GIS
Resume:
Travis C. Conner
Humble, Texas *****
***********@*****.***
CAREER HISTORY
Harris County ITC, Houston, Texas
GIS technical lead/Supervisor 2008-2011
Duties include coordination and delegation of team projects\duties, determine scope of work, time lines and resource requirements. Communicate with clients within County Government and local agencies to determine GIS needs. Identifies application needs, data requirements and data sources along with identifying requirements such as network trust relationships data storage requirements.
Assist with customer application requirements (Customer focused and customer facing), resolve problems and perform quality control.
Training of multilevel personnel/Interns and high school students in GIS products and processes.
Mapmaking (cartographic) and map-based analysis and using software for creating and editing geographic data, as well as tabular data.
Budgetary and project planning for GIS department.
Business analysis role in projects requiring GIS participation or inclusion in a project.
Document procedures; validate data for accuracy and completeness.
Front End web server support& application support including analysis and troubleshooting.
Light experience with web development (GIS applications).
Research and combine existing property parcel information to describe property boundaries (metes and bounds) in relation to adjacent properties,
taking into account parcel splits, combinations, and land boundary adjustments.
Enter Global Positioning System (GPS) data, legal deeds, field notes, and land survey reports into geographic information
system (GIS) workstations so that information can be transformed into graphic land descriptions, such as maps and drawings
Quality Control of team mapping and project materials
Demonstrations and Presentations to users, public entities and departmental staff.
Lead technician Harris County Spatial Computer Aided Dispatching data/information (Tiburon System)including analysis and troubleshooting
Harris County ITC, Houston, Texas
Technology Officer VII - GIS Analyst 2000-2008
Utilze ArcMap tools for creating/managing data/quality assurance(editing, projections, buffering, joining tables, field calculator, select by attributes/location, other ArcToolbox/Arccatalog tools.Acquiring, manipulating and maintain information/data for regional feature data sets, shape-files and geodatabases for importing into SDE/Oracle databases/SQL server database.
Lead technician for Harris County 9-1-1 Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)( 2006 - 2008) utilizing Arcgis mapping/Arc catalog and toolbox tools.
Create/maintain IMS/Arcgis server and Html based web applications relating to GIS,
Create print maps and projects and make presentations to users and departmental staff. - Cartographic skills cartography (symbology, definition queries, labeling)
Revise existing maps and charts, making all necessary corrections and adjustments Inspect final compositions to ensure completeness and accuracy.
Determine map content and layout, as well as production specifications such as scale, size, projection, and colors
work with and utilize vector and raster data formats
Additional Information
GTC awarded the Most Innovative Use of Technology: GPS in the Parks, to Harris County Information Technology Centers GIS Group, for the work done on the Parks and Recreation project.
Participate in local GIS related meetings, conferences and subcommittees including the H-GAC 2005-2006, 2008 - 2010 Aerial RFP Committee
Student Mentor in cooperation with HGAC/ESRI GIS Day 2004 -2006
Presenter: GIS Technologies at the H-GAC GISDAY 2005,2006, 2009 at the University of Houston and the 2005 Harris County Employee Appreciation day.
Instrumental in automating County parks utility management system to reduce cost and time for maintenance and management teams.
H-GAC, Houston, Texas
GIS Intern-part time summer 2002
Worked on HGAC Star*Map editing project during a summer internship. Tasks included geo-coding data files, correct and modify data relating to street networks. Primary responsibility was for maintaining integrity and accuracy of regional base map (Star*Map).
ECO Resouces/US Steel (Baytown)
Technician and Laboratory Technician 1997 - 2000
Ground water, surface water and wastewater plant operations
Duties included field work, chemical plant work, laboratory work related to maintaining water and wastewater treatment facilities.
Duties included sampling and analysis of water/waste water quality
Daily monitoring and calibration of chemical plant mechanics.
Computer operations of Sludge facility and flash dryer systems
Documentation and report submission to State and Federal Agencies
Management and supervision of laboratory analysis of the water, wastewater and steel mill.
Computer & GIS skills
Proficient using ESRI products and software; primarily ArcGIS 9.x (ArcMap, Catalog, toolbox arcgis server),
GIS webapplication and UI development
Microsoft Sharepoint
MS Office products
Symantec Altiris
Modify and manipulate GIS data, field data collection (Trimble GeoXT)
File and Personal Geo-Databases, ArcSDE, Shapefiles, Layerfiles
Novice Silverlight
Front End web server support
City of Houston/Public works
Water & Waste water plant and chemical plant operations 1990 - 1997
Chemical Plant technician operations and laboratory functions(Surface water and waste water operations)
field work, chemical plant work, laboratory work related to maintaining water and waste water treatment facilities.
sampling and analysis of water/waste water quality
Daily monitoring and calibration of chemical plant mechanics.
Plant mechanical responsibilities for configuring and adjustments of facility machinery
Computer operations of Sludge facility and flash dryer systems
Documentation and report submission to State and Federal Agencies
Education
North Harris County College, Houston Texas 1990-1992
Major: Web Design, Computer Programming
San Jacinto College, Houston Texas 1990-1992
Major: Environmental Technology
Murray State University , Murray Kentucky 1982- 1984
Major: Commercial Art/Graphic Design.
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