Data Engineer
Resume:
Francisco Duncan Velasquez
**************@*****.***
Career Summary
Strategically focused, experienced geospatial professional with more than ten years in the field. Energetic,
with a proven track record of execution. Effective at leading high-performance teams by creating a culture
of collaboration and teamwork within and across internal and external teams. Excellent communication
skills. Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively interface at senior levels in customer
and partner organizations. 10 years experience maintaining and administrating large data bases.
Expertise:
• Business and technical depth in geospatial, big data and cloud industries
• Strategic thinking, strategic planning, and product planning expertise
• Linux / UNIX system administrator
• Problem solver with exceptional ability to interpret and integrate cross-functional platforms
• Exceptional client management skills with exceptional ability to manage military clients
• Clear, candid, persuasive written & oral communication
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Close attention to detail and commitment to flawless execution
• Managing all aspects of large data manufacturing, including sensor-operation, on-board
processing, post-mission processing, exploitation (the production data and intelligence-derived
products), quality assurance/ quality control, and data dissemination and the application of
advanced data science methods
• Leading forward deployed teams in high operational tempo environments
• Leading talented teams based on a track record of achieving and exceeding aggressive project
goals
• Managing data quality control and quality assurance
Data Scientist (Geospatial)
Data Science Team – National Geospatial Intelligence Agency - Sciences and Methodologies Division
Clear Resolution Consulting LLC - November 2014 – Current
Customers Supported: National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
• Supports the creation and fusion of GEOINT and multi-disciplined intelligence data and its
dissemination into Intelligence Community database repositories
• Reviews standard and non-standard GEOINT data products to determine and implement the
appropriate metadata and keyword tagging
• Performs structural and substantive edits of data for organization, completeness, logic, accuracy,
and compliance with applicable standards and formats
• Works with customers to determine appropriate NGA products for disseminating GEOINT data
information
• Works with compiled data sets to look for new exploitation methodologies that support NGA
Structured Observation Management and data analytics
Senior Geospatial Analyst / Data Manager
Project A for NGA
Geospatial Intelligence Division – Leidos / SAIC - January 2014 – October 2014
Customers Supported: National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
• Provided technical support to overseas operations for the processing, exploitation, and
dissemination (PED) of Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensor airborne laser
imaging research test bed (“Project-A”)
• Provided quality assurance, control, and information technology services, including sensor
operation and verification, collection objective designation and verification, ensuring that LIDAR
data is sufficient to meet Digital Elevation Model (DEM) production standards, quality assurance
of all point cloud extracted products, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of cluster-
based LAN and Direct Access Network (DAN) / Storage Area Network (SAN) storage and high
bandwidth Ethernet environments
• Maintained general purpose PC-based workstations and LINUX servers and ensured that security
requirements were met and industry software and hardware best practices were followed
• Manufactured, organized, tracked, and assisted in quality control of data
• Disseminated time-sensitive tactical intelligence products to deployed sites and users, and
disseminated raw or partially processed LIDAR product data to and from customer libraries and
to and from the stateside production facilities
• Collected performance statistics, disseminated, processed and tracked collection of requirements
• Provided data QA/QC for both raw data and processed intelligence products
• Disseminated daily products, briefs, and datasets as required by collection managers and PED cell
leaders
• Ensured all sortie related data and metadata are stored and available to analysts
• Managed the large data archive and pre-staged data sets for recurring time-dominant product
requests
• Coordinated and delivered finished OPED products to requestors and collection managers
• Provided daily collection statistics to mission commander in relation to satisfaction of
requirements
Geospatial Software Systems Engineer III
Distributed Common Ground System - Deployed Processing Exploitation and Dissemination Initiative
(DCGS-A DPI) - Geospatial Intelligence Cloud Integration Team
Advanced Intelligence Division - Leidos / SAIC - January 2013 – December 2013
Customers Supported: US Army
• Contributed to the efforts to build more effective intelligence tooling for the distributed common
ground systems of the US Army and the transition to cloud computing
• Deployed geospatial databases, integrating them into the cloud-computing environment.
• Provided software testing and evaluation
• Developed, updated and deployed Red Hat Packet Management (RPM) packages across the
distributed network
• Participated in project development and distributed programming using commercial and open
source tools and libraries such as GDAL and OGR
• Assisted in the integration of GIS software like Open Streetmaps, QGIS, GeoServer,
Geowebcache, Google Earth, Google Maps and Arc Server, OZONE widget tool production
Geospatial Information Systems Specialist III
Geospatial Systems Technologies Division – SAIC - May 2007 – December 2012
Customers Supported: US Army Geospatial Center (Corps of Engineers), NGA
• Collected, processed, exploited and disseminated Buckeye program mapping and intelligence
data to the US Army Corps of Engineers Geospatial Center’s customers in Afghanistan and Iraq
• Processed LIDAR and electro-optical information (digital photography) and deliver to Army
Geospatial Center and forward deployed, combat zone located elements
• Provided time-sensitive, high-resolution maps for intelligence and topographic teams within
hours of collection
• Provided analysis, creation and dissemination of mission-tailored tactical products for NGA
Buckeye, ALIRT and HALOE programs
• Provided geospatial products for a Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel recovery effort
• Processed, and stored large database LIDAR and EO data to customer specifications
• Maintained Buckeye GIS web-based database for ACG
• Processed AGC to NGA LIDAR data for the intra-agency large data translation / transfer effort
Systems Engineer II
Advanced Systems Group – SAIC - May 2006 to August 2007
Customer Supported: US Army Future Combat Systems
• Composed UML data models for System Engineering and Integration as a data analyst for FCS
(Narrative, planning, UML modeling composition and implementation)
• Provided post build processing of complete architectural analysis models
• Converted data models into classified formats (timing data, decomposition etc.)
• Provided use case scenarios the FCS leadership for vetting of system engineering process
System Engineer I
Advanced Systems Group – SAIC - May 2003 to May 2006
Customer Supported: Missile Defense Agency
• Produced expedited analysis for the department of defense to support the MDA Mission.
• Leveraged AGI Satellite toolkit suite of software, ARCGIS and other mapping products to supply
analytical data and accurate 3D depictions to support the system engineering chief scientist
system engineering goals
• Provided maps and estimation for nuclear payloads spread and yields
• Provided all mapping media for MDA summer studies (2003 - 2006)
• Prepared classified presentations to brief Secretary of Defense Deputy and staff
• Maintained historical database of the groups data and products
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Software
BAE SOCET GXP and SOCETSET
Optech DASHMAP Data Processing (LIDAR)
ERDAS Imagine Suite (ENVI)
ESRI (Arc Map, Arc Server and Arc Modeler, Python Module)
QGIS
OZONE widget tool creation (cloud based software)
GeoServer (with Geowebcache)
Linux / CentOS administration
Remote View
Applied Imagery Quick Terrain Modeling 3D Processing
John Hopkins University Image Geocoding Software
OrthoVista GPS Processing Suite
AGI Satellite Toolkit (With STAMP Ballistic Missile Flight Tool)
VM Ware Client (create virtual GIS machines)
Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop C3
Windows OS administration
LINUX / UNIX administration
MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Access etc.)
Hardware
Windows PC and Server Technician (SAN / WAN)
EO and LIDAR sensor diagnosis, installation, repair and maintenance
USACE Buckeye EO and LIDAR senor operation repair and maintenance
NGA Project A server, sensor and workstation maintenance
GPS base station (TRIMBLE, etc.) data collection, survey and maintenance
Training
Applied Imagery Tactical Operators LIDAR Course - Quick Terrain Modeler
TEXTRON Systems LIDAR Analyst Software Course
SAIC Rational Rose Software Training Course
CORE Data Modeling (UML) Training Course
Certifications
CompTIA Security + (October 3, 2013 - Certification number COMP001020622684)
Customers Supported
Distributed Common Ground Systems (DCGS-A) Cloud Geospatial Integration – US Army
Missile Defense Agency
US Army Future Combat Systems
US Army Corps of Engineers – Army Geospatial Center
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Military in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom
Education
Degree: B.A. Communications - University of Colorado at Boulder - 1994
Clearance: Top Secret (NOV 2014)
Honorable Discharge - US Army (Infantry) 1998
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