Data Quality Control
Resume:
S HAVON CALDWELL
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P ROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant ● Center for Urban Studies, PSU ● Portland OR September 2011-Current
Provided support for Center for Integrated Multi-Scale Modeling initiative
Identified data sources and established appropriate data use agreements
Designed GIS analyses and work flows to measure and quantify air quality factors, habitat, transportation, solar potential, water usage, vegetation and density
Performed in depth research and analysis on water usage in the Foster Green EcoDistrict by:
o Identifying mechanisms that allow researchers to spatially and temporally scale water use behavior
o Visualizing these identified water use behaviors across space and time
o Developing predictive scenarios of water use based on changes in land use, technology, behavior and price
Worked with programmers, animation specialists and system modelers to incorporate GIS analyses into visualizations and integrated models
Conducted research on technology, data and visualization driven engagement
Helped to develop and distribute survey to PSU researchers to identify:
o Capacity of PSU researchers
o Types of models being used and built at PSU
o Domains of modeling
o Spatial and temporal scales research is conducted at
Provided support for Healthy Trees, Healthy People project
Identified data sources and established appropriate data use agreements
Designed GIS analyses and work flows to measure and quantify urban tree canopy coverage and design, land use, density and congestion
Performed extensive outreach to public health professionals, land use planners and urban foresters within 13 pilot cities
Performed in depth research on spatially-explicit decision making tools and online decision support systems
Assisted public health researchers in developing GIS analyses and work flows to identify correlations between canopy design and select health outcomes
Planning Intern ● China Academy of Urban Planning and Design ● Beijing China June 2012-September 2012
Performed research and presented on American stormwater best management practices and water budgeting strategies
Assisted coworkers researching water reclamation and recycling technologies by reading, synthesizing and presenting on case s tudies
Performed literature review and research for quality of life study
Produced white paper on Public Participation GIS technologies and capabilities
GIS Project Lead ● XeDAR, Inc. ● Arvada CO September 2008-September 2011
Managed small team of GIS Technicians in providing analysis, reporting, documentation, maps, data and other deliverables in support of BLM
Southeastern States Resource Management Plan
Executed and manage ongoing subsurface minerals mapping and data management
Performed natural resource analysis and valuation
Developed and completed fish and wildlife habitat impact assessment analyses
Completed cultural resource research and evaluation
Established recreation and visual resource inventories
Aided Resource Management Plan writers in developing reasonable foreseeable development maps
and reports
Managed team of GIS Technicians in providing GIS support for Qwest Utilities Alignment Project
Developed USFS and BIA permitting process compliant Qwest facilities GIS data and products
Acted as GIS subject matter expert and liaison between USFS, BIA and Qwest Telecommunications
Implemented and documented collaborative process to update and maintain Qwest facilities data to continue to comply with USFS and BIA permitting regulations
Performed GIS analysis and data management in support of FEMA’s Hurricane Ike damage valuation effort
Provided GIS support for USFS Rocky Mountain Research Center’s Wildland Fire Control Effort
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Developed GIS Implementation Plans for various county, state and federal entities
Participated in all phases of ongoing effort to build company’s automated feature extraction capabilities
Provided research, development, strategy, insight, documentation, cost evaluation, training needs assessment and business
implementation plans in support of possible new automated feature extraction division
GIS/Engineering Intern●TownofCastleRock●CastleRockCO May 2007-September 2008
Served as GIS subject matter expert and lead technician in support of town wide water budget implementation
Conducted water budget GIS methodology and implementation process presentations and workshops for the public and fellow staff
Executed ongoing maintenance and development of sanitary, storm and distribution water geodatabases
Conducted water usage research and analysis and provided numerous dynamic maps, static maps, reports and analyses
Created a linking database between multiple GIS databases and City utility billing system as well and created a database
maintenance methodology
Performed research and development concerning ongoing efforts to implement compatible GIS and water utility billing systems and
workflows
Developed and implemented sustainable and highly efficient GIS driven workflows for water monitoring program and snow removal
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Provided training and technical support to novice GIS/GPS users in other departments such as Parks and Recreation, Public Works,
Fire and Safety, and Police
ResearchAssociate●UrbanLandConservancy● Denver CO September 2007-September 2008
Designed, developed and maintained Urban Land Conservancy Geographic Information System
Conducted demographic and socio-economic analysis in support of a variety of community investments, possible land banking
purpose acquisitions, neighborhood stabilization efforts and transit oriented development ventures
Designed, streamlined and automated GIS applications with the purpose of tracking and mapping recent sales, current real
estate opportunities, foreclosures, community assets and community detriments
Collaborated with partnering organizations (Denver Housing Authority, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Del Norte
Neighborhood Development Corporation, NEWSED Community Development Corporation and Northeast Denver Housing Center,
West Colfax Business Improvement District, Colorado Brownfields Foundation Community Land Trust Coalition of Colorado and
Piton Foundation) in creating and designing a GIS that would benefit common causes and interests
Participated in all phases of other non-GIS task efforts of the ULC including:
Assist in strategic property acquisition within or adjacent to future transit corridors for use of affordable housing developments
Acquire land and buildings through gift or purchase for the purpose of land banking
Research, record and track Brownfield sites for possible future redevelopment
Provide day to day support and assistance to tenants of current developments and holdings
Conduct site visits and due diligence on possible investment properties
GIS Technician●NativeCommunitiesDevelopment Corporation●ColoradoSpringsCO April2006-May 2007
Created GIS data and products through automated feature extraction for a variety of private, state and federal clients
Performed data design and analysis in support of biomass assessment efforts, timber density assessments, beetle infestation
analysis, stormwater billing implementation, urban tree inventories and change detection
Aided in developing innovative and efficient approaches to performing automated feature extraction work in a production
environment
Served as GIS contact and subject matter expert for Citygreen related products and reports
Researched imagery costs, availability and technical requirements for pending projects
GIS Intern●GIS Training Source●ColoradoSpringsCO September 2005-April2006
Provided GIS services and support in areas of analysis, database design and development, data conversion, map production,
metadata creation and quality control
Supported ESRI authorized instructors in developing course materials, preparing workstations, registering students and providing
technical assistance to students
Participated in all phases of researching and developing Pikes Peak Regional Green Map
E DUCATION
B.A.Geography andEnvironmentalStudies● University ofColorado ColoradoSpringsCO September 2000-May 2004
B.A.MinorSpanish●UniversityofColorado ColoradoSpringsCO September2000-May2004
●UniversidadComplutensedeMadird MadridSpain May2002-September2002
CertificateofAdvancedStudy inGIS ●University ofDenver Denver CO May 2005-May 2007
MastersofUrbanandRegionalPlanning●PortlandStateUniversity PortlandOR September 2011-June2013(Current Candidate)
H ONORS AND AWARDS
NationalHonorSociety●BransonHighNHSChapter●1996-2000
ClassValedictorian●BransonHigh●2000
GovernorsOpportunityScholarshipRecipient●ColoradoCommissiononHigherEducation●2000
CumLaudeHonorsGraduate●UniversityofColorado●2004
OutstandingAchievementAward●CastleRockUtilities●2008
PeertoPeerAward●BureauofLandManagement●2011
A DDITIONAL EXPERIENCE A ND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
UniversityofColorado3.2Club●ColoradoSpringsCO●2000
UniversityofColoradoGES/GISStudentClubMember●ColoradoSpringsCO●2002-2003
UniversityofColoradoGES/GISStudentClubSecretary●ColoradoSpringsCO●2003-2004
AssociationofAmericanGeographersMember●2007-Present
RockyMountainURISAMember●2007-Present
GISintheRockiesExhibitorRepresentative●2010
PortlandStateUniversityPlanningClubMember●2011-Present
AmericanPlanningClubMember●2011-Present
UrbanEcology&ConservationSymposiumPosterPresenter●2013
S OFTWARE AND OPEN SOURCE PROGRAMS
MicrosoftOffice
AdobeCreative
ArcGIS
SPSS
FeatureAnalyst
ErdasIMAGINE
eCognition
CrystalReports
GoogleEarth
GoogleSketchUp
EnvisionTomorrow
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