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Title:Jim Frank
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Name: Jim Frank
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City: Harrisburg
State: PA
Zip/Postal Code: 17111
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E-mail: ********@*******.***
Primary Phone: 717-***-****
Background
Most Recent Job Title: Directory of GIS and Emerging Techonology
Most Recent Employer: GeoNova Publishing Inc.
Career Level: Manager, Director Level
Availability or Timeframe: Immediately
Authorized to work in the US: Yes
Security Clearance:
Do you have transportation: Yes
Over 18: Yes
Education: Bachelors
Languages Spoken: English
Job Preferences
Desired Salary: Open
Willing to Relocate:
Desired Job Titles: GIS Manager/Director
Manager/Director of IT
Desired Job Types: Contract, Employee
Work Status: Full Time, Part Time
Desired Shifts: 1st Shift
Desired Travel:
Category: Environmental, Information Technology or Systems, Manufacturing/Industrial,
Media/Publishing, Military/Government, Operations, Project Management, Sales/Business
Development, Travel/Hospitality/Restaurant
Company Size:
Company Type:
Industry: Computers Software and Hardware, Consumer Products, Defense, Energy / Utilities
/ Oil & Gas, Government / Civil Service, Information Technology, Manufacturing /
Production
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SUMMARY
Highly motivated Information Technology Professional focusing on location based services
for mobile application development and related business processes including marketing,
sales, production, and management. Field of experience is diverse having worked with local
government, small localized firms and an international multi-billion dollar company.
Strengths include product planning from conception to release to market, customer
interaction, team building and training, and organizational strategic planning. Applies
professional strengths to new product or process development.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GeoNova Publishing, Inc
., a Discovery Communications Company, Lititz, PA 20072009Director of GIS and Emerging Technologies
Responsible for IT management/budgeting and purchasing, marketing and sales support for
digital products, web and ecommerce properties, and mobile applications.
Created twelve iPhone applications for re-tasking existing GeoNova content. Created
product plan for targeted iPhone development services releasing the first in Oct. 2009.
Converted traditional mapping processes using GIS decreasing production time over 50%.
Served as IT interface with sales staff participating in sales and marketing plan
development along with product line planning and development.
Created an ecommerce site to sell GeoNova s and its affiliate s print products in digital
form. Successfully repurposed over ten thousand items for sale.
Managed production of two web based flash interactive for Discovery Channel programs.
Launched a new business unit by automating locator map generation increasing output to
800,000 maps per day. Set up production and delivery plans to be used for direct mail
houses.
Participated in corporate strategic planning with parent company.
Allegheny County, Department of Computer Services, Pittsburgh, PA 20032007Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) Manager
Responsible for maintaining and distributing (both internally and externally) core County
GIS data and technology. Worked with other County departments forming cooperative
agreements to meet the County enterprise goals. Set County enterprise goals and standards
for GIS as a member of the IT senior management team.
Built an Enterprise GIS Infrastructure including geodatabases and webservers that fit
within the fiscal constraints of County Government.
Created a Department of Property Assessment GIS web application for public access.
Helped create a 911 RFP and interviewed respondents for a multi-million dollar computer
aided dispatch system. Assisted with State funding requests.
Instituted a community outreach program facilitating communication with and between one
hundred thirty municipal entities.
Coordinated GIS data and systems with Federal Agencies (Homeland Security, FBI, US
Marshalls, NGA) for the 2006 MLB All-Star Game.
Acquired $500,000 high resolution Digital Ortho Photos through and RFP process in both
traditional photography and satellite formats.
Represented Allegheny County at State GIS user group meetings.
Environmental Systems Research Institute
(ESRI), King of Prussia, PA 20002003Technical Marketing Representative / Systems Administrator
Provided onsite demonstrations of ESRI desktop, mobile and server-based software in the
support of the sales team. Consulted to various clients on infrastructure design and
software installation and implementation and provided training. Managed IT infrastructure
for the regional office. Acted as project manager for regional application development
projects.
Implemented and supported GIS technology for various NDA bound organizations.
Installed ESRI and Microsoft software for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agencies
GIS implementation.
Deployed ESRI and Microsoft technologies for the NJ Geographic Information Network pilot
program.
RealTime Hotel Reports LLC
., Ithaca, NY 19992000Programming Manger / GIS Developer / Assistant Systems Administrator
Acted as GIS technician and developer supporting database development and web mapping.
Managed geocoding of an all inclusive nationwide hotel database.
Consulting Municipal Engineers
(CME Associates), Parlin, NJ 19961999Geographic Information Systems Coordinator
Provided GIS support for municipal engineering, surveying and planning projects.
Developed and programmed software demonstrations. Prepared marketing material for sales
initiatives. Automated internal processes using Visual Basic.
West Chester University, West Chester, PA 1996Geographic Information Systems Technician
Provided GIS data creation services to support a contracted project.
Day and Zimmermann Information Solutions, Radnor, PA 19941995Geographic Information Systems Technician
Performed GIS production on database construction projects focusing on tax parcel map
conversion utilizing ESRI s ArcInfo Workstation. Wrote macros to increase production time
and quality control. Trained new technicians.
EDUCATION
B.A
. (Geography) West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA, 1996
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
ESRI Server Product Implementation and Management: ArcSDE, ArcIMS
ESRI Desktop and Mobile Products Use and Workflow Design: ArcGIS Suite, ArcPad
Most Microsoft Back Office and Office products
Computer Aided Dispatch Functionality and Integration
Development Environments: Visual Studio 6, VB6, Visual Studio .NET
PROJECTS
Allegheny County GIS Manager
2009 Discovery Channel Maps iPhone Application Development: Managed design and
development of twelve Discovery Channel branded iPhone applications including outside
consultant interaction and content development.
2009 Discovery Channel Flash Interactives: Managed the creation of two geographically
based flash interactives for program directors at Discovery Channel. Web launch coincided
with television programs season and series launches.
2008 Stockmaps.com Creation: Wrote business rules and specification for an ecommerce
website designed to repurpose existing GeoNova digital maps. Managed the external
development of the site and the internal conversion of maps for sale. Developed internal
QA/QC processes for site management.
2007 Locator Map Generator Engine: Wrote specifications and ran bid process for
development of an engine based on ESRI technology for development high volumes of locator
maps for use by direct mail house clients. After testing various technologies for
implementation, server virtualization proved the best in maximizing output at 800,000 maps
per day while minimizing costs.
2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: Coordinated GIS Allegheny County s Emergency
Operation Center in support of Federal Agencies (Homeland Security, FBI, US Marshals).
Worked directly with National Geospatial Intelligence Agency representatives in acquiring
data from disparate sources and performed needs analyses including line of sight tactical
visioning.
2006 Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system request for proposals and selection process:
Specified the GIS architecture. This architecture drove the selection process and caused
chosen vendors core product development to change to match Allegheny County s need.
Project budget is 10 million dollars with an additional 2.5 million dollars for GIS data
and implementation services. When completed, Allegheny County will have a new dispatch
system that will connect with other Emergency Management systems through GIS.
2005-2006 Community outreach program: Facilitate communication between 130 municipal
entities enabling them to work together in data development and infrastructure support.
The goal is to form a relationship where the County provides technological resources and
the municipalities update data.
2005-2006 Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan: Directing GIS work for the Planning
Department in an effort to provide better decision making tools for land development and
infrastructure planning.
2004-Present State meetings: Represented Allegheny County GIS interests. Allegheny was
one of five member counties to form a County GIS advocate organization (County GIS
Professionals Association)
2005 State mandated MS4 program: Managed field GPS data collection process. Saved time
and resources by training and directing Department of Public Works personnel.
2004-Present County Park Boundaries: Provide field GPS mapping support for Parks
Department for land disputes in court.
2004-2005 County Digital Ortho Photography Acquisition: Through a request for proposal
process, contracted with Digital Globe satellite company for aerial photography and
planimetric data update. QA/QC process included internally developed processes based on
datamodel topology rules.
ESRI Technical Marketing Representative (excludes non-disclosure clients)
2003 Emergency Operation Center GIS Implementation: Pennsylvania Emergency Management
Agency GIS database and web implementation.
2002-2003 Pilot Program of the New Jersey Geographic Information Network: Installed
hardware and software for a four county distributed architecture for NJ s Office of
Information Technologies.
2002 PAGIS Consortium: Built and deployed an EPA funded prototype mapping server. Project
proved the integration of County data for State and Federal use.
POSITIONS AND OFFICES
South Western PA Regional Director, Board of Directors, County GIS Professionals
Association (affiliate of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania), 2006
elect
Board Member, California University Emergency Management Program Advisory Board, Oct.
2005 - 2007
Central Appalachian Chapter (CAC) President, Urban Regional Information Systems
Association (URISA), 2005 term
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Visual Basic .NET, MicroEndeavors, Inc., Malvern, PA, 2002.
Implementing MS Windows 2000 Professional and Server, MicroEndeavors, Inc., Malvern, PA,
2001
ArcSDE Admin for Sql Server, ESRI Learning Center, Redlands, CA, 2001
Advanced ArcObjects Component Dev., ESRI Learning Center, King of Prussia, PA, 2001
Creating and Managing Geodatabases, ESRI Learning Center, King of Prussia, PA, 2001
Designing Geodatabases, ESRI Learning Center, King of Prussia, PA, 2000
Map Objects using VB
6.0, ESRI Learning Center, Washington D.C., 1999
Database Design SQL Server 7.0, PTS Learning Center, King of Prussia, PA, 1999
System Administration for SQL Server 7.0, PTS Learning Center, King of Prussia, PA, 1999
Advanced Visual Basic
5.0, Dow Jones Training Center, South Brunswick, NJ, 1998
ArcView/Avenue,
ESRI Learning Center, Washington D.C., 1997
PRESENTATIONS
James M. Frank Jr
.
6248 Spring Knoll Drive
Harrisburg PA 17111 412-***-**** ******@*******.***
James M. Frank Jr.
6248 Spring Knoll Drive, Harrisburg PA 17111
******@*******.***
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