Education:
-- B.A, 1975 Geology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
-- Geographic Information Systems, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
-- Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems for Educators, Eastern
Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Work Experience:
-- Institute for Geospatial Research & Education GIS Manager,June 1999 to present
-- 23 Years - Private Sector Experience:
- 10 years; Environmental Consulting (NTH Consultants, Farmington Hills, MI)
- 3 years; Insurance and Investment Counseling (The New England, Troy, MI)
- 10 years; Geophysical Well Logging (Dresser Industries, Kenai, AK).
Management Duties:business plan development; research and development, space
utilization; staffing; maintenance of hardware, software, network resources and research
laboratory.
Project Management Duties: grant authoring/RFP response; project management; project
requirements analysis/needs assessment; quality assurance/quality control; staff
supervision; SOP documentation; user manuals; liaison between professors, students,
development staff and project partners; project reporting; presentations; community
outreach; development of marketing, promotional and conference materials.
GIS Project Experience:
Cemetery Management, Real Estate Management, Sidewalk Management,MapServer Web Services, Parcel Automation, Data Maintenance, IMS Web Publishing, Centerline Conflation & Validation, Economic Development, School Bus Routing & Scheduling, Vehicle Tracking, Open Space Prioritization, Field Data Collection, School
Redistricting, Address Verification, Drain District Mapping, ArcGIS Server Applications, Land Use Modeling, Software Customization and Application Development.
Publications:
-- Do You Know Where Your Parolees & Sex Offenders Are?; IMAGIN News, Sept/Oct
2007.
-- Taking the Strain Out of Mapping Drain-District Parcels; IMAGIN News, Nov/Dec 2004.
-- Ogemaw County Townships Find Benefits in GIS Projects, Michigan Townships
Association Newsletter, October 2004.
-- Field Data Collection Application Using the Pocket PC; IMAGIN News, October 2001.
Presentations:
-- Ogemaw County Real Property Inquiry System, Michigan Conference for Mapping
Professionals, 2006.
-- Going Beyond AVL – Integrated Student Transportation Management System,
IMAGIN, 2005.
-- Broadband Mapping and Network Design Using Real Time GIS; ESRI User
Conference, 2004.
Organizations:
- Improving Michigan's Access to Geographic Information Networks (IMAGIN)
- Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
- Southeast Michigan Geographic Information Systems (GIS) User Group
- Detroit Data Partnership, City Connect Detroit
