HM ARMED FORCES - BRITISH ARMY ****-****
ROYAL ENGINEERS, GEOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER
ROYAL MARINES NOV 2015-JUNE 2017
Poole, United Kingdom
Key member of a three-man team, handling projects supporting the Special Forces; covering everything from basic mapping to mobile applications.
• Installed 6 applications on hundreds of mobile devices to display data created for the individual needs of the users, in both raster and vector formats, to teach proper navigation and usage
• Lead liaison to United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, forming a relationship to where both hard and soft copy charts were disrupted on a regular basis
• Maintained and enhanced web services used widely on a daily basis, including: creating vector feature classes, layer files, the aesthetics of the service, as well as caches for imagery, mapping, and charts
• Managed and maintained a secure database along with data distribution to people with the correct permissions and clearance
TEAM LEADER/GEOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN MAY 2015 - NOV 2015 Pathfinder - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Appointed on promotion to manage and distribute tasking for a small team within the Joint Intelligence Operations Centre to provide any Geographic Intelligence support to U.K. Defence and the Five-Eyes community.
• Produced projects to be used in multinational briefings
• Briefed senior management and above on a regular basis, usually on urgent notice
DEPLOYMENT AUG 2013 - MAR 2014
Afghanistan
Sole technician at the Forward Operating Base (FOB), reviewed every decision involving geographic support and completed intense, high pressure requests in a calm and professional manner.
• Addressed geospatial data and web applications requests, queries, and questions confidentiality for customers, colleagues and management
• Organized and carried out updates and dissemination of mission specific datasets
• Briefed high ranking officers to aid in tactical decisions from the created products
• Lead training sessions on web service
A veteran Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist and logic-minded professional - widely experienced in implementing complete, defense-based projects and adept in leading a team to deliver accurate and punctual results to multi-national customers; currently seeking employment within the GIS Community. AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
• Feb 2016 - First Geographic technician
within the armed forces to plan and
execute a working stand alone network
whilst in flight.
• Aug 2012 - Selected to provide
Geographic support on a multinational
exercise whilst based and
maneuvering on a naval ship covering
10 different countries over a period of
four months.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• GIS- ESRI ArcGIS products
• Analytics - Spatial Analysis, Network
Analysis, Geospatial Analysis, Data
Analysis
• Operating Systems - Windows
OS, Windows Server, ArcGIS for
server
• Web Applications - ArcGis for Flex
• Microsoft Office - Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, Outlook
• Other Proficiencies - Data Management,
Positional Surveyor, HTML
SECURITY CLEARANCE
Defence Business Services (DBS)
National Security Vetting
Ministry of Defence, UK
EDUCATION
Sheffield Hallam University 2015
Applied Computer Science Foundation
Degree,
Sheffield, England, UK
Business and Technology Education
Council (BTEC) 2009
BTEC National Award Qualification -
Uniformed Services
Loughborough College, UK
General Certificates of Secondary
Education (GCSE) 2008
9 Certificates: Mathematics, Science (2),
English (2), Physical Education, Electronics,
Geography, Psychology
DANIEL
COTTON
GIS SPECIALIST
*************@*****.***
Los Angeles, CA
OBJECTIVE
WORK EXPERIENCE