JOY STRALEY
Forest Hill, TX 76119
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OVERVIEW OF QUALIFICATIONS
Versatile GIS professional offering a unique blend of knowledge and experience pertaining to the Environmental Sciences, Agriculture/Cashew farm management, direct product marketing, school district bus fleet logistics. County Government, City Government, transportation FRA rail and road networks, Gas and Electric Utilities. Water and wastewater pipeline infrastructure. Oil and Gas well inventory Delaware Basin area. Currently looking to work for an organization offering continued growth and development opportunities. Freedom to work abroad.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Atmos/ Motion Recruiting
Theresa Shermer
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GIS Analyst/Remote Dec 12, 2023- Aug 30, 2024
GIS contract via Matrix May 14, 2018 - Aug 3, 2018
● Maintaining Natural Gas utilities in the form of As-builts in Atmos GDO Smallworld environment.
● As-builts are duplicated between LocusView portal and Smallworld
● All efforts are for the purpose of migrating Utility lines and services over to ArcPro by September 2024
BNSF/ IDR recruiting
Hayden Melkerson
m: 256-***-****
GIS Analyst/Remote Hybrid Mar 2023- Oct 2, 2023
● Record keeping of workorders within Microsoft OneNote.
● Maintaining FRA rail assets for BNSF within ArcGIS Desktop versioned databases.
● Referenced multiple BNSF sites for track chart, and timetable research.
● Last tasks were timetable comparisons for all sub rail lines part of BNSF network
● Linear referencing of trackage edits and devices LRS
Magnolia River
Anglea Greenburg
p: 256-***-**** m: 256-***-****
******.*********@********-*****.***
www.magnolia-river.com
GIS Analyst/Remote Feb 2022- Mar 2023
● Updating new pipe installation and old legacy pipe within ArcFM GIS databases for Southwestern gas utilities
● ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing (APR) tools- however the tool is a different name in ArcFM
● Working from workorder downloads of field notes from SWG portals.
● Tracking work for each customer installation within SmartSheets platform.
● Occasionally performing legacy research for gas pipe older than 1970.
Oncor via Pinnacle
Jason Jordi 972-***-****
Oncor WDOC 1201 S. Sylvania Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76111
Mapping Contractor July 13,2020- Feb 2022
● Maintain electrical connectivity for electric feeders and secondary conductors for all Oncor assets.
● Fixing Unpowered features via Jira management system. Stalefeeder project is near close.
● This is done within AEGIS Advanced Enterprise GIS is a Hexagon accounting and mapping platform.
● Tools utilized Way to Resolve, Update Trace, Update Phase, Re-establish Relationships.
Transglobal LLC
Mike Letterman 817-***-****
1100 Macon
Fort Worth, Texas 76119
GIS Tech June 10, 2019- March 15,2020
● GDB creation of well inventory for multiple Oil and Gas clients such as Anadarko, Oxy,XTO.
● Data processing of file types DWG, FXL through FME data interoperability workspace.
● Map viewer updates and deployment through Arc Pro
*Furloughed due to Covid-19 and Oil and Gas drop to - 1.00 per barrel
Ace Pipe Cleaning
John Moore 816-***-****)
Sylvania CT
Fort Worth, Texas 76119
GIS Data manager Jan 6, 2019- May 3, 2019
● Archiving and QCing MSI data multi-sensor data. Lidar, laser, sonar and CCTV data collected in the field.
● Processing CCTV data into PACP database formats and reports as per customer requests.
● Responsible for reviewing and PACP coding of footage. Using PACP, MACP, LACP standards. Pipeline, Manhole and Laterals.
● Maintain and update AGOL ArcGisOnline field maps of customer and municipality pipeline assets.
Recruiter Meha Singh 201-***-****
399 Thornall Street, 5th floor
Edison, NJ 08837
Email: ****.*@******************.***
Web: Http://www.ustechsolutions.com
Field Operations Associate via US Tech Solutions March 6, 2018 thru April 27,2018
● Data collection for the purpose of correcting location info of businesses that had FB profiles. Also to beta test custom made internal FB Apps.
*Left job because I injured my lower back.
United States Peace Corps Oct 2, 2015 - Dec 20, 2017 24/7 hours Kabile, Brong Ahafo, Ghana West Africa
Supervisor Nicholas Nyagle +233*********
GIS Data Officer and Agriculture volunteer for Peace Corps Ghana Cashew Initiative
Projects during service
● Rabbit rearing, oyster mushroom cultivation for a supplemental protein source.
● Digitized features of several types. Points, lines and polygons that represented rural bush roads, living structures to calculate roof areas for rain collection, boundaries of acreage for cashew farmers, site of and for potential boreholes all features created in OSM
● Established Cashew seedling scion banks for future grafting sources at two JHS schools. This also provided students supplemental funds for school fees.
● Continued GPS mapping of cashew farms and other features of interest, No Till plots, Moringa Tree locations, Shea tree locations, calculated areas of Red River Foods Chainsaw participants.
● Safety supervisor/spotter during the Thinning and Pruning Red River Foods Chainsaw program. Responsible for Sthil chainsaw maintenance and PPE gear maintenance.
● Facilitator during Glow/Bro camp that targeted the youth population who were school dropouts. Reproductive health,agricultural vocational training, and business acumen was the focus of the camp.
● I was also recruited as one of two trainers or PCVTs responsible for training the next Agriculture group and preparing them for service.
● Established a community library in Kabile. In charge of grant-writing and budget management.
BARTLETT & WEST
4500 Mercantile Plaza Dr Ste 301
Fort Worth TX
Jeff Grice or Alan Pickering
GIS Analyst July 2013 thru June 2015
● Built trackage features with customized tool GISTOM for the purpose of providing accurate inventories in track chart manuals for the yard masters of BNSF
● Edit and maintain feature classes and tables within a versioned geodatabase as part of an ongoing data maintenance program for positive train control (PTC). Linear referencing of trackage edits and devices LRS
● Built short line tracks in Network Analyst and uploaded KML files that were then used in a website map for Genesee and Wyoming holdings in North America, Canada, and Australia.
● Extracted data of legacy valuation maps and deeds for transforming lease descriptions into a usable data schema for GIS
● Created Point features for location of lease permits of billboards, using aerial imagery, for BRC real estate.
● Maintained Utilities, Crossings, and Land Lease features, and Trackage Agreements for BNSF in GIS and Microstation V8 and V8i. Downloaded .dgn files from BNSF secured site. Input new contract features based on accurate survey measurements and duplicated the features in a SDE environment.
GARLAND ISD Garland, TX
Akorbi Temp agency
Supervisor James Walker 469-***-****
GIS Analyst June 8, 2012 - Dec 17, 2013
● Migration of data regarding school bus stops and special education stops from the old Trapeze routing system into Compass routing service product put out by US Computing Inc. I used Network Analyst which is a logistics extension suite of ArcMap Desktop. I imported point data and ran multiple analysis for best optimized routes taking into consideration vehicle width vs. turn radius at end of streets and alley way approach for students on route which were categorized as special needs
● CAD conversion into usable format for GIS using Data Interoperable Add-ins in Arc 10.1 and Model Builder and did formatting of parcel data for student eligibility purposes.
MOSAIC/ ACOSTA Irving, TX
Supervisor David Drury 877-***-****
GIS Analyst contract January 2012-April 2012
For three months I was brought on as a contract worker. OTJ training with Business Analyst Extension suite in ArcMap Desktop 10.0. I created territories of a door to client scenario for Mosaic/Acosta employees in the field. Project scope optimize gains and losses in revenue from assigning a rep to a region too far out across various territories in Canada. I worked with aggregating Prizm data which is the Canada equivalent of Esri Tapestry demographic data. Used for analysis in direct marketing to Labbats Beer, various grocery companies and Hudson News.
BIO-AQUATIC Carrollton, TX July 2005 – July 2010 Supervisor Chris Robason 972-***-**** 40 hours week NELAP certified Lab Technician
● Performed chemical and microbiological laboratory analyses of wastewater, and other environmental samples to test water quality across municipalities in Texas.
● Collected samples using established procedures and techniques and documented the collection of samples, and submitted clear and detailed daily field records.
● Conducted various physical, chemical, and biological tests to determine the effectiveness of water and wastewater treatment plant operations as directed. Prepared samples for inorganic and organic analysis.
● Managed daily quality control measures and documentation. Prepared reports and conducted statistical analyses.
● Responsible for culturing Ceriodaphnia, Daphnia pulex and Magna freshwater invertebrate species of water fleas, culling neonates to initiate and run bio-monitoring tests.
● Accountable for maintaining adequate nutritional media for freshwater and saltwater species of algae, artemia, and YTC (Yeast Trout-chow Cerophyll).
● Responsible for recording accurate data into FileMaker Pro data pertaining to survival, LC50, dry weights and wet chemistries, all data was then statistically analyzed in SAS.
● Performed several other types of tests such as drilling fluid tests, dispersant product tests in relation to demand for the BP oil spill cleanup. Sea urchin (purpurea) fertility bioassay. Activated charcoal and enzymatic remediation of landfill effluent.
INTERNSHIPS
Collin County Government
McKinney,TX
Supervisor Tim Noland 972-***-****
GIS Intern/Analyst Aug 2012 – Feb 2013
● Worked on road replication/remediation projects between NCTCOG North Central Texas Council of Governments and all Collin County cities. This road standardization of the county’s road network layer was a large cumbersome project. We utilized an Agile workflow holding weekly SCRUM sessions to size up and monitor the project's progress.
● Developed Wylie Child Safety Zone (Sex Offender Buffer) maps for Wylie Police Department.
● Updated map services for Collin County Historical sites.
● Collated 190 voting precinct maps for each political party, in preparation for elections.
● Public Health requests updates of new West Nile Virus cases, mosquito trap sites and 1 mile buffers. Created, published and posted new data regarding the county's communicable diseases A-Z Amebiasis to WNV cases reported to Centers for Disease Control CCD.
City of Colleyville
Engineering Dept. Sep 2011 – Jun 2012 Supervisor Sunny Lindsey
*Sunny is now with City of Highland Village
GIS Intern
● Created map services to provide location of features such as fire hydrants and restaurant locations, special events maps, using ArcGIS server and ArcGIS online.
● Prepared an annual map book for the Colleyville fire department, using data driven pages.
● Collected GPS points to update point features within the geodatabases, using Geo XT Trimble unit.
● Installed and configured ESRI software and Pictometry on desktops, setup ARC//INFO for city parcel coverage layer.
IT SKILLS
GIS Software: ArcView GIS 9.3.1, ESRI ArcGIS 10.X Desktop, ArcGIS Server, Arc Business and Community Analyst,GeoXT Trimble, GPS Pathfinder,GE Smallworld, Garmin Dakota 10, QGIS, Humviewer, Pictometry 2.7, Commcare, OSM, Field Papers, Esri ArcGIS for Enterprise (ArcGIS Server & SDE), ArcGIS Online.Arc Pro 2.5, FME, Hexagon, OMS, WMIS, Jira
Statistical Analysis: SPSS Statistical Program, SPSS PASW, SAS
Others: ERDAS Imagine, FileMaker Pro, Active Sync, Microstation v7, 8, 8i
MSOffice Windows 11 (Word,Excel,PowerPoint and Access)
VOLUNTEER WORK/ACTIVITIES
● 2022 Caritas Philippines/CRS volunteer work Kobo Tool set-up configuration and training.
● 2015-2017 Peace Corps Ghana Agricultural Volunteer
● 2012, Volunteer, GISCorps USAID Project: The project entailed mission crowdsourcing to Geocode and verification of future locations in OSM for USAID services.
● Volunteer, GISCorps USGS Pot-Latch pilot project for adopt-a-quad crowdsourcing for Colorado National Map, 2012
● Attended GIS User Conference, San Diego, California, 2012
● Represented Brookhaven College at GIS User Conference, San Diego, California 2011
● ESRI sponsored student assistant at GIS User Conference, San Diego, California, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
● “Assessing Knowledge on the Benefits Found in the Moringa Olieferia; Joy Straley; Published by Eagle Feather, 2010
CERTIFICATIONS
● College of Tropical Agriculture Kumasi Ghana (KITA) - Certified in Mushroom, Grasscutter, Rabbit farming, Beekeeping Technology May 2,2016
● PACP,MACP, LACP certificate 2019
● Center for No-Till Conservation Agriculture Kumasi Ghana - Certificate of Training July 5-9 2016
● NELAP Certified Technician, 2006 to 2010
● Pursuing GISP Certification, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, Denton, Texas
● Bachelor of Science in Geography, 2011
● Recipient of National Science Foundation REU Anthropology Grant for $4,200 in 2008 ● Received Geography Department Academic Achievement Award (GPA 3.5) in 2007 BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE, Farmers Branch, Texas
● GIS Certification program, GISP in progress
● Brookhaven GIS program under Scott Ssires
NORTH LAKE COLLEGE, Los Colinas,Texas
● Associate of Science, 2000