PERSONAL PROFILE SUZI CAMERON

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An effective, highly organized and detail-oriented GIS Specialist. With over 20 years’ experience providing thorough and skillful geographic support to senior executives, individuals, groups and facilities with an emphasis on ETL to build the information knowledge based of the company. Strong points being the ability to problem solve, think analytically, effective use of time and good interpersonal skills.

PhD RESS

Master’s Degree from an accredited university in geographic information systems (GIS), 21 years of experience working in the GIS industry

Strong working knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS software and various extensions

Knowledge of personal, file, and SDE geodatabase creation, implementation, versioning, and maintenance; advanced editing data layers; data conversion

Ability to work with surveyors to convert CAD data into ESRI .shp files for use in ArcDesktop

Strong cartographic, organizational, and problem solving skills

Ability to work well with all levels of staff, contractors, and vendors

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of products

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Cartographic Production Data Creation Geodatabase Design and Creation

Data Editing Topology Projections

GIS Analysis Geoprocessing GPS Data Capture

Aerial Photography Interpretation Georeferencing Data Conversion

Metadata Building Staff Management Tender Process

Reporting Financial Projections Land Analysis

Law Terms Interpreted Attending Meetings Client Interpretation

Communicate complex GIS concepts to entry level uses Verbal and communication skills

Document control

Records keeper

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CenterPoint Energy Houston

GIS Data Manager Gas and LandBase 2018 – 2020

Manage the workflow of the gas orders - approx. 500 000 orders and the offsite team of approx. 400 staff. Manage the document standards for gas for all 9 states. Manage the Landbase standards written from scratch. Manage 2 coordinators and 9 on site QC team which does quality control on the previous months work by all digitizers into GIS, both internal and off shore vendor. This work is done following the ANSI standard and the work flow was written by me since no QC team existed prior.

CenterPoint Energy Houston

GIS Data Management Supervisor 2015 – 2018

Supervise the Gas and Electric data management section, 2 coordinators, and see to the daily work flow and queries from the offsite vendor. approx. 500 000 orders a year with 400 off site members

CenterPoint Energy Houston

Records Validation 2015

My primary task was to populate and validate records including cad design, as-built. I would use ArcFM to update GIS manage, monitor work progress and quality control GIS input. Consult with gas pipeline records people and GIS staff on project needs and information requirements.

Africoast Engineers 2008 - 2013

GIS Manager

My primary task was to supervise a team of staff; including cartographers, data managers, analysts and support specialists. I would initialize projects then manage, monitor work progress and budget costs. Consult with clients on project needs and information requirements.

I would arrange all the recruiting and training of staff. Contractual staff was hired per project need, with contracts I would create together with the help of a labor broker. For future business I would negotiate ad hoc contracts with staff or with clients.

I would have to monthly bill the client. Submit this together with a covering letter indicating milestones met and project progress.

I would conduct and arrange all GPS work. This involved coordinating an initial onsite visit for assessment of the scope of work to be carried out. This scope would be analyzed for allocation to office staff.

During and after the project I was the primary reporting analyst and documentation specialist. I performed as the delivery manager for both internal and external clients.

When the software needed upgrading I would consult with the IT department, make sure of specifics to manage the development of GIS software packages and technical bugs that might incur after the install process. A period of time thereafter monitor the functionality of systems making sure to keep the unit up-to-date with new technology, but never to fall behind with the on-going project milestones.

SIDA (seconded to Buffalo City Municipality GIS Unit) 2003 – 2008

GIS Specialist and coordinator

I was tasked to perform as an information knowledge management specialist. My primary task would be to insert information into the corporate database. Using an ELT process from various sectors feed data into a common store house facility called the SDE or spatial data engine.

Databases needed to have staff access on three levels of ability, User, Creator and Systems Administrator. I would apply the correct permissions to the SQL databases for writers and readers of the corporate database.

I had to manually load and maintain the license to servers when modifications to the databases were made. I did desktop support troubleshooting for staff with access to the corporate server or by an onsite visit to repair their serve or for any technical queries that could not be managed via desktop help.

The CityMap was a frontend used by the municipality to show its clients, via the internet, where their utilities and services lay spatially, in relation to their land parcel. I would be responsible for the ETL, to the CityMap. This meant input and continual adding of layers to the IMS server which ran in the background to run this operation.

The Basemap and all the layers were managed and updated regularly. The primary layer used was the cadastral. All subsequent layers had to be corrected topologically to this layer. This would give staff seamless integrating for viewing their data. The cadastral ETL process was managed through data purchased from the Surveyor General’s office that coordinated all the deeds information. I would then clean and import it into our system.

All ad hoc mapping was mapped, printed and distributed on request.

I was assigned as the trainer to the SIDA, (Young Consultants), hired consultants as well staff and councilors of the wards that were within Buffalo City Municipality.

Coordination of the office work, including the reception duties, admin and report writing was performed by me. Making request and following up of all official requisitions, assessed needs for the office was done through municipal procurement channels.

I coordinated and managed the monthly Technical User Group (TUG) meetings. The stakeholders from all the sectors of the municipality had to be involved as it was ultimately their data used in the GIS. Namely Deeds Office, Financial Department, Electricity, Water, Sewer, Storm water and Road Departments.

Periodically I was tasked to arrange accommodations for a Sida representative who would come to South Africa from Sweden to see to the progress of the projects they funded. This would include meeting schedules, attending to work related requirements and auditing the project milestones. Site visit would be arranged for them to see the progress made. This representative was elected to correlate the Twinning Program with the Gavle Municipality in Sweden. I was required to go to Sweden to give reports and attend training.

Monthly exception reporting and budget reconciliation had to be done in a specific format; this had to be posted to Sweden for payment and acceptance. Monthly timesheets has to be verified and punched into the system manually.

I had to liaising with the IT Department for all the GIS requirements, including software upgrades, server connectivity and basic repair to the computers.

ESKOM 2002 – 2003

Technical Support and Design, Electrical Engineering Branch

My primary task was to maintain and back up of all the databases on the SCADA system.

I attending to all the day to day activities of the GIS office and assisting the Electrical Engineers with desktop planning and project work

Amatole District Municipality 1996 – 2002

GIS, Road Mapper and Assisting with Design

My primary task was to create shapefiles of all access roads to new and existing emergency service areas e.g. school, hospitals and clinics. This required me to interpreting land data into shapefile via digitization or ELT for mapping.

I did the tutoring of field staff on the use of mapping and map reading.

I performed all the project management duties on the above access roads and reported to the Civil Engineers on budget costing and progress. Mapping was done on an ad hoc basis.

Funders such as USaid and SIDA required presentation of milestones. I got this information from meetings convened for technical staff and would report back in writing and with presentation on progress made.

Cadbury Schweppes 1993 – 1996

Co-ordination and Planning of Sales Office, Administrative Officer

I singularly controlled the sales office. This included merchandisers and field sales manager routing schedules; mileages taken and audited; spoilage return, acceptance and resale; banking, stock control and ordering. I was the onsite telesales person and performed reception duties.

I received mail, controlled the petty cash and did the monthly audit. I took minutes of meetings and distributed these once typed to all stakeholders.

Meyers Delta 1991 - 1993 PA to Assistant to Financial Director

I was to see to all administration duties of the financial office, including mail, faxing, filing, emailing, minute taking and monthly target assessing and telephonic duties. On occasion I would relieve the debtors and creditors clerk.

Studying and then stayed home for a year with my daughter premature birth 1990

PROJECTS / WORK EXPERIENCE

Wind and Solar Farm planning and development

The wind farm and solar farm development:

●Feasibility studies regarding

●Land ownership

●Sensitivity of land (buffering water features for bats and birds; noise and flicker buffering etc)

●Height levels

●Land Use conditions

●Post Feasibility regarding

●Turbine or panel placement

●Water availability

●Land Lease requirements

●Development agreements etc

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) Spatial orientation of facilities

GIS capture of all Nelson Mandela Municipality facilities to comply with Auditor-General requirements. Database design and editing, data management, report compilation and mapping

Helenvale Status Quo Study

Integration of GPS capture and GIS analysis into research for NMMM, South Africa- GIS project management – and socio economic evaluation and recommendations for cost and benefit to community

Zanemvula Baseline Assessment and Floodline Study

GIS integration, analysis and mapping of Zanemvula services including street lighting, highmasts, water and sanitation, pathways and signage. Then assessing who is within the 50 year flood line and needing to be relocated and the cost implications

Electrification network analysis of NMMM

GPS field survey of all NMBM electrification lines to be integrated into the metros corporate

GIS analysis and evaluation of historical, present and estimated future electrical lines and supply zones in Nelson Mandela Bay

Spatial Development Framework (SDF) demographic update study

GIS housing analysis and, demographic and socio-economic study of informal settlements throughout NMBM.

GIS Project Management

Demand Side Management

Electrical data collection and integration into GIS, presentations and mapping

Cacadu Maintenance Backlog

Survey of the health, community service, infrastructural eg water and sewerage infrastructure and education facilities to be incorporated into the GIS database- database design and editing, data management, report compilation, mapping

Numerous Wind Energy, Biogas, Biomass and Renewable Energy Projects

Many other projects in and around the Eastern Cape and South Africa all available on request

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1983: High School: Clarendon High School, East London

1988: Degree: B A (Psychology), Rhodes University

1987: National Diploma: Fine Art, Port Elizabeth Technikon

1984: One year completed of Art and Design, Port Elizabeth Technikon

2007 Technical Diploma: Electrical Engineering Technology, Intech

2011 Masters Degree: Geographical Information Science – University of Salzburg Germany

2013 Post Grad Degree: Sustainable Renewable Energy, Penn State USA (current)

2013 Professional registrations: PLATO registration (current)

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EXPOSURE

A+, C++ - entry level

Java – entry level

MS Projects - intermediate

MS Word - advanced

Wordperfect

MS Dos – basic command

Caddie - basic

ESRI ArcGIS Arcview 3.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1,9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1, 10.1 – IMS and SDE

Wordperfect 8

Introduction to Java and C++, A, A+

Ami Pro Suite

MS Office XP Professional & 2000 & 97 advanced

MS Excel and MS Word Advanced

MS Project 2000 – working knowledge

MS Access - intermediate

IMS and SDE and geo data basing

SAP – entry level

PHP, SQL, database administration

AlleyCad – introduction course

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

Media officer GISSA organisation South Africa 2003 – 2006

Executive Branch Member ANC Eastern Cape 1998 - 2004

Secretary Fine Art Society of the Eastern Cape 2001 - 2002

Member Alumni Rhodes University Current

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