BARRY A. PORCH
Huntley, IL **142
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EXPERIENCE: City of Oklahoma City, Airports, Oklahoma City,OK, September 2011 – April 2024
GIS Analyst responsible for maintaining departmental geodatabase for three City airports including utility mapbooks, property leases, easements, federal aviation exhibits, infrastructure inventory, data capture from construction as-builts, and development site layout in a multidisciplinary municipal management setting.
Bruce Harris & Associates, Inc., Batavia, IL, April 2005 – July 2009
GIS Technician maintaining tax parcel geodatabases for local governments in Midwest and Florida utilizing ArcGIS 9.3, ArcView, ArcCatalog, and AutoCAD. Extensively used legal descriptions, surveys, plats, assessment databases, coordinate geometry, and aerial imagery to compile and maintain seamless maps.
Land Design Innovations,Winter Park, FL, December 2003 – October 2004
GIS Specialist responsible for thematic mapping and spatial analysis projects using ArcView 3.3 and ArcGIS 8.3. Maintained company network and spatial data resources. Supported planners, engineers, and landscape architects as part of a multidisciplinary team in formulating elements of municipal comprehensive plans, planning and zoning documents, field data collection, and assisting in development of site plans.
Orange County Property Appraiser, Orlando, FL, April 2000 – December 2003
Contributed as Contract Mapper to GIS Parcel Base 3 Reengineering Project team at the Orange County Property Appraiser, compiling spatially accurate and fully annotated tax maps utilizing ArcInfo 7.2, coordinate geometry, deeds, survey control points, plats, highway plans, and aerial imagery.
Ballas Engineering, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, August 1999 – October 1999
Interpreted and digitized elevation contour maps for a major wireless manufacturer using ArcInfo 7.2 to on a Unix PC platform.
EDUCATION: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Studies: GIS, Computer Science
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL M.A. Geography
Central College, Pella, IA B.A. Accounting
Minors: Business Management, Spanish
International Studies Programs: London, England; Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
COURSES
& SKILLS: ArcGIS / ArcMap 10.4.1 C, Visual Basic, Java Programming
ArcInfo 7 thru 9, ArcView AutoCAD Map 6, AutoCAD 2010
Dbase IV, MS Excel, Access Physical & Conservation Geography
Analytical Digital Cartography Urban & Rural Planning
Air Photo Interpretation Trimble GPS
HONORS &
ACTIVITIES: Student Senate, Central College
A.A.G. (Association of American Geographers), 1995 – present
U.R.I.S.A. (Urban & Regional Info. Systems Assoc.), 1999 – present
I.L.G.I.S.A. (Illinois GIS Association), 2005 – 2011
S.C.A.U.G. (South Central Arc Users Group), 2011 - present
Municipal Leadership, City of Oklahoma City, 2014 - 2015