Vanessa O'Brien Hurtado Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Support Open Space & Mountain Parks with GIS projects

Boulder, Colorado

~ I love assisting clients creating beautiful gardens with Colorado's native plants (and rocks, of course) ~ As of 2022, I've dedicated over 200 volunteer hours in Boulder County as a Colorado Master Gardener to the community~ I've taken continuing education classes on apple tree and tomato grafting, container gardening, water gardening, straw bale gardening, composting, season extension, pruning cuts, irrigation and CO water law, native plants, insects~ I have mentored Apprentice Master Gardeners~ I just started delving into mapping and GPSing historic apple orchards in Colorado

Boulder, Colorado

Estes Park, Colorado

~ Electric & water utilities map editor using GIS software~ Process GPS data and incorporate new data into maps for field crews​~ Collaboration with field crews to support data collection and implement timely maps edits~ Parcel Fabric editor with boots on the ground field-collected data using centimeter scale GPS and magnetic locator to record locations of property pins and monuments to improve accuracy of land parcel maps and perform parcel adjustments​

Fort Collins, Colorado

~ Structures mapping along high-pressured gas pipelines using GIS software~ Field work to verify those structures

Estes Park, Colorado

~ Field mapper with centimeter-scale GPS unit of electrical system for major inventory effort for Estes Park: overhead and underground infrastructure including poles, primary lines, secondary services, transformers, sectionalizing cabinets, switches, all manner of protective devices such as fuses, trip savers, reclosers...~ Located underground, opened transformers and cabinets documenting and capturing attributes with GPS~ Noted any crew checks needed by evaluating infrastructure: fuses blown, leaking transformers, you name it, it's out there~ Created a parcel fabric for Estes Park utilizing coordinate geometry and Parcel Fabric tools in the GIS.

Colorado

~ Monitored water resources on County properties such as reservoirs, irrigation ditches and rivers~ Responsibilities included water sampling, recording flow measurements and dam maintenance~ Mentored Youth Corps to teach water resource monitoring skills~ Participated in fish inventories as indicator of St. Vrain River health~ Seed collector for milkweed for county seed vault~ Exposed to various agricultural/farming practices along the Front Range~ Nose dive into Colorado Water Law

Greater Denver Area & Houston, Texas Area

~ Exploration geoscientist with domestic and international experience (worked closely with ministries and technical staff in Cyprus, Israel, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon) in off-shore deep-water exploration~ Geology lead for first Cyprus offshore, deep-water exploration well~ Built bespoke 3D basin models for the Eastern Mediterranean (Levant) and West African basins ~ Assisted in creating Environmental Impact Assessments for various basins around the world~ Advisor for multiple geologic hazards studies for the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico~ Evaluated new field opportunities and participated in global data room visits~ Organized 4 company-wide core workshops for learning purposes across different disciplines~ Presented work at technology conferences~ Participated in company peer-reviewed exploration excellence meetings~ Efficient and reliable 24-7 operations geologist with excellent communication skills between management and engineering staff~ Created geophysical workflows with Fred Schroeder (variance cubes), standard operating procedures, RFQs, relinquishment reports, end-of-well reports, pre-drill and post-drill reports, government reports ~ Structural and stratigraphic seismic data interpreter~ Well-log correlation sequence stratigraphy~ Active and passionate mentor to new hires~ Successfully created a rigorous 6-month training program for an exchange geologist~ Brought my best every day, worked incredibly hard and long hours to make a difference, cared from the bottom of my heart about the people and the countries I worked with

Norman, Ok

~ Taught Earth Science 101 lab to undergraduates~ Conducted research and field work to test paleomagnetic trends in world-class fold and thrust belt system, Sawtooth Range, Montana

Greater New Orleans Area

~ Created environmental impact assessments of Gulf of Mexico drilling focusing on SOx and NOx emissions~ Coordinated Bring Your Children to Work Day

Certificate, Gis

Completed 26 credit hours to earn a GIS certificate

M.S., Geology

Activities and Societies: Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Association of Women Geoscientists, AAPG Student Chapter Thesis titled 'Origin of orogenic.

B.S., Geology

Abstract titled Kirschner, D.L., and O’Brien, V.J., 2002, Limited fluid in carbonate-shale hosted thrust faults of the Rocky Mountain.

B.S., Environmental Science

Emphasis in groundwater hydrology and environmental geophysics

High School Diploma, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Marching Band & Orchestra, Speech & Debate Team, Quiz Bowl and Math Counts Teams Veritas Award, Senior year