Thomas Patrick Strange

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Mobile, AL 36604

Cell: 865-***-****

Work: 228-***-****

abkplw@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY: I am an experienced environmental geospatial analyst that

is committed to the management of our natural resources through

the application of integrated geographic information

technologies and scientific inquiry.

EDUCATION: Master of Science in Geography, specialty in Biogeography

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Bachelor of Science in Physical Geography

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

EXPERIENCE: GIS Coordinator/Natural Resource Management Associate, Grand

Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NOAA), November 2007-

Current, Moss Point, MS

. Designed, developed, and integrated the GIS program at

the NERR to support scientific research and natural

resource management initiatives.

. Specialty work includes geodatabase management,

wetlands mapping, spatial modeling, wildlife habitat

suitability analysis, GPS/Total Station applications

and project development.

GIS Analyst (Intern), NVision Solutions, July 2004-August 2004

Stennis Space Center, MS

. Compiled, created, and analyzed geospatial data

relevant to company

projects

Metadata Specialist (Intern), National Coastal Data Development

Center

(NOAA), May 2003-August 2003, Stennis Space Center, MS

. Compiled records and wrote metadata to help create a

national gateway to real-time and recent coastal

and ocean observation systems

Marine Fisheries Technician II, March 2001-December 2002

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Biloxi, MS

. Responsibilities included biological sampling,

inventory, and monitoring of finfish species in marine

ecosystems along the Mississippi Gulf Coast; conducted

recreational fisheries surveys; performed water quality

and chemistry measurements

Software Proficiency: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint; ArcGIS

including 3D Analyst & Spatial Analyst, Global Mapper, ENVI, ERDAS;

statistical software SPSS and SAS; GPS Pathfinder and Terrasync; Survey Pro

APPOINTMENTS: Research Assistantship, August 2005-May 2006, University

of Southern

Mississippi

. Extracted, processed, and analyzed sediment cores from

the Pearl River Marsh and Honey Island Swamp (MS and

LA) for paleotempestology study

Teaching Assistantship, August 2004-May 2005, University of Southern

Mississippi

. Instructed GIS and physical geography labs

PUBLICATIONS: Reese, C.A., Strange, T.P., Lynch, D., and K-b Liu. 2008.

Geological evidence of Hurricane Katrina recovered from the

Pearl River Marsh, MS/LA. Journal of Coastal Research 24(6).

1601-1607.

PRESENTATIONS: Strange, T.P., Underwood, W., Billodeaux, L., and S.

Hereford. 2010. GIS Analysis of Nesting Habitat for the

Endangered Mississippi Sandhill Crane: Potential Habitat

Suitability and Management Implications for Restoration.

Society for Conservation GIS Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA.

Poster presentation.

Strange, T.P., McIlwain, J., and C.A. May. 2008. Oyster Resource

Mapping and Characterization at Grand Bay National Estuarine

Research Reserve. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS.

Poster presentation.

Strange, T.P., and C.A. Reese. 2007. Interannual and seasonal

variability of modern pollen deposition on the Quelccaya

Ice Cap, southern Peru. Association of American Geographers,

annual meeting, San Francisco, California. Paper

presentation.

Reese, C.A., and T.P. Strange. 2007. Geological evidence of

Hurricane Katrina recovered from the Pearl River Marsh,

MS/LA. Association of American Geographers, San Francisco,

California. Paper presentation.

Strange, T.P. and J. Herr. 2003. Real-time Emergency Action

Coordination Tool (REACT) for St. Tammany Parish, LA.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Geospatial Conference, Biloxi,

MS. Poster presentation.

MERITS: 2004 Willa Bolton Award for excellence in geography,

University of Southern

Mississippi

TRAINING: S-130, S-190, and L-180 Wildland Firefighter Training, 2008

'Wetland Plant Identification' course led by botanist Robert

Mohlenbrock, 2008.

'Advanced Wetlands Mapping' @ USGS National Wetlands Research Center,

2009

ESRI classroom courses: GIS Workflows and Analysis;

Geoprocessing using Python

Trimble R8 RTK training, 2010

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