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| Reference ID: | CV-BFKYOCH |
| Updated: | March 31, 2010 |
| Available: | Immediately |
| Will Relocate: | Yes |
| GIS Experience: | 8 years |
| Desired Salary: | 60,000 CAD/ Yr |
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| | | James Williamson | | | | Educational Experience |
| College of New Caledonia | Prince George, BC, Canada | Degree: Advanced Diploma in GIS
Major: GIS
Dates: December 2002 | | Northwest Community College | Terrace, BC, Canada | Degree: Diploma of Technology in Forestry
Major: Forestry
Dates: April 1998 | | University of Victoria | Victoria, BC, Canada | Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Major: History
Dates: April 1985 |
| | | | Professional Experience |
| GIS Specialist | Silvacom, Ltd. | | November 2008-August 2009 | Edmonton, AB, Canada | Developed a wide range of maps and tabular reports customized to meet specific client requirements. Created and manipulated GIS data and drove numerous software automation efforts in Python, AML, and VBA.
• Contributed to a major development project for an Alberta Parks online reservation tool for campsites, overseeing a comprehensive edit of underlying GPS data to create a map-ready form and managing the preparation of geographic and attribute data for the product’s release.
• Spearheaded an extensive project to transform cadastral layer data into a functional land use classification for Strathcona County. | | GIS Analyst | The Forestry Corp. | | April 2003-November 2008 | Edmonton, AB, Canada | Served as a dedicated client consultant and GIS subject matter expert to ensure the streamlined, efficient production of GIS data and services for a variety of client needs.
• Drove major GIS software migration initiatives for 2 clients, providing strategic business analysis of potential technology upgrades and overseeing the complete transition process.
• Customized and automated reporting within a client’s decision support application, conducting extensive business analysis to optimize the enterprise-scale GIS system.
• Enhanced the accuracy of invoicing for a timber client by inspecting and analyzing the geometry of complex, detailed construction plans and by maintaining the client’s ArcInfo-based invoicing application to ensure exact calculations of timber extractions. | | GIS Technician | MAGELLAN DIGITAL MAPPING | | January 2003-April 2003 | Terrace, BC, Canada | | Contracted to lead 2 key map production projects including maps for a mountain goat habitat study and a timber harvest operability study. Delivered all project milestones on time, on budget, and to specifications employing ArcView, Microstation, and MS Office to perform queries and develop forest cover spatial and attribute data. | | GIS Technician | BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF SUSTAINABLE RESO | | September 2001-September 2002 | Fort Saint John, BC, Canada | Coached and trained Ministry staff in the use of GIS software tools to develop maps, serving as a subject matter expert and mentor.
• Designed all cartography critical to a major mapping project of the northern Rocky Mountains for an industrial zone development program. |
| | | | Other Information | Hands-on technical leader with 8 years specialized experience optimizing the performance and maximizing the capabilities of GIS tools for a wide variety of organizations in the forestry, oil and gas, and environmental assessment industries. Strategic analyst adept at developing innovative solutions to real-world challenges by leveraging technology to build efficiency, accuracy, and productivity. Areas of expertise:
Project Management • Research • Proposals
Cartography • Reporting • GIS Data Creation • Quality Control • Process Design
I am available for work in the UK and the US under the right conditions.
CAREER NOTE: Additional roles before 2001 included:
• Mountain Pine Beetle Prober, WILDWOOD FOREST MANAGEMENT – Houston, B.C;
• Timber Cruiser, LEEWARD LAYOUT & FORESTRY SERVICES – Prince George, B.C;
• Forestry Technologist, SILVATECH FOREST CONSULTING- Salmon Arm, B.C;
• Forestry Technologist, GRICE & MACLEOD FORESTRY-Smithers, B.C
• Forestry Technologist/Co-op Education Intern, Coast Forest Management-Prince Rupert, B.C
Details Available on Request | | | Keywords: | AML, ArcGIS Extensions, ArcGIS, ArcInfo, ArcSDE, MS SQL Server | |
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