Project Technician

Michael Strouts

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Cell: 703-***-****

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email: abhcjc@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

B. A. Geography, May 2005

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Geology minor, concentration in Cartographic and GIS technologies

Coursework included: Digital Cartography, both introductory and

advanced courses, Introduction to GIS software, Geomorphology,

Mineralogy, Population Geography, Human geography and Physical

geography.

Security Clearance: Confidential

Professional Qualifications

. Over 5 years experience using basic Arcview 9, 9.2, 9.3 and 10 tools

and queries to create and edit features and data

. Extensive experience with MS products word, excel and powerpoint

. Some experience with Frontpage, MS access

. Over 1 year experience managing projects utilizing 5 to 13 GIS

technicians

. 5 years experience with Quality control procedures in a production

environment

. Experience with heads-up digitizing procedures for a custom census

geodatabase

. Over 2 years experience with interpreting aerial imagery

Experience:

GIS Analyst

April 16, 2009 - February 11, 2011

ASRC Resource and Technology Solutions, Suitland, MD

. As a Promotion from GIS Technician, this position encompasses all of the

duties and responsibilities of a technician (see below), but with added

managerial roles. These included the leading and assisting of a group of

technicians working on specific projects, attending weekly meetings with

managers to discuss the day-to-day activities and future projects as well

as suggesting possible improvements in work efficiency. Also I performed

some database management work using Microsoft Access to help keep track

each technician's progress on certain projects. A few examples of

projects I took the lead on were the:

- Zip Code Tabulation Area project (ZCTA) - Led of team of 13

technicians to modify the attribute data in Arcview for certain ZCTAs

to eliminate the ones that had too many differing zip codes or to absorb

them into larger, more spatially correct ZCTAs.

- Address Canvassing (ADCAN) name change project - Led a team of 5

to proofread through the names of every road in each state to ensure

each name's accuracy. This information would then be used to update the

name data for the GATRES system.

- Geographic Areas Review Project (GARP) - Similar in procedures

as the BAS project (see below), the GARP project involved the

manipulation of various statistical boundaries in GATRES using

Arcview as a reference. However, the guidelines for said

manipulation were more stringent, as boundaries could only be

changed if they met certain criteria such as size, adjacency to

certain other boundaries, etc. This was one of the largest projects

we had and yet managed to complete well ahead of schedule.

GIS Technician May

8, 2006 - April 15, 2009

ASRC Field Support Services, Inc., Suitland, MD.

. Updated county and city digital roadmap files by using the GIS

software packages Arcview 9.3, 10 and the census bureau's geodatabase

the Geographical Areal and Topographical Real-time Editing Software

(GATRES) by utilizing said programs with the census tigerline

geospatial dataset to evaluate, edit and digitize street centerline,

parcel boundary and hydrology layers. This also included the

evaluation of certain terrain features in orthophotos from sources

such as google maps, ask.com and the ERDAS imagery library for later

updating in Arcview. Some examples of projects performed include:

- Boundary Annexation Survey (BAS) - Utilyzed the GATRES toolbox

for digitizing changes and modifying attribute data for statistical

boundaries such as voting districts, legislative districts, block

groups, school districts, etc. by using the correct data in arcview

as reference material

- Upload project - Used information in Arcview to modify the

attribute data for road features such as addresses, names, MTFCC

codes, etc in GATRES would also use nodes and vertices to reshape

spatially misaligned features. Received a 2% increase in yearly

bonus for 2008 due to being the quickest and most efficient

technician on this project.

- Edge Matching project - Corrected misalignments in county

boundaries country-wide in order to ensure that there were no

discrepancies in the locations between county boundaries and their

neighboring counties' boundaries.

Digital Imaging Technician

November 1, 2005 - February 1, 2006

Earthdata, Frederick, MD.

. Performed quality control of aerial photography through the

utilization of adobe photoshop in order to enhance said images.

Duties included:

- Correction of distorted buildings and bridges

- The removal of sun glare and smearing effects on the

environmental features such as fields and forests

- Successfully completed a very difficult file in a relatively

short period of time that even the manager was unable to do.

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