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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Responsible for all aspects of product strategy, development and operations.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Worked as part of GeoBC's Business Innovation and Emergency Response Team.• Developed a data portal to support local governments and indigenous communities in their climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction efforts (based on ArcGIS Hub and Bootstrap)• Fulfilled ad-hoc requests to automate data processing, updates of online services to respond to emergency events using arcpy, ArcGIS REST & Python APIs. • Developed geospatial deliverable standards (structure, metadata, schema) for multi-million dollar flood risk mapping projects.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Worked as part of the South Coast Regional Operations GIS team. Supported resource stewardship and conservation by providing rigorous data products to biologists and decision-makers: • Scripted repeatable analytical geospatial workflows (raster & vector-based), created custom tools to automate production of maps, reports and online services using python (arcpy, ArcGIS API, geopandas) and automation servers (Jenkins) • Created & maintained client-facing online tools, visualizations (based on ArcGIS Online and various APIs), customized applications using Arcade and JavaScript

Burnaby, British Columbia

• Collaborated with City of Vancouver planners working in flood risk management to understand their current GIS and visualization practices• Developed 3D visualizations based on existing GIS datasets, policy documents and internal processes• Designed and deployed mixed reality user interfaces (based on HoloLens 2, Azure Cloud and C#) to explore, analyze, query and communicate flooding risk data and potential adaptation options• Gathered feedback from practitioners to inform future development of the platform• Part of a larger MEOPAR research project "Coastal Flood Risk Governance in a Changing Climate"• Parts of this work were presented & published at the international IEEE Vis 2019 conference, published in peer-reviewed Cartographica journal and ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.

Burnaby, British Columbia

• Provided spatial and statistical analysis, reports and visualizations (graphs, maps) to inform the allocation of social housing and support programs across British Columbia using Excel, ArcMap and ArcGIS Online• Advised on the overall design, software needs and data requirements for Research & Corporate Planning and Emergency Management departments’ internal GIS infrastructure• Managed datasets, replied to internal and external requests for GIS data and maps

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Liaised with and collected data from municipalities, organizations and researchers working on climate change risks in BC• Compiled data and provided an analysis of impacts of climate change on social housing using ArcMap, QGIS and other tools • Prepared a report on the impacts of climate change on social housing which provides a basis for current adaptation efforts• Presented results to internal stakeholder groups using StoryMaps• Arranged pay-per-use licensing of ArcGIS with an adjacent ministry, significantly reducing operational costs

Master Of Science - Msc, Geographic Information Science

Fully-funded Master's Research as part of a MEOPAR project "Coastal Flood Risk Governance in a Changing Climate". Master's Thesis: "Mixed.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Geography, 3.95

Concentrated on GIS, remote sensing, 3D visualizations, environmental hazards, and urban studies. President's and Dean's Honour Rolls.

Certificate, Spatial Information Systems