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Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Tasmania, Australia

• Re-architected enterprise GIS, including consolidation of 20 production SDE geodatabases• Developed ArcMap Python add-in toolbar to provide easy and automated access to common business processes• Developed ArcGIS Pro tools to streamline and simplify workflows across various departments• Redeveloped meter reading system using Survey123 and Field Maps• Developed water quality monitoring system using Survey123 to submit data directly to local RDBMS• Automated auditing system using Python, Survey123 and Field Maps• Initiated redesign of integration between GIS and asset management system

Launceston, Tasmania

• Created general purpose, light weight, mobile GIS apps for iOS: Maps n Trax, Bit Map, Revierkarte, more• Software design, user interface design.• Software development including integration of multiple 3rd party libraries. (GDAL, Objective-C,XCode, SQLite, Spatialite)• Import/display of various georeferenced datasets (both raster and vector) on iOS devicesincluding ESRI shapefiles, ESRI file geodatabases and GeoTIFFs.• Implemented conversion and warping between spatial reference systems on iOS devices.• Implemented integration with 3rd party WMTS, TMS, WMS & XYZ services.• End user documentation writing and maintenance.• End user support.

• Implemented Geocortex as the GIS web viewer replacement for Dekho• Replaced three regional systems with a single GIS• Configuration, administration and end user support of corporate GIS applications: ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online, Geocortex• Managing GIS services in ArcGIS Server• Building workflows and tools for Geocortex• Developing online maps and maps with ArcGIS Online• Integrating ArcGIS and Maximo (asset management)• Development of Python maintenance scripts• Training users• Troubleshooting GIS applications issues

Launceston, Tasmania

• Architected, built and semi-automated the web platform (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)• Implemented the mailing list system; Integrated it with a custom archives index/search system; Automate migrations from the old system (Mailman, Swish-E)• Administration of Redhat Linux and Solaris unix servers• Physical server installation/maintenance and VMWare virtual machine creation/administration• Scripting (Bash, PERL, PHP)• Backups administration (Legato Networker)• Technical documentation writing and maintenance (HTML, Confluence)• ITIL service desk and change management

• Systems installation and configuration (PictureTel, Polycom)• Bridge configuration and scheduling• End user training• Technical trouble-shooting including multiple-vendor resolution of disputed network issues

Http://Bushwalk.Com

• Created Australia’s most popular bushwalking web site ( http://bushwalk.com )• Designed and developed several database-driven web applications, including the site’s photocompetitions system which integrates with the 3rd party forums software sharing data in bothdirections for voting and presentation of results (PHP, MySQL)• Installed, managed, integrated and customised several 3rd party web applications (MediaWiki,phpBB, Joomla, WordPress, OpenX)• Managed the site for its first 5 years including accounts for advertising clients• Moderated discussions and mediated disputes

Graduate Certificate Of Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Analysis, Arcgis, Python

• Formal training in ArcGIS, cartography, Model Builder, GIS analysis, Python, ArcPy, GDAL • Project work focussed on MCDA, least cost.

Bachelor Of Applied Computing, Systems Analysis And Design & Software Development

Studies included: • systems analysis and design • software development and programming • database management