GIS/Survey
Resume:
Jeremy Taylor
Dodge City, Kansas
acz5qd@r.postjobfree.com
Work Experience
October 7, 2014 - Current
Ford County, Kansas
Dodge City, Kansas
GIS Coordinator/Survey Technician:
Coordinates and manages the operation of the County’s GIS/Survey Department, including development and maintenance of the County’s GIS system infrastructure. Creates, operates, and maintains the GIS database, including the conversion of AutoCAD drawing into ArcGIS format. Coordinates related tasks including acquiring data, conversions of both remote sensing imagery and vector data, data dispersion, data maintenance, and maintaining GIS hardware and software. Produces maps requested by various departments, supporting over 10 County Departments. Works with surveyors, private industries, and other government agencies on GIS related projects to assist in the creation of new datasets. Responsible for fulfilling all GIS requests and projects for private and all public entities. Prepares and presents projects to County Commissioners, various Conferences and GIS User Group meetings pertaining to data acquisition, unique to our County’s needs and problem resolution. Responsible for creating and maintaining GIS/Survey Department’s Annual Budget.
May 17, 2010 - October 1, 2014
Garmin International
Olathe, Kansas
Cartography Technician:
Edited and manipulated data within multiple geographic databases using Garmin’s proprietary software (similar to ArcGIS) to produce multiple types of digital maps for the outdoor and recreation team, to include: topographic, aviation, lake, and golf maps. Researched, downloaded, and hosted various raster/vector datasets to multiple databases for application in Garmin products. Scaned and georeferenced various types of maps for analysis. Assisted in map generation, product compilation, quality assurance, and unit testing. Served as Project Manager for several newly released products and projects.
December 18, 2009 - May 10, 2010
Kentucky Climate Center
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Research Assistant:
Obtained NCDC Radar Mosaics and NEXRAD data to create shapefiles to import into ArcGIS for analysis. Responsible for locating, plotting, documenting and mapping flood events. Additionally, created and maintained a database for flash flood events and analyzed event patterns.
Education
2008-2010
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
GPA: 3.9
1998-2000
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography with emphasis in
Meteorology/Climatology
GPA: 3.56
GIS and Relevant Skills
ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo License) 10.4 & 9.3, ArcGIS Desktop Extensions: Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, and 3D Analyst, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Raster Design, Canon IPF Plotter, Google Earth, GeoJot+, Surveying & COGO, Carlson Survey Pro and GPS Unit, Python, ArcObjects, Visual BASIC, VBA, Microsoft Office: Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Organizations
Kansas Association of Mappers
Southwest Kansas GIS User’s Group
References
Available on request.
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