Ryan Lord Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

As a Teaching Assistant for the GIS and Public Policy course, my goal is not only to help students get "unstuck" from technical Geographic Information Systems (GIS) problems they face, but also to teach problem solving strategies that allow them to tackle future challenges. I dig into my own experience of learning GIS for the first time and communicate to students how I tackled their same problems in the past, describing methods that worked and those that did not. As I am unable to know every error and workaround, I focus on creating a collaborative environment where I work alongside students, guiding them through strategic steps they need to take and allowing them to discover the solution, while also learning myself.

Boone, North Carolina, United States

During my time with the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC), I honed both my writing and map making skills. I combined my passion for mapping and interest in geopolitics through several weekly articles on international current events and a long term analytic presentation on the outlook of the War in Ukraine. I learned to use several new GIS geoprocessing tools and expanded my ability to think critically. I also collaborated with several analysts who challenged my assumptions, allowing me to craft stronger analytic products.

London, England, United Kingdom

Throughout my time at Toad.ai, I worked with an advertising platform which spanned the United Kingdom (UK). Clients used the platform to identify optimal locations based on several metrics for their advertising campaigns. To ensure a seamless customer experience, I was in charge of creating and posting several tutorial videos, detailing how to navigate the platform. I had never used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit before, and quickly set to work learning all that I could about the software. I applied problem solving strategies from my past experience of learning GIS programs to aid my understanding of video editing. In the end, I successfully developed multiple tutorial videos and even created a web page on the company’s website to host them all, allowing prospective clients greater understanding of the tools at their disposal.

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Much of my time at Pocono Heritage Land Trust (PHLT) involved spending time in the outdoors. My role involved mapping trails, monitoring properties, and minor trail maintenance. Using the County's Trimble GPS, I mapped several properties, providing the organization greater insight into what activities could be supported on both their existing and newly acquired pieces of property.

Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

With the Planning Commission I made a series of maps for Pocono Heritage Land Trust (PHLT) and helped to update existing development and recreation records. Using the trail data collected from PHLT, I imported and corrected GPS information in ArcMap. I then created a series of maps highlighting trails in each of PHLT's properties. I also helped to update the County's recreation layers and georeferenced several development plans.

Master'S Degree, Public And International Affairs: Security And Intelligence Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Geography And Urban Planning

Activities and Societies: Gamma Theta Upsilon (Geography Honors), Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU)