James Keith Hogsed
Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045
Cell 678-***-****
*******@*****.***
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Career Summary
Accomplished technologist who possesses a unique combination of technical and interpersonal skills. A strategist with the research and analytical skills to evaluate any situation, while also being an effective communicator with the ability to present results equally well in written or verbal form to all audience levels. Experienced engineer, planner, manager, corporate director, business developer, and collaborator.
Experience
Authority Cafe, LLC, Founder/Owner
October 2009 – Present
Online marketing strategies service provider
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Website development
Social media tools and strategies
Stantec, Transportation Planner/Engineer (via corporate acquisition)
October 2010 – May 2011
Created and managed project website for City of Milton
Managed system-wide field data collection project for Cobb Community Transit
Managed transportation plan element of corridor study for new Lilburn Community Improvement District
Street Smarts, Director of Transportation Planning and Data Smarts
October 2002 – October 2010
Business development, administrative management and project management
Corporate senior management team
Accomplished numerous data collection and analysis projects
Developed and conducted data collection and GIS training
Managed data collection application development
Professional development organizations leadership
Georgia Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
Membership Chair, 2009 - 2010
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Georgia Section
Southern District Representative, 2008 - 2009
Past President, 2006
President, 2005
Vice President, 2004
Secretary/Treasurer, 2003
HDR Atlanta, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Manager/Traffic Engineer
September 2001 – October 2002
Managed GIS staff and projects
GIS Projects conducted for City of Atlanta, DeKalb County, and MARTA
Conducted business development for and executed traffic engineering projects
GIS Section received corporate achievement award during management tenure
Gwinnett County, Geographic Information System (GIS) Manager
June 2000 – September 2001
Directed planning and implementation of countywide GIS program initiatives
Managed development of initial GIS web deployment
Planned and participated in all GIS training activities for system users as well as IT system maintenance staff (programmers, database administrators, and technicians)
Participated in overall IT Management as system manager
Gwinnett County, Transportation Planner
October 1997 – June 2000
Reviewed all Property Rezoning and Special Use Cases
Participated in County Comprehensive Plan Development including development of demographic and transportation projections
Deputy Project Manager for first-ever countywide Comprehensive Transportation Plan including development of Traffic Analysis Zones for county travel demand model
Participated in County leadership development program
Street Smarts. Transportation Planner/Traffic Engineer
July 1991 – October 1997
Managed software development for handheld computer data collection applications as part of federally-funded Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Grant award.
Conducted numerous traffic planning studies for residential, retail commercial, and office commercial developments
JJ&G, Co-op Engineer
December 1988 – December 1990
Managed construction information system databases using dBase and QuattroPro
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Civil Engineering with High Honor and Co-op Program Participation
Received Georgia Institute of Transportation Engineers Scholarship
Furman University
Bachelor of Science, Pre-Engineering/Physics
Alden Foundation Pre-Engineering Full-tuition Scholarship Recipient
Skills
Mastery of desktop productivity applications (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases) including the Microsoft Office suite as well as the OpenOffice suite
Extensive knowledge of web-based tools and processes including:
Website development using Wordpress, some HTML, and other editors
Search engine optimization (SEO) including keyword research, site structure, content development, backlinking, monitoring and analytics
Online research tools and techniques including website performance and competition
Social media tools and usage including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube
Extensive database creation, management, analysis, and reporting experience including Microsft Excel and Microsoft Access, as well as some Oracle and SQL experience
Extensive knowledge of geographic information systems software applications for mapping and data analysis including ESRI suite of products, Caliper Maptitude, and open source Quantum GIS
Experience with graphic, video and audio production and editing using Photoshop Elements, Audacity, Microsoft Movie Maker, Microsoft PhotoStory, Microsoft PowerPoint, and numerous other applications
Experienced computer application development manager including web applications and handheld/PDA applications
Experienced audio technician using Crestwood 40-channel audio mixer in church setting, as well as audio recording and video projection systems.