Resume

Work Experience

Wisconsin Elections Commission - Madison, WI

GIS Election Specialist - Senior, May 2017 - Present
  • Maintain and update geo-spatial election district data for the state's voter registration system.
  • Work with local election officials, county land record offices and state legislature to ensure that voters get the correct ballot type when they go to the polls.
  • Collaborate with state and national organizations such as WLIA, SAGIC and NSGIC.

City of Janesville - Janesville, WI

GIS Analyst, Sept 2012 - Apr 2017
  • Updated all GIS layers for the city, including utilities, parcels, boundaries and transportation.
  • Create customized maps for all departments in the city to assist in project completeness.
  • Co-designed the City’s current interactive mapping website and added new functionality.

Wisconsin Transportation Center - Madison, WI

MAFC Regional Freight Study, Jan 2012 - Aug 2012
  • Prepared GIS transportation data and create maps for the Mid-America Freight Coalition.
  • Designed online mapping API, utilizing Tilemill, Leaflet, Google Maps and Javascript Programming.

U.S. Geological Survey - Madison, WI

Office Automation Clerk - Historic Mapping, Jun 2011 - Aug 2012
  • Documented Metadata for over 5000 USGS Historical Quad maps for use on national online database.
  • Provided insight into website design and formatting to improve user functionality.

UW Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology - Madison, WI

GIS Analyst, Jan 2011 - Jun 2011
  • Generated and compiled GIS data for graduate conservation seminar course taking place at six nationwide universities.
  • Utilized ArcGIS data management tools to compile and display conservation easements in six states.
  • Designed maps showing protected lands in study states, as well as maps displaying land cover classifications.

HNTB Federal - Madison, WI

GIS Analyst I, Mar 2009 - Jun 2010
  • Contracted at Fort Bliss Military Reservation in El Paso, TX for Integrated Training Areas Management.
  • Employed specially designed range planning tools to create firing range maps and safety zones. Completed week-long course to gain safety certification.
  • Structured data management system for data entry and coordinated with other Army departments to ensure completeness.

Volunteer Experience

Applied Population Lab - Madison, WI

GIS Assistant, Oct 2010 - May 2011
  • Planned a series of density maps of Wisconsin using Census data from 1940 to 2010 to determine housing growth rates in the state.
  • Used ArcGIS 10 Data Driven Pages to create map catalogs of each county in Wisconsin over a period of 70 years.

Petersburg National Battlefield - Petersburg, VA

GIS Intern, Aug 2008 - Jan 2009
  • Assisted GIS specialist in designing and updating many map projects, such as invasive vegetation, trail updates, and utilities both in the field and office.
  • Coordinated and led the Historic Mapping Project at City Point, using historic pictures and maps to portray the landscape during the Civil War in 1864-65.

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI

  • MS GIS and Web Map Programming, Received Aug 2022
  • GIS Graduate Capstone Certificate, Received May 2012
  • BA Geography and Political Science, Received May 2008
    • Maintained GPA: 3.55/4.0
    • Dept. of Letters and Sciences Dean’s List

Technical Skills

GIS Software

  • ESRI - ArcMap 10.8, ArcGIS Pro, ArcServer, ArcPad, ArcGIS Online
  • Quantum GIS

Cartographic Design

  • Mapbox Studio
  • Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Leaflet/Modest Maps
  • Google Maps API
  • ESRI Javascript API

Programming

  • Python
  • ArcPy
  • GDAL/OGR
  • Javascript
  • Java

Other Software

  • Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access
  • ENVI Image Processing
  • S-PLUS Statistical Analysis