Wind Energy Environmental Engineer

JOSEPH DARIN DRAKE

San Diego, CA ***** / 850-***-****

**************@*****.***

EDUCATION

San Diego State University B.A. Geography 1994 - Natural Resource and Environmental Management / Geographic Information Systems

EXPERIENCE

Consultant: GIS / Environmental Engineer / Renewable Energy June 2012 –March 2021

Renewable Energy companies (Wind & Solar). U.S. Navy / San Diego, CA

Worked with end clients to determine business needs/requirements for enhanced GIS applications.

Performed business impact analysis on new/enhanced GIS projects.

Developed and maintained project plans for all GIS projects and related software deployments.

Utilized ESRI ArcGIS Server controls, ArcGIS 10.3. and ArcObjects. WKN USA (Windkraft Nord)

GIS / Wind & Site Assessment Engineer Manager

January 2008 – May 2012 / San Diego, CA / http://wknusa.com

Wind and Site resource management to produce energy assessments for multiple utility scale wind energy facilities throughout the United States. WindPRO analysis, micro-siting and production of turbine layouts for large scale wind farms.

Developed application documentation and user-training materials for GIS and environmental phase reports.

Provided mapping support using GIS tools to include: Trimble GPS, ESRI platforms of suites, ArcGIS 10v, 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst. Construction and analysis of meteorological towers, PV solar panels, battery supply banks, instrumentation, and maintenance to collect climatic data. Implementation and analysis of SODAR units in remote locations.

Provided advanced statistical analysis using WindPRO to design and optimize turbine layouts to contribute to the GIS platforms. Production of wind data analysis, wind atlas generation, wind climate estimation and siting of wind turbines using WAsP 10. Worked closely with third party consultants to arrange met tower installations, meteorological monitoring, and to outline and manage work of consultants as well as performing analysis and review of data and reports.

BOP contract negotiations, Turbine acquisitions, and extensive review and responses to Utility scale RFP. EDF (Formally known as enXco)

Site Assessment Engineer

January 2006 – Dec 2007 / Escondido, CA / http://forasenergy.com/index.php

Responsibilities include working closely with the Wind Resource Manager to produce energy assessments for multiple utility scale wind energy facilities throughout the United States. Production of turbine layouts for large scale wind farms.

Provided mapping support using GIS tools to include: ESRI platforms of suites, ArcGIS 9.2, 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst, ERDAS, MapInfo, Vertical Mapper, and 2007 AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Land Desktop. Statistical support using Symphonie Data Retriever (SDR) to perform analysis of meteorological towers and maintenance.

Provided advanced statistical analysis using Garrad Hassan (GH) WindFarmer to design and optimize turbine layouts to contribute to the GIS platforms. Production of wind data analysis, wind atlas generation, wind climate estimation and siting of wind turbines using WAsP 8. CADTEL Systems, Inc

GIS QA Specialist: Spatial Solutions

February 2005 – December 2005 / Phoenix, AZ / http://www.cadtel.com/cadteltransition

Quality Assurance specialist verifying information entered into GIS spatial data sets used in Utility and Telecommunication network companies. Network maintenance and modeling using SQL, ESRI GIS and AutoDesk’s AutoCad 2004 in conjunction with relational database management systems to include ORACLE and ESRI’s SDE, FME, within the Spatial Solutions Department.

Inspection of data against quality standards, utilizing a full range of inspection techniques for evaluation of product compliance/conformance; quality control of spatial data and associated data against original sources; identification of data defects against the spatial data; generation of reports, tables, and analysis using standard desktop tools, organization and management of pertinent GIS data and documents. Utilization of applications to include Spatial Engineer.

RicK Engineering

GIS Developer

March 2004 – October 2004 / San Diego, CA / http://www.rickengineering.com

GIS database design and application management of environmental issues regarding land development use, GPS, utility design, hydrology, transportation, engineering, and photogrammetry. Main focus was image processing, registration, rectification and creating map exhibits for Water Resources Division and Planning Division.

Utilized ESRI ArcGIS 8x & 9.0, ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcMap, Spatial Analyst, 3-D Analyst, GPS, Trimble Pathfinder Office, and Microstation 8.0 and AutoCad for CAD design and implementation.

Maintained a uniform GIS structure for all departments to better enhance work flow, quality assurance, quality control and client based land use projects throughout the company. Telesis

GIS Manager

January 2002 – July 2002 / San Diego, CA / http://www.telesis.org

Sr. GIS database design and management of The Quality of Life for San Diego mapping application. Management of database design to include ESRI’s ArcSDE (Spatial Database Engine) and ArcIMS (Internet Mapping Service) using MS/SQL Server2000.

Provided Sr. level technical service support and management of RFP, budgeting, and application development using GPS software, ArcGIS 8, ArcMap, ArcInfo, ArcToolbox, ArcEditor. Design and creation of Internet Mapping Services for the Communities of San Diego, The City of San Diego, and The County of San Diego for drug and alcohol related issues within the region.

Training of end users to extend the GIS knowledge of ArcIMS specialized applications. Management of technical staff to include: Supervision of GIS Analysts, web designers, and graphic artists. The Omega Group

GIS Project Manager

August 1997 – December 2001 / San Diego, CA / http://www.theomegagroup.com

Project management of GIS application development for public safety and public education contracts.

Provided senior GIS technical and operations assistance, to include all phases of client support, source data collection, application development, and client site-training.

Application development of customized CrimeView™ and Fireview™ applications using ArcGIS 8.0 and wide variety of map products for public safety/education departments. Management of data systems to include GIS data library management, Oracle/SQL linking, and public safety Records Management Systems/Computer Aided Dispatch systems.

Process 2000: San Diego Data Processing Corp./City of San Diego GIS Analyst

April 1994 – August 1997 / San Diego, CA / http://www.sddpc.org

Maintenance and operation of the Process 2000 development review project, for analytical, land use, and environmental purposes.

Provided GIS technical services to include source data collection, research, quality control, data conversion, development of spatial and statistical analysis, image processing, digitizing and creation of plots and analytical files related to the SANGIS (San Diego Geographic Information System) and sensitive land projects.

Resolved operational problems, inputting tabular, mapping, and imagery data using ESRI GIS software programs: GPS tools, Arc/Info, ArcTools, ArcStorm, ArcEdit, ArcPlot, ArcScan, ArcCogo, Regions, and AML programming.

Analyzed data utilizing SQL to access data in an Oracle (RDBMS), on the UNIX platform, and MS Access and ArcView in the PC environment.

Knowledge of planning principles, zoning, USGS quadrangle topography maps, and orthophotography. References Available Upon Request

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