Quality Control Software

Joshua E. Borkowski

*** ****** ***, **********, ** 19046

215-***-**** • abnhfl@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Cartographic\Geospatial Specialist. Six years experience in digital map analysis,

editing, drafting. Strengths in GIS, CADD, aerial photography.

Key Skills:

Cartographic Design and Editing: Digital and print production.

> ESRI GIS software for aerial photography and mapping.

> ArcGIS and Manifold System for geodata.

> Freehand and Illustrator for illustrative, design, and web projects.

Photogrammetry: Mapping of property in urban areas for legal and scientific

endeavors. Erdas, Adobe, Google Earth.

Drafting analysis and production: Freehand and Illustrator for editing maps and

diagrams, preparing report illustrations.

Database Management: Manifold System coupled with SQL server ; also

ArcGIS for manipulating geodata.

Client Relationships: Federal and state agencies, private entities. Operating with

firms and other customers to meet complex project demands.

Research in Geography: Integral member of research efforts, including aerial

photo analysis in GIS, field investigations.

Accountability and Work Ethic: Multiple projects and deadlines keep me individually

motivated, though I thrive in goal-oriented team environments.

Education:

B.A., University of California, Berkeley, May 2006.

Double major in Geography (cartography) & English (writing).

Continuing Education: GISEC, San Francisco: GIS workshops.

Continuing Education: Fall 2006:

ArcTools course through ESRI seminar and textbook.

Agronomy & Geography, one year at UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil.

Proven fluency at University level in Portuguese and Spanish.

LaSalle College High School, Wyndmoor, PA (graduated 2001).

Relevant academic experience:

2003: Completed cartography training in U.C. Berkeley’s Geography Dept. Returned

later as a member of the department’s Cartography Group.

2006: Teacher-intern in the department, primarily aiding students to master software

& cartographic technique.

2006 Oct: Completed ESRI’s ArcGIS seminar – new releases integrating

cartographic representation.

2006: Geography Department’s Citation for Outstanding Cartographic

Accomplishment.

Experience and Employment:

Map Editor / Cartographer.

February 2008 – April 2009: HJW Geospatial, Inc.

Map editing and finishing in the leading Western photogrammetric and geospatial firm.

After becoming proficient in stereocompilation (below), returned to core expertise: integrating

geographic information into diverse cartographic products.

Additional responsibilities: coordination of data from other departments, quality control of

outgoing product, training of staff in new software, and updating software and workstations.

Stereocompilation Technician.

November 2007 – February 2008: HJW Geospatial, Inc.

Large-volume map compilation in the leading Western photogrammetric and geospatial

firm. Raw geocompilation from aerials, then translation/mapping through CAD and KML.

Spatial Researcher.

June 2007 - November 2007: Urban Mapping, Inc.

Cartographic work supporting UMI’s Urbanware neighborhood geodata. Training in

SQL geodatabase management and expanding the current domestic dataset. Data was built

on shapefiles, distilled into neighborhoods for use by advertisers.

References available upon request.

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Experience and Employment (cont’d):

Junior Cartographer.

September 2006 – March 2007: at Todd Engineers in Emeryville, CA.

A variety of technical drawing, mapmaking, and watershed research, requiring both

hand-drawn and digital maps. Windows Freehand and other software utilized to compile

hydrographic maps and plans.

Independent Cartographic Consultant.

June 2003 – June 2007: U.C. Berkeley Cartography Laboratory.

Map drafting for individual clients with diverse artistic and informational needs.

• The Ecology of Oil: Myrna Santiago’s recent text on oil, Veracruz, Mexico.

Text and maps are available on Google Books.

• Seizing Destiny: Pulitzer-Prize winning Richard Kluger’s newest tome.

Maps are available on Mr. Kluger’s webspace.

• Joe Bryan required digital graphics for his 2007 dissertation and presentations,

Map or be Mapped: Land, Race, and Property in Eastern Nicaragua.

UC Berkeley Quaternary Palaeoecology Laboratory.

June 2005 – July 2006: Researcher/cartographer under Prof. Roger Byrne; graphics in

the Bolinas Report. Aerial photography analysis.

Fieldwork in Geography Department, UC Berkeley.

Spring 2004 – July 2006: Ph.D./M.S. research; labwork and fieldwork.

Elizabeth Watson, Ph.D.: California tidal marsh vegetation change: …in tidal

marshes of the San Francisco Estuary.

Liam H. Reidy, Ph.D.: Recent (1850-2005) and Late Holocene (AD 400-AD 1850)

Sedimentation Rates at Bolinas Lagoon.

Alexandra Myers: Evaluating Cleanup Effectiveness and Episodic Discharge from

the Remediation of the Gambonini Mercury Mine.

UC Baker Services (Interlibrary Loans) Work-Study.

September 2003 – July 2004; July 2005 – July 2006: Responsible for movement of

documents on-campus and between libraries worldwide, especially in RLCP. Included

database coordinating interlibrary holdings.

References available upon request.

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