GIs Project Manmager

Combine technical management and communication skills in an innovative analytical environment, and work in a position that encourages collaboration and rewards accomplishment.

Data Unit Manager
Supervise Data Management Unit supporting USAID Afghanistan with mapping/GIS, tabular reports and graphic products related to project and program management of the country portfolio. Design and produce cartographic products to display a wide variety of terrain, demographic, infrastructure and development variables. Managed a staff of six IT/MIS/GIS professionals.

GIS Project Coordinator (Natural Resources)
Project coordinator to design and implement a web based map of navigable waters within the state of Alaska . Designed a comprehensive waters database using the National Hydrography Database (NHD) as a baseline. Deployed a Web based mapping tool for internal and external customers.

Geographer/GIS Manager
Staff Geographer and GIS Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan Engineer District. Managed a staff of three GIS technician/analysts supporting a 1.69 Billion dollar reconstruction program in Afghanistan and the Central Asian States.

Program Manager/GIS Manager
Program Manager for IT support contract with the Afghanistan Engineer District Managed a staff of five information technologists in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mission in Afghanistan. Responsibilities included hiring, supervising and developing IT and GIS staff and direct oversight of computer/communication systems, and GIS functions.

Lecturer
Instructor of GIS theory and concepts in GIS and spatial analysis. Responsibilities included course development and presentation of GIS and spatial analysis courses for undergraduate and graduate students in diverse field applications including natural resources management, civil engineering, geology and landscape architecture.

Technology and Information Systems (military intelligence) Integration Manager
Career military officer serving in the field of Aerial Intelligence and information systems integration. Positions include:
- Command and Control Analyst (GIS)
- Team leader, joint technology threat assessment team
- Computer Systems (Intelligence) Integration Manager
- Aerial Image Collection Flight Operations Officer

University of Idaho May 2005 Doctoral In Progress (Course Work Complete), Geography
Doctoral research on economic impacts of water resource issues, statistical modeling of urban structure and business development patterns in the Post Soviet Baltic Region.

University of Idaho May 2004 Master’s (GIS)
Moscow, Idaho, USA
Thesis: linear programming models of point demands on a constrained transportation network. GPA 3.86

University of Oregon, August 1984 Bachelor’s (Political Science)
Eugene, OR, USA