Will Davis Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Mountain View, California, US

• Developed an implementation plan for multi-vehicle data collection for 60 cities in the North American region
• Developed detailed maps for Cariad leadership to make data-driven decisions to determine in which cities to implement data collection
• Collaborated with German counterparts to define mapping data collection criteria
• Communicated feasibility and logistics of roll out of vehicle data collection project to Cariad leadership

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

• Managed and led a team of 15 employees, assigned day-to-day tasks, and prioritized all mapping operations
• Assured quality and gave final approval of map from India-based mapping team of nearly 80 employees
• Coordinated with 10 national and international city map QA teams to ensure data collection, quality, and map-based test requests were fielded and executed efficiently
• Maintained and expanded vector map in 10 cities across US and Germany, including over 7,500 miles of coverage
• Reduced end-to-end mapping operations pipeline from several weeks to days by identifying and implementing solutions to improve workflows and tooling
• Resolved hundreds of bugs and test requests as liaison to engineering and testing teams, using Jira ticketing system; facilitated hundreds of structured testing requests

Mountain View, California, US

• Built and QA highly detailed maps for Google’s self-driving car project, referencing multiple sources including sensor data and Google Maps
• Troubleshooted and responded to map requests from the engineering and operations teamDesigned tests to improve mapping processes, enhancing operational efficiency
• Developed dashboards using complex SQL queries to provide actionable insights
• Authored training materials and documentation for new team members
• Contributed to scaling operations for a team of 300+ in India by developing unique, and custom training material

Cupertino, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

• Resolved user-reported neighborhood boundary errors
• Collaborated with neighborhood ‘leads’ to ensure accuracy of mapping data
• Assisted users in addressing additional neighborhood creation process issues
• Developed citywide maps of neighborhoods to help facilitate citywide rollout
• Worked with product team to improve systems for creating and refining neighborhood boundaries

San Francisco, California, US

• Launched Nextdoor in Pittsburgh, PA
• Canvassed the city and facilitated all new user registrations
• Developed and maintained relationships with members, working to increase membership in existing
• Nextdoor neighborhoods and identified ‘leads’ to build new Nextdoor neighborhood communities
• Identified and attended community events through in-depth local research
• Worked collaboratively with Nextdoor members to define their neighborhood boundaries on Nextdoor

Shippensburg, PA, US

Developed a new addressing system for Shippensburg University to better identify separate buildings, classrooms, dorm rooms and offices throughout the campus. Used ESRI software to implement all of the data and then uploaded it to Google's mapping department using their desired criteria.

• Created geoprocessing tools using Python scripts
• Created trails data network for Chester County
• Spent time learning cartographic design principles
• Geodatabase and feature class data designAnalysis of spatial data sets