Profile

I am a highly skilled GIS professional with a B.Sc. from the University of Guelph in Environmental Geoscience and Geomatics. I have been working in the geoscience industry for the last 7 years as both the lead of a GIS team and head of the IT department at a geological and geophysical consulting firm. My experience includes managing several large GIS projects, database development, and data management. As the IT lead, I provide the technical support and IT infrastructure for our offices and remote sites. The wide skill-set I have obtained while working in a multitude of roles since the start of my career has resulted in the ability to master new skills quickly, a flexibility to the job at hand, and excellent time management practices.

Professional Experience

GIS & IT Manager

Aurora Geosciences Ltd.
2013 - Present
  • Manage GIS team to ensure that project objectives and timelines are met
  • Creation and management of GIS data products, mapping requests and geospatial analysis
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures for electronic data processing and computer systems operations and development
  • Work with geological, geophysical, and topographical datasets in GIS to solve complex earth science questions

Achievements:

  • Increased communication and collaboration company-wide by implementing G Suite
  • Developed and maintained several in-house geological database applications using MS Access
  • Created automated backup and recovery schedules for Windows Server and Synology DSM
  • Produced hundreds of maps for reports, presentations, and web media

Technologies used:

  • ArcMap
  • ArcGIS Pro
  • MS Office
  • PostgreSQL
  • G Suite

GIS Technologist

University of Guelph Data Resource Center
2010 - 2012
  • Maintenance, development, and distribution of GIS data
  • Scanning and georeferencing historical air photo collection
  • Digital image editing and modification using photo editing software
  • Digitizing historical fire insurance plans and land ownership data
  • Implementation of ArcGIS Server software for web mapping services

Achievements:

  • Successfully deployed ArcGIS Server on local hardware to host and distribute University GIS data to staff and students
  • Accurately georeferenced and digitized hundreds of historical fire plans

Technologies used:

  • ArcMap
  • ArcGIS Server
  • MS Office
  • Adobe Photoshop

Skills & Tools

GIS

  • ArcGIS (ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro)
  • QGIS
  • Golden Software Surfer
  • Geosoft Oasis Montaj
  • PostGIS

IT

  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • Windows Server
  • MS Office

Others

  • MS Access
  • Git
  • Ubuntu
  • Synology DSM
  • Django
  • Pandas
  • Matplotlib

Education

  • B.Sc. Honours in Environmental Geoscience and Geomatics
    University of Guelph
    2008 - 2013

Certificates & Awards

  • Python(Basic)
    HackerRank Certificate
    • Proficiency in Scalar Types, Operators and Control Flow, Strings, Collections and Iteration, Modularity, Objects and Types and Classes
  • SQL(Advanced)
    HackerRank Certificate
    • Proficiency in query optimization, data modeling, Indexing, window functions, and pivots in SQL.

Language

  • English (Native)

Interests

  • Canoeing
  • Motorcycling
  • Mechanics