Tim Eisler Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ca

Tim Eisler is the Information Systems Manager for the city of Dublin California, a suburban city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tim’s passion for the outdoors and focus in geography led him to a career in GIS and information systems, and laid the foundation to successfully fulfill the IT needs of a rapidly growing city. He started with the city of Dublin as a GIS Coordinator in 1992 and was promoted to Information Systems Manager in 2016. In this position, he supervises the technical team and oversees complex projects, such as upgrades to the city’s virtualization and data storage environment, remote connectivity, and systems integration between on-premise hardware and cloud-based SaaS solutions. He is directly in charge of all IT purchases for the city, operating with a budget of just over $2 million. The city maintains over 600 computers, with a mix of physical and virtual servers and desktops. The division supports over 200 users, between permanent city staff, and contract-based positions. In early 2020, Tim successfully managed the division that thwarted a ransomware attack, and led the effort to find evidence of the attempt to attack his city’s system.

Dublin, Ca

Coordinator, administrator, and implementer of the City of Dublin’s enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS).Reports directly to Information Systems Manager; work in close collaboration with Information Systems team, but individually perform coordination and tasks to meet the requirements of City Staff.Undertake and manage complex tasks of both a technical and administrative nature necessary to develop and operate the GIS.Provide technical support, training, and documentation for related software and hardware.Built and manage a VMWare environment that runs both development and production level Windows-based servers to operate the GIS, and integrate with other City information systems.Manage the yearly GIS budget as part of the Administrative Services Department.Issue proposals, select appropriate vendors, and coordinate workflow between the City departments and consultants.City’s SQL Server database administrator (DBA), performing all work from building the servers, implementing databases, managing security access, and routine maintenance.Selected accomplishments:Built the City’s GIS from the ground up starting in 2002 using industry standard mapping and database software from Esri, Autodesk, and MicrosoftLaunched the first public facing internet-based GIS portal in the Tri-ValleyChaired the Tri-Valley GIS Users GroupRecently upgraded the City to a modern platform using the latest GIS software from Esri and GeoCortex to present improved interactive maps to City Staff and the publicHelped information systems department achieve an award of excellence from MISAC

Manager of the Emeryville, CA regional office for remote sensing and GIS consulting services of Space Imaging Solutions, the first high-resolution commercial satellite image provider.Marketed the office’s services to new and existing clients while ensuring current projects were completed to customer specifications on time and on budget.Mentored the office staff on GIS techniques, including migrating to ESRI’s ArcGIS softwareDirectly managed a team of twelve analysts, performed yearly reviews, and hired new staffLed the office through a complicated integration of the existing project accounting and management procedures with new corporate processes and procedures.Created and followed standards, documents, and audits which helped Space Imaging achieve an ISO 9001 certificationManaged a budget and marketing efforts with a goal of booking annual sales of $1.4 million by continuously generating proposals for a wide range of RFP’s.Worked closely with the analysts to development the technical specifications, timeline, and cost for a proposal, and then with the marketing team to package and distribute the document in their corporate format.

GIS programmer and coordinator of the Sacramento Valley Interactive Model, an interactive GIS interface to aid in consensus-based land use decisions.Interacted with other information coordinators throughout various local, state and federal agenciesGathered and compiled spatial data sources into the model with an interactive interface for iteratively ranking the importance of different inputsPerformed all the GIS work on the project and modified an existing interface using Visual Basic and ESRI's scripting languages to improve the workflow and ease-of-use of the model.Led an outreach campaign by demonstrating the model at conferences, county planning meetings, and department meetings at Federal, State, and local agency offices.

Mr. Eisler managed Pacific Meridian’s regional Emeryville GIS department. Mr. Eisler supervised the GIS staff, which included up to twelve personnel in the office, and an additional eight on-site personnel in client’s offices. Mr. Eisler’s responsibilities included project tracking of over one million dollars in annual project budgets, balancing staff and computer resources with project needs, hiring new staff, proposal writing, marketing, and implementing the corporate policy decisions. Mr. Eisler started the position with two other departmental managers and gradually took over the responsibilities of the Remote Sensing Manager when that position went vacant. Mr. Eisler helped secure add-on work with important clients such as Bechtel and ISO, while his warm disposition and solid GIS skills kept the work flowing in the GIS shop.

Pacific Meridian ResourcesGIS Manager of Emeryville Operations August 1996—December 1998Manager of the regional Emeryville GIS department for Pacific Meridian Resources.Supervised the GIS staff, which included up to twelve personnel in the office, and an additional eight on-site personnel in clients’ offices.Hired new staff, wrote proposals, marketed, and implemented corporate policy decisions.Responsible for project management and tracking of over one million dollars in annual project budgets.Balanced analysts and UNIX workstation computer resources with project needs, necessitating a flexible schedule for myself and staff.Bechtel Remote Sensing and GIS CenterOn-site GIS Analyst June 1995—August 1996GIS analyst for Pacific Meridian Resources located on-site at Bechtel’s remote sensing and GIS Center in San Francisco.Worked closely in a team environment providing GIS and remote sensing analysis to aid site selection planning for construction projects.Coordinated the workflow of land-surface elevation data modeling combined with satellite imagery of a 600-kilometer pipeline across the Andes.Developed procedures and standards to overlay aerial photography on CAD drawings.Produced cartographic materials for reports, presentations, and proposals.Pacific Meridian ResourcesGIS Analyst June 1992—June 1995Transitioned from an entry level GIS technician straight out of college, to a skilled GIS analyst for the Emeryville office of Pacific Meridian Resources.Provided on-site GIS consulting services to build a functioning GIS database for aquifer analysis at the University of California Berkeley Agriculture and Resource Economics Department.Developed crop maps for the Bureau of Reclamation through the use of image classification, GIS analysis, and script development.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Geography

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