Manager Assistant

Key Skills

Languages: VBA, Python, and JavaScript

Programs: ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 and 10, GeoAtlas, WellBase, MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), BOLO, MS Project 2010, MS FrontPage

Training: ArcGIS Server API for JavaScript, Geospatial Training (currently in progress); GIS Programming 101 for ArcGIS 10: Mastering Python, Geospatial Training; Petroleum Exploration & Production: An Online Overview, University of Tulsa

Experience

5/2007 – 9/2011 Permit Manager & GIS Specialist, Norse Energy Corp., Buffalo, NY

• Finalist for Best Office Employee in 2008.

• Selected by previous permit managers for promotion to Permit Manager position in 2009.

• Georeferenced surveyor data for pipeline, tax parcels and proposed well locations to ensure shapefile accuracy and performed basic attribute table maintenance.

• Developed professional maps for upper management and board meetings, landowners and consultants.

• Collaborated with Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in electronic permitting and succeeded in being first to get a permit through in Norse’s usual time of 70+ days.

• Strongly developed time management in gas permit management with success in reducing application processing time by an average of 8 days or increase in efficiency by an average of 15%.

• Prepared applications for drilling well locations to send to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), between 80 and 100 permits to during time of employment.

• Created unit maps for drilling applications using ArcMap 9.3, GeoGraphix, and WellBase.

• Managed timely feedback with Norse colleagues for 7 or 8 applications in process at a time.

• Assisted in training of 2 interns in familiarizing with Norse’s landowner documents, regular maps required by colleagues and landowners, and provided brief introduction to BOLO.

• Developed strong relationships with staff at DEC and environmental consultants, which assisted in efficiency of permit delivery. Utilized relationship with previous DEC employee to further strengthen permitting efforts in recognizing areas for improvement.

12/2004 – 4/2005 GIS Intern, Verdi & Co., Buffalo, NY

• Produced maps of study areas and voids for U.S. banks using ArcMap and geocoded addresses and converted maps to PDFs for supervisor’s usage.

• Researched bank branches for locations in specified study areas using bank websites. Researched customer base for each identified branch. Matched customer base per branch and produced GIS map showing this information.

4/2004 – 4/2007 Student Assistant, College of Arts & Sciences Educational Technology, Buffalo, NY

• Provided personal computer hardware and software support to faculty and staff members in one-on-one environment in 15 College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) departments.

• Assisted with annual refreshment and redeployment of approximately 200 personal computers and laptops. Assisted supervisors with set-up of 2 CAS labs.

• Created software documentation for current versions used by faculty and staff and assisted in software organization with colleagues.

9/2003 – 12/2003 Student Assistant, Pharmacy Department, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

• Assisted Web Administrator with creation of website for department’s research, which included self-taught HTML utilization.

Education

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Masters of Arts, Geographic Information Systems

Graduation: June 2007

Student Assistantship – ESRI’s 26th Annual International User

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Bachelor of Arts, Geography with Cartography Concentration

Graduation: May 2005

Dean’s List, Golden Key Society

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