Project Manager Management
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Rachelle Grein, GISP
Geographer 4/Scientist 4
South Florida Water Management District
West Palm Beach, FL
United States
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Education
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL, United States Aug 2009 - Present
Ph.D. - Student, Geosciences - Hydrology and Water Resources
Course Work:
Coastal Hazards
Dissertation Seminar
Environmental Geochemistry
Environmental Remote Sensing
Geosciences Colloquium
History of Hydrogeology
Hydrogeology
Research in the Geosciences
Spatial Data Analysis
Who's Vision, Who's Plan ( Study abroad in Netherlands)
Dissertation Topic:
Climate Change impacts on precipitation in South Florida
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY, United States
M.A., Geography
Coursework
Advanced Fluvial Geomorphology
Geographical Theory
Seminar in Teaching Methods in Geography
Pollution Sampling and Measurment
Water Resources Planning and Mangagement
Environmental Geomorphology
Seminar in Computer Graphics
Advanced Geographic Field Study
Advanced Statistics in Geography
Conservation and Resource Management
Internship in Geography
Well Head Protection By Zoning
Water Quality Internship, 9/1990 - 12/1990, Cornell Cooperative Extension Broom
County, Binghamton, New York.
Graduate Assistant, Department of Geography SUNY Binghamton 8/88-5/89.
Teaching laboratory sections of Physical Geography, Weather and Climate, and Soils
classes.
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SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, NY, United States
B.A., Geography with Geology Minor
Geography coursework
Cartography
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Environmental Issues
Geography of North America
Conservation and Resource Management
Alpine and Arcitic Environments
Remote Sensing: Theory and Concepts
Geographic Info Systems
Geography of Wesern Europe
Climatology
Geographic Research Methods I
Third World Regions
Intro to Urban and Regional Planning
Georesearch Methods II
Reomote Sensing: Image Applications
Geology coursework
Geological Sciences I and II
Mineralogy
Stratigraphy
Petrology
Geomorphology
Principles of Structural Geology
Fossiles and Recent Marine Invertibrates
Computer Science and mathematics
Pascal Programming
Computer Concepts
Calculus I
Calculus II
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography SUNY Geneseo 9/87 -5/88 assisting in a
laboratory section of Physical Geography.
Publications and Presentations
Grein,R.L., November 2011, Regional Evapotranspiration and Rainfall Deficit for Non-Urbanized
Watersheds in South Florida, Ph.D. Poster, Southeast Division of the American Association of
Geographers, Savannah, Georgia.
Zahina, J.G., Said, W.P., Grein, R.L., Duever, M., June 2007, Pre-Development Vegetation
Communities of Southern Florida, Technical Publication HESM-02, South Florida Water Management
District, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Kranz, R.L,.Smelt, W.,1999, From Three Ring Binders to Internet accessibility, Track GIS on the
internet,A Technical Presentation for the ESRI User Conference,
June,1999, San Diego, California.
Grein, R. L., et al.,1987, Demonstration of Microcomputer Based Digital
Image Processing Systems For Environmental Analysis, A Technical Presentation for the Rochester
Academy of Science, November 1987, Geneseo, New York.
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Work History
South Florida Water Management District
West Palm Beach, FL, United States Jan 2008 - Present
Geographer 4/Scientist 4
Hydrologic Environmental Systems Modeling Department
.
GIS Analysis in supporting a department of approximately 60 hydrogeological
environmental modelers, engineers and scientists.
Model Data Steward
Model data stewardship program planning.
Model inventory
Model data Catalog
SVN Model Data Archive
Stake holder representative for the Enterprise GIS data system upgrade
Assist in acquiring, assembling, and manageing data for modelling projects
Conversion of data sets between mulitple formats, ascii, ncdf, bin, dss
LECWSplan update of model data
Assessment of Ground water monitoring network
WMM data updata of topographic, landuse and future landuse data
GIS analysis may be use for the creation and verification of Model input data
sets and post processing and visualization of model output datasets.
Dataset creation, compilation, update, verification for use by modelers.
Cartographic products in support of modelers.
GIS application development for Hydrologic Environmental Systems Modeling
Department,
SFWMD EOC - Emergency Modeling Team.
GIS application design for Regional Simulation Model graphical user interface.
SFWMD EOC GIS team leader with duties including preseason data
preparation, training and during storm GIS emergency mapping.
GIS working group member assisting the management of our enterprise GIS.
GIS Training and coaching of modelers, engineers and scientists.
GIS statement of work writing and review.
GIS contract deliverables review.
GIS project manager for functional departmental GIS projects.
GIS data steward for the department.
Spatial Analysis for Modelers and Scientists, for example stage/storage
relationships,.
Geostatistical analysis comparing datasets, i.e. topographic datasets
Estimation of future land use for SFWMM Model updates.
Generation of Digital Elevation Models from LiDAR data.
New GIS Application testing of in-house or contractor built applications.
Debugging of older AMLs used in post processing of model data.
Spatial analysis for Emergency Modeling Team and Department specific
projects.
Application design and programming using Model Builder and VBA/Arc Objects
to convert model datasets of different geo-zonal resolution of one model to
another.
QC of SFWMD generated DEMs from the Florida DEP Coastal LiDAR project.
Map creation for work products and publication for hydrologic environmental
modelers.
GIS Data Querying and report generation for hydrologic environmental
modelers.
Manage GIS data layers for modelers and enterprise data steward for model
datasets published to the enterprise GIS database.
QA/QC of GIS contract deliverables.
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QA/QC of GIS statements of work and use cases Update of Topographic
Dataset for the Regional Simulation Model and South Florida Water
Management Model.
Department level GIS data steward.
GIS Working Group Member representing my department in prioritizing
enterprise GIS needs, training, and coordination.
Desk side trouble shooting and coaching of GIS users in my department.
GIS project management of department functional GIS projects.
West Palm Beach, FL, United States Mar 2003 - Jan 2008
Staff Geographer
Hydrologic Environmental Systems Modeling Department May 2004 - Jan 2008
Water Supply Department March 2003 - May 2004
GIS Analysis in support of hydrogeological environmental modelers and planners using
ArcGIS.
GIS dataset creation, compilation, update, verification for use by ground water/surface
water modelers.
Geodatabase design in support of the Regional Simulation Model.
Cartographic products in support of modelers.
GIS application development for SFWMD EOC- Emergency Modeling Team.
GIS application Design for Regional Simulation Model graphical user interface.
GIS SFWMD Emergency Operations Center team leader with duties including preseason
data preparation, training and during storm GIS emergency mapping.
GIS working group member assisting with the management of our enterprise GIS by
representing our department.
GIS Training and coaching of modelers, engineers and scientists. GIS statement of work
writing and review.
GIS contract deliverables review. GIS project manager for functional departmental GIS
projects.
GIS contractor supervision
Design and development of Antecedent conditions tool for the Emergency Modeling
Team using VBA/ArcObjects and Model Builder.
Design of a Geodatabase for the Regional Simulation Model.
Spatial Analysis for Modelers and Scientists.
Historical vegetation cover geodatabase creation for the Natural Systems Regional
Simulation Model.
New GIS Application testing of in-house or contractor built applications.
Spatial analysis for Emergency Modeling Team and Department specific projects.
Map creation for work products and publication for hydrologic environmental modelers.
GIS Data Querying and report generation for hydrologic environmental modelers.
Manage GIS data layers for modelers and enterprise data steward for model datasets
published to the enterprise GIS database.
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QA/QC of GIS contract deliverables.
QA/QC of GIS statements of work and use cases
Update of Topographic Dataset for the Regional Simulation Model.
Creation of Watershed dataset for Regional Simulation Model.
Expansion of Rainfall Model Grid.
GIS Working Group Member representing my department in prioritizing enterprise GIS
needs, training, and coordination.
Desk side trouble shooting and coaching of GIS users in my department.
GIS project management of department functional GIS projects.
West Palm Beach, FL, United States Apr 1996 - Mar 2003
Geographer
Environmental Resources Assessment Department
GIS Analyst support for an environmental monitoring department of a water resource
management agency.
Developed cartographic products.
Verification of data,
Data collection
GIS and ORACLE application design and development
Spatial analysis, reporting and cartography.
Improved a standard mapping product to represent the environmental monitoring sites
throughout the 16 county agency. .
Cartography for publication and presentation.
Participation of Emergency Operations Center GIS activities both pre-hurricane season
preparation and during/post storm GIS activities.
Designed an Oracle database called SITEBOOK to organize metadata from stream
gauging activities (included attributes such as, GPS'd cross section start and end points,
weather, equipment used, etc)
Designed and developed applications for SITEBOOK database data collection using
ArcGIS, oracle applications, and PL/SQL Web Cartridge.
Designed and field tested mobile ArcPad application for GPS and Meta data Collection
for SITEBOOK.
Wrote VBA/ArcObjects code to connect into the Oracle database for environmental
monitoring data (DBHYDRO) and pull out active monitoring stations and their
coordinates.
Modified ArcView in support of web technical writers map making needs using the
interface and avenue.
Wrote VBA/ArcObjects, AML and Avenue scripts when needed in support of
departmental projects
Improvement of primary map series of environmental monitoring stations (weather,
groundwater stage, surface water stage, Flow stations).Regenerate and update the
monitoring station maps and database monthly.
Spatial Analysis in support of scientists and engineers.
Created maps and reports for work tasks, presentations, and publication.
Managed GIS data layers of active environmental monitoring stations.
Validation of location coordinates of hydrologic structures (gates, pump stations, weirs,
etc) and monitoring stations in our ORACLE database via GIS and GPS.
Taught in-house workshops in Geodatabases, SFWMD Emergency Operation Center
GIS Tools, and in-house GIS applications.
GPS field Data Collection
Desk-side coaching of part-time and full-time GIS users when they have GIS technical
issues or just questions.
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West Palm Beach, United States Jun 1992 - Apr 1996
Senior Engineering Technician
Regulation Department
GIS technician level support for a regulatory department in a water resource
management agency.
GIS regulatory database maintenance using Arc/Info, Developed GIS Database for
Everglades Agricultural Area permits.
Created user and presentation cartographic products.
AML programming
GPS data collection and conversion into Arc/INFO coverages and shapefiles
Application development for ArcView using Avenue.
Design of GIS Database for Everglades Agricultural Area permits using Arc/Info and
coverages.
Designed and programmed an application for regulator reviewers in ArcView using
Avenue.
Collected the Data for The Everglades Agricultural Area Permits via field GPS collection
and land ownership records.
Wrote AML scripts to speed up processes such as projection and conversion of GPS
coordinates to coverages and automation of map generation.
Edited newly converted regulatory permit coverages using ArcEdit.
Edited permit database by adding new regulatory permit application boundaries.
Edited permit database by modifying old permit boundaries based on applications for
modification.
Generated reports and maps for regulatory reviewers work and presentations
Desk-side coaching of part-time and full-time GIS users when they have GIS technical
issues or just have questions.
Skills
Geographic Information Systems
(Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Cartography, Spatial Analaysis, Geostatistics, GIS Data set design and deveolpemnet, Application
development with Model Builder, VBA, Python, and AML
ESRI ArcGIS
Database design and Query
(Advanced)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
ESRI Geodatabase design and development
Oracle database design
Oracle PL/SQL and PL/SQL web cartridge
Mysql database design for web application
Programing and Web
(Intermediate)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Data Processing and management scripst - AWK/SED, Python, Pascal, Basic, Fortran, VBA, Visual
Basic,C, javascript
Web application - html, php, and mysql
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Project Managment
(Intermediate)
3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Project Manager for Modeling Data Steward Project FY 2011
Project Manager for Topography update 2009 FY 2009
Team Leader Topography update for SFWMM Enhancement FY 2009/2010
Managed CERP GIS Contractor FY 2003
Write Project Charters, Project Management Plans, Statements of work, Project Schedules, Risk plan,
Communications plan, Project Closeout.
Certifications
Certified Geographic Informations Systems Professional (GIS Certification Institute)
Nov 2010 - Nov 2015
Advanced Leader Bronze Aug 2010 - Has no expiration
(Toastmasters International)
Compentent Leader Award Apr 2010 - Has no expiration
(Toastmasters International)
Compentant Communicator Jun 2010 - Has no expiration
(Toastmasters International)
Leadership
Vice President Public Relations, Freddy s Forum Toastmasters Club, 2011-2012
Treasurer, Freddy s Forum Toastmasters Club, 2009-2010
Leader Within South Florida Water Management District Team Polaris 2009
GIS Expo Committee Member, Palm Beach County GIS Forum 2011, 2008,2007,2006
Outdoor Program Management Team, Palm Glades Girl Scouts 2006-2008
GIS Users Group Chair, South Florida Water Management District, 2003
Awards
Gamma Theta Upsilon Geography National Honor Society, November 2010
Nominated SFWMD Team of the Month, March 2009,
Nominated SFWMD Employee of the Month, August, 1997
SFWMD Cash Awards - 2003,2007
Technical Training
Geographic Information Systems Training
Geostatistics
Advanced Analysis with ArcGIS
ArcHydro Training
Geodatabase design concepts
ArcGIS Create/Manage Geodatabase
Managing Editing Workflows in a Multiuser Geodatabase
ArcGIS intro to SDE
Intro To ArcGIS II
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Intro to ArcGIS I
ArcObject Programming with VBA
Advanced Topics in ArcGIS 8.3
Customizing ArcIMS using ActiveX Connector
Customizing ArcIMS using ARCXML
ODE
ArcINFO What's New in Version 8
ArcView Programming with Avenue
ArcView What s new in Version 3
ArcINFO Mapobjects
ArcINFO Location- allocation
ArcINFO Regions
ArcINFO Network Analysis
ArcINFO Image Enhancment, Mosaic, and Map
Advanced Unix, Mod I
Avenue Macro Programming for ArcView 2
Programming Training
C# for GIS Modeling applications
Python Programming
C++ Programming
C++ Programming Introduction
C Programming: an introduction
Visual Basic 5.0
Database Training
Advanced Oracle 9I Spatial
Oracle 9I Database Release 2
Oracle 9I Spatial
Oracle introduction to Oracle
Oracle DEV/REL 2 Build Forms 1
Oracle DEV/REL 2 Build Reports
Oracle Developer 2000 Reports
Oracle Developer 2000 Forms
Oracle SQL Statement Training
Develop DB Apps with Java I
Develop DB Apps with Java II
WEB Technologies
Create Dynamic Web Content with Java
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
Web Site Design ( at Palm Beach Community College)
Project Management and Leadership
SFWMD Leader With in Program FY 2009
Effective Communication and Crucial Discussions for Leadership
The Leadership Challenge
Making Presentations that Work
SFWMD Stress Management Workshop
Communicating to Influence
Manager s Motivation Toolkit
The 7 Habits for Managers
Introduction to the Capability Maturity Model Integration Version 1.2
Intro to Project Management
Managing Contractors at the District
Writing Statements of Work
Peoplemap training
Teamwork
Communications
Time management at the District
Supplier Diversity
Managing Change
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