DESIRED OCCUPATION: G.I.S. Technician, Analysist
CURRENTLY:
Recently(4/2K9) worked from i-cubed LLC,
a value-added imagery concern. In December 2007,
completed 50 college coursework credits 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. Giving me
160 college hours. And a better understanding
of graphic representation and how it enhances GIS mapping
projects. Gearing toward remote sensing
or natural resources, spectrographic analysis of organics
and minerals.
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
CSU Spring 2007 NR 319
Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources
CSU Spring 2006 NR 422
Applied Natural Resource Management,
NR 493 GIS Seminar-Remote Sensing Applications
CSU Fall 2006
NR 323 Remote Sensing-Natural Resources
CEMML Summer 2006
Certification of Completion (ESRI) Editing & Managing Databases
Completed four semesters at FRCC with 2.934 GPA. Hands-on experience with ArcVu 8, ArcVu 3.2
EXPERIENCE
Employer: i-cubed, LLC
Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Duration: Feb 2008 – April 2009
Job Duties: GIS technicians duties, current with
ArcMap/Catalog 9.3, compiling Gigabyte quantities
of value-added imagery for clients, special projects-
researching conversion formatting methodology
to input imagery into newly developed Lowrance GPS hardware
(.gtif?.at5). Error checking 'U.S. prime'
imagery for hard line boundaries, gross specular reflections,
Newton rings and other optical and digital
problems.
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 (2.93) (20 cr)
Ft. Collins, CO
Front Range Community College
UNIX course (3.0)
(04 cr) Ft. Collins, CO
Career College PC
Data Specialist
(12 cr) Reno, NV
Sheridan College
Computer coursework (06 cr)
Gillette,WY
Northern Arizona University
Astrophysics courses
(09 cr) Flagstaff, AZ
Nebraska Western College
A.S.-Physics
(60 cr) Scottsbluff, NE
161 credits
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