Currently:
I recently (12/07) completed my college career
at Colorado State University, majoring in Geology, with a
minor in GIS/Natural Resources. Immediately before that,
I completed three semesters at Front Range
Community College, taking the GIS Program, with classes
in Cartography, Geology, Architectural Drafting
& Graphic Design, in order to better understand how
graphic representation will further enhance GIS
mapping projects. Gearing toward remote sensing &
spectragraphic analysis for natural resources, organics
and minerals.
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
Completed four semesters at FRCC with 2.934 GPA.
CSU Spring 2006 NR 422
Applied Natural Resource Management,
NR 493 GIS Seminar-Remote Sensing Applications .
CSU Fall 2006
NR 323 Remote Sensing-Natrl Resources
CSU Spring 2007 NR 319
Geospatial Appl in Nat Res
Current with ArcGIS 9.2 (12/1/2007) Hands-on experience
with ArcVu 8, ArcVu 3.2
EXPERIENCE
Employer: (CDOW) Colorado Department of Wildlife
Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Duration: June - Dec. 2007
Job Duties: GIS technicians duties, compiling endangered
species maps by division, printing, binding
for delivery, producing Mt. Evans, elk, goat and sheep
observation maps for volunteer spotters, and
other projects. Have prints. High resolution scanning
state-wide NAAP 1990 infrared aerial images, etc.
Employer: (CEMML) Center for Environmental Management
of Military Lands
Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Duration: Summer 2006 (between semesters)
Job Duties: Updating U.S. Army base maps.Vegetation,
buildings, towers and other appertences.
Employer: Accepted & completed a 1099 contract
Location: Wyoming
Duration: September 2004
Job Duties: Updating hardware & software in
Cisco 2600 routers, in 30 USDA Service offices
throughout the state of Wyoming. Installed was
2-256M RAM chips, 1 SMART ROM card, updated
security card with 128 bit encryption, a PLCC chip &
new IOS software. Time 40 minutes -1 hr./site.
Employer: Qwest Wireless Sales Agent
Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Duration: 09/2002 - 03/2003
Job Duties: Convincing cell phone customers not to deactivate
their cell phones.
Employer: JYM Internet Service
Title: Internet Service Tech.
Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Duration: 03/2001 - 07/2002
Job Duties: Sales & tech assistance for new &
existing customers. Assist clients in configuring their
computers to logon to the Internet. Troubleshooting any
other related computer & Internet problems.
Employer: EZLink Internet Access
Title: Internet Technician
Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Duration: 04/1999 - 03/2001
Job Duties: Sales & tech assistance for new &
existing customers. Assist clients in configuring their
computers to logon to the Internet. Troubleshooting any
other related computer & Internet problems
Employer: RBD Engineering
Title: Surveyor/Instrumentman
Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Duration: 05/1994 - 10/1998
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ENGINEERING & CADASTRAL SURVEYING EXPERIENCE:
10+ years
Land surveyor in Nebraska, Wyoming, Nevada
& Colorado, as rodman, instrumentman, drafting
& some crew chief, in subdivision, coal & gold
mines and oil well locates. Subdivision breakdown,
drafting ILS. Perimeter surveys for National Forest
park areas (contracts).
Instrumentman: 5 years Projects
involved at a coal & gold mine, topsoil, overburden &
product, blast holes, dump topos, heap, stockpile &
an extensive lode claim survey. In
cadastral branch, shot-in section corner searches and
tie-ins, checked road crowns & super,
precision level-work, as-builts on construction projects,
tie-line traverse, CL, C&F on beltline.
Coal & gold mines topos, surface topo, overburden
and top of bench, & quite extensive lode
claim surveys using HP-48sx data collector/calculator
& TDS software.
Inspector: 1 ½ years
Oversaw compaction & testing of pipeline trenches, boring of shafts
across major & minor arterials, arranged utility
locates, kept track of contractor pay items,
calculated asphalt thickness & volumes, concrete
pours on several new streets, damage
control in crisis situations. Supervised chlorination,
bacteriological & pressure testingfor
the Collection of Degasification Facilities & Distribution,
improving Gillette, WY water
quality. I have received training in E.P.A. regulated
water testing for E. Coli.
Rodman: 5 ½ years Set
boundary corners in subdivisions, county-wide cemetery survey
(Campbell Cty, WY). Locate & stake oil well sites,
highway blue topping & stream bed
reconstruction, stream retention dams & the layout
of a Little League ball field (pro bono).
Crew Chief: 1 yr. experience. Taught
others how to operate total station productively in a
high stress environment. City-wide gasline locates &
drafting results on mylar. Submitted
Forest Service bid & resurvey of ‘parks’ in Black
Hills area (Sundance, WY). Passed survey
class from BLM manager in Gillette, WY 1989. In Reno
I produced daily stake-out sheets for
crews using a proprietary form of Apple COGO (Coordinate
Geometry).
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Computer Hardware: 10+ years
| Colorado State University | Geology/G.I.S. (50 cr) | Ft. Collins, CO |
| Front Range Community College | G.I.S. Program (2.934) (20cr) | Ft. Collins, CO |
| Front Range Community College | UNIX course (3.0) (4 cr) | Ft. Collins, CO |
| Career College PC | Data Specialist (12 cr) | Reno, NV |
| Sheridan College | Computer coursework (6cr) | Gillette,WY |
| Northern Arizona University | Astrophysics courses (9cr) | Flagstaff, AZ |
| Nebraska Western College | A.S.-Physics | Scottsbluff, NE |
Major: Geology/Geographical Information Systems
School: Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
College:Warner College of Natural Resources
Completion Date: 05/2008
Major: Geographical Information Systems Program
School: Front Range Community College, Ft. Collins, CO
Degree: GIS Program
Completion Date: 12/2005
Major: Astronomy
School: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Degree: Coursework
Completion Date: 05/1976
Major: Astronomy/Math
School: Nebraska Western College, Scottsbluff, NB
Degree: Associate of Science
Completion Date: 05/1973