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Ascent GIS has applications! Integrate GIS and enterprise database systems by using ArcIMS, MapObjects, ArcObjects, and ArcSDE. These types of applications support key business functions including:

Permitting
Billing
Infrastructure maintenance management
Property/asset management, etc.
Document management
Facilities management
Assessment and taxation
Emergency management
Land management
Land-use planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (BLM), Spokane, Washington, 2/2000-4/2000
 

GIS Technician  - Developed a spatial database for road and trail segments within parcels managed by BLM using ArcView and the Spatial Analyst ext

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (USGS), Spokane, Washington, 8/99-5/2000
 

GIS Technician (Volunteer) - Used ArcView and the Hydrologic Modeling, Spatial Analyst and other extensions to improve the spatial representation of geochemical data derived from analysis of stream sediment samples by tying the data to drainage basin geometry's rather than sample locations. USGS Open File Report in preparation.

Currently investigating the possibility of using Avenue to create an ArcView legend for use on digital geologic maps that will be geologically consistent across large regions.

WASHINGTON STATE PARKS COMMISSION, Olympia, Washington, 9/99 - 2/2000
 

Technician (Volunteer) - Used ArcView and the Image Analysis and Spatial Analyst extensions to examine the feasibility of using GIS as a tool for managing Riverside State Park. Located and acquired available data, assessed which data types were most usable, created maps and examples of how the data could be used to answer questions that require management decisions. Wrote and submitted a report to Park officials with recommendations for further action.

ITRON, INC., Spokane, Washington, 1993 - 1999

Database Engineer - Responsible to software developers for collecting/advising re: database schema requirements, implementation, productization, and documentation. Develop UNIX shell and Oracle SQL scripts for reporting system performance. Create and maintain development database instances. Perform a wide variety of database duties as required.

GEOQUEST DATA MANAGEMENT, INC., Corte Madera, California, 1991-1993
 

Quality Control Manager - Devised and implemented procedures to test oil and gas exploration software and report test results used to make strategic business decisions. Supervised four engineers responsible for writing tests and testing new software releases.
· Designed and implemented testing process for large, complex application which resulted in 20% increase in defects found and corrected prior to product release.
· Created scripts to efficiently generate test data to enable testing of software in highly controlled data environment.
· Wrote database reports to facilitate data access, resulting in improved interdepartmental communications and more efficient operations.

FINDER GRAPHICS SYSTEMS, INC., Corte Madera, California, 1990- 1991

Customer Support/Documentation

Supported customers with unusually difficult or time-critical problems. Reviewed and wrote documentation and worked with engineers and customers to specify, design, document, and test applications.

· Reproduced/described customer problems to facilitate efficient reproduction and correction by engineering, saving an estimated $100,000 annually.
· Assisted customers in "working around" problems to allow them to get their work done, resulting in restored confidence and user satisfaction.
· Wrote User, System Administration, and Database Administration manuals and documented eight new applications.
· Assisted in design of software defect database and supervised transfer of more than 2,000 existing defect cases into new system.

SYBASE, INC., Emeryville, California, 1989-1990

Technical Support Manager

Supervised and trained technical support analysts and interacted with customers. Performed work flow analyses to evaluate support effectiveness and quality of Sybase relational database products and made procedural changes accordingly.

· Managed seven technical support analysts providing 24-hour a day phone support for mission-critical software.
· Created database applications and procedures to provide metrics for technical support program and personnel evaluation decision support.
· Supervised three trainers responsible for training new analysts in shortest possible time, thereby maximizing use of human resources.
· Maximized efficiency of case-handling application, resulting in improved morale, better record keeping, and shorter case closure times.

EXPLORATION SYSTEMS, INC., Sausalito, California, 1984-1989

Chief Geophysicist

Wrote functional specifications for exploration workstation software, performed customer support and training, and wrote documentation.

· Worked with customers and engineers to ensure that functional and user interface specifications for new software applications met customer's needs.
· Created product demonstrations keyed to customer's needs and data.
· Made presentations and trained users in U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Australia.
· Chaired committee to establish user interface standards for product.

EUREKA RESOURCE ASSOCIATES, INC., Berkeley, California, 1977-1984

Chief Geophysicist

Responsible for geophysical aspects of project design, for acquisition and interpretation of data, and presentation of results orally and as interim and final project reports.

· Designed projects which met client's needs, resulting in high proposal acceptance rate and accurate time, resource, and materials estimates.
· Wrote programs to display and interpret data, resulting in lower drafting and interpretation expenses and effective project deliverables.
· Acquired and reviewed all relevant literature and data as basis for writing project proposals and specifying data collection parameters.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens Georgia, 1973-1977

Assistant Professor of Geology and Geophysics

Taught courses and conducted and published research in cooperation with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Deep Sea Drilling Project. Wrote or contributed to 11 research articles published in Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and various books and journals.

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Scientist

Organized, staffed, and directed marine geophysical research projects worldwide. Wrote or contributed to three papers published in books and journals

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1970
B.S., Physics with Minor in Geology, Brown University, Providence RI, 1964

COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages: SQL, SQR, FORTRAN, Basic, UNIX Shell Scripts, Avenue
Systems: Oracle SQL*Plus, SQL*Forms, DBA, Sybase, Info-Basic, DBMS, SDL, SGL, DBII, PVCS
Operating Systems: SUN OS (UNIX), VAX VMS, DEC OSF, IBM AIX, Mac OS, Primos, DOS, Windows95/98/NT
Applications: ArcView, FrameMaker, X-Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Project, Visio, SQR, ArcExplorer, MapInfo, Intersolv Version Manager
Equipment: Sun, Macintosh, DecStation, VaxStation, Prime, MS Windows NT, 99/98, plotters, digitizers, scanners