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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Working on developing industry and standards based best practices for alignment of Information Management Systems and supporting Business Processes with TBS, and overall Government of Canada policies and guidelines. Real Property Policy/Data related development work.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Cultivated trust and productive relationships with senior management. Consistently given opportunities to act as Acting Manager for the Nat Ops team.Demonstrated ability to onboard, train, and supervise multiple employees to ensure Nat Ops continues to deliver its mandate and move files forward despite short-term challenges.Based on high-level policy goals from the Portfolio Strategy group, created operational frameworks that guide annual Programs of Work to build business cases for funding the profile of each program. Once approved annually, these files and associated budgets are risk-managed for potential reallocation based on competing priorities prior to the end of each FY. • National Facilities Condition Assessment (FCA) Program - Led the DFO National FCA Program designed to visually assess the condition of assets in the portfolio. Coordinated on-site assessments, validated condition and replacement value, ensured buy-in, built funding cases, and helped bring DFO Maintenance regime to Level 2 standard. • National Waste Audit Program - Developed and operationalized a national framework based on Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and Greening Government Strategy that establishes baseline waste diversion rates for non-hazardous materials on high-priority assets. • DFO Asbestos Program - Led and administered the DFO National Asbestos Program, including project management, building relationships, and facilitating collaboration between DFO and PSPC to ensure smooth rollout of program. • Constructed and performed data validation and analytics on the Fisheries and Oceans National Asbestos Inventory, in addition to ongoing QA/QC. • Transportation Asset Risk Assessment (TARA) Program - Implemented an interdisciplinary approach with Transport Canada, to develop and deliver a PIEVC based climate assessments for the Canso Canal, an extremely important asset to the economy.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Conducted quality control procedures on the final database to produce deliverable map products and data files, including metadata records.Designed and continually improved a VBScript-based ArcPad 10 soil data collection program, as well as executing and refining logistics for collection, compilation, and database management to increase productivity by four times.Conducted on-demand, in-situ spatial analysis using custom-developed scripts to accurately identify potential sampling sites and local landscape features.Performed soil horizon augering, preparation, and labeling for analysis, as well as establishing landscape photography and digital soil data entry.

Guelph, On

Augured and prepared soil horizon profiles for analysis. Established landscape and aerial site photography. Pioneered innovative digital soil data collection methodologies for soil renewal pilot projects in the Huron, Middlesex, and Ottawa regions.Researched and implemented methodologies based on DJI Phantom 2 UAV technology to assist in field data collection.Organized and executed the summer 2015 field data collection campaign: supervising 12 team members spread out across

Guelph, On

Produced map products for inter-departmental program requests and performed quality control checks on data collection, processing, and storage, in addition to analyzing crop data for the AgRI database.Coordinated extensive crop data collection campaigns within Southern Ontario, refining in-field data collection methodologies and protocols.Implemented custom digitization procedures to increase workflow efficiency, resulting in the development of a high precision vector polygon framework for Bruce and Norfolk counties.Compiled SWOOP imagery mosaics for multipurpose use, significantly increasing efficiency and productivity through in-situ applicability.

Guelph, On

Responsibilities were consistent due to lengthy co-op term.Produced map products for inter-departmental program requests and performed quality control checks on data collection, processing, and storage, in addition to analyzing crop data for the AgRI database.Coordinated extensive crop data collection campaigns within Southern Ontario, refining in-field data collection methodologies and protocols.Implemented custom digitization procedures to increase workflow efficiency, resulting in the development of a high precision vector polygon framework for Bruce and Norfolk counties.Compiled SWOOP imagery mosaics for multipurpose use, significantly increasing efficiency and productivity through in-situ applicability.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Conducted comprehensive fieldwork on farms, collecting soil and biomass samples to evaluate and improve best management practices in a designated management watershed.Developed authoritative weekly North American soil moisture maps by processing SMOS satellite data using PCI Geomatica and MATLAB, for distribution to both internal and external stakeholders.Participated in the SMAPVEX12 joint field campaign, organized by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and other academic partners.Implemented cloud removal techniques on various satellite imagery, including Landsat, DMC, AWiFS, and RADARSAT-2, to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the annual crop inventory program.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Resolved complex spatial relationships between the National Geographic Database (NGD) and the updated Ontario Road Network (ORN) to ensure the accuracy of addresses and Elections Canada's administrative boundaries using the MapMerger extension.Identified and isolated outdated road segments by processing newly acquired GPS data and highlighting the changes for the next department. Additionally, streamlined and resolved multiple database alignment issues.Conducted evaluations and quality control checks on internal and external GIS data sources.

Master’S Degree, Climate Change

Activities and Societies: Environment Graduate Student Association

Bachelor’S Degree, Environmental Studies

High School