlay District maps into interactive ArcGIS Online web-mapping applications utilizing services via a rest endpoint
• Analyzed density and hotspots of Stormwater condition assessment data and created a workspace in ArcMap to be viewed by the Department of Water Resources leadership team to determine project areas that can be given to.
• Created Python scripts used to automate geoprocessing workflows and organize Stormwater infrastructure data into file geodatabases

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Assessed current tree canopy cover and areas for possible tree planting in the City of Hopewell utilizing ArcGIS Pro in order to improve Stormwater and runoff management
• Presented Tree Canopy Assessment to City of Hopewell Stormwater Management team and CBF Regional Offices
• Tree Canopy Assessment provided to CBF was used to secure $200,000 in grant funding to plant trees in Hopewell, VA
• Updated and appended to an Excel spreadsheet of all elected officials in Virginia as an email contact list for CBF
• Assisted with CBF’s underwater grass program by kayaking Dragon Run River looking for new underwater grass species and organizing the grasses to the masses program equipment

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Studies And Biology Double Major, Magna Cum Laude