Kearey Smith

Experience

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  VRR & Associates/ Valenzuela Engineering

  Aug 1994 - Sept 1999

  CAD/GIS Systems Manager

  Principle responsibilities included staff training; construction document standardization; project coordination; software/ hardware deployment; data organization and management for a medium sized firm with over 35 employees. This firm provided City Engineering services for the Town of Guadalupe, California. Developed and managed a comprehensive land use and zoning database for the Town; reviewed and updated city engineering documents including subdivision, roadway and other major infrastructure changes. Show less

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  Association of Bay Area Governments

  Sept 1999 - Sept 2004

  Responsibilities include providing direction, management and leadership of all GIS activities across the agency. Established an agency-wide relational database to support land use planning projects. Research and analyze reports, documents, and data relating to population and employment trends; provide GIS training opportunities for planning staff; maintain an interactive web based Map and Data Portal used to disseminate land use information, forecast data and other environmental data used by staff; manage software, hardware procurement; act as a liaison with other regional agencies, elected officials and local jurisdictional staff; enhance the agency’s effectiveness in conducting regional analyses while incorporating visual mapping techniques that assist the policy and decision making process. Show less Under supervision, perform professional planning work of moderate difficulty; responsible for assigned planning projects and related work as required; gather and tabulate data, conduct basic research and field surveys and obtain necessary information; analyze and summarize compiled data and present them in report form; draft preliminary recommendations for regional planning projects; represent the Association at various meetings and maintain liaison with agencies and individuals participating in regional planning proposals to local and regional jurisdictions as required. Show less

  • GIS Coordinator/ Regional Planner

    Sept 2001 - Sept 2004

  • Associate Planner

    Sept 1999 - Sept 2001
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  Metropolitan Transportation Commission

  Sept 2004 - now

  Strategic data and analytics leader with 25 years of leadership and expertise in urban analytics and planning transformation. Architect of enterprise-wide data solutions that bridge spatial modeling, land use analysis, and transportation planning to address urban development challenges. Proven track record of building analytical capabilities and establishing governance frameworks that drive organizational excellence. Champions cross-functional initiatives that turn complex data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making.Currently driving organizational transformation as the principal data strategy leader, embedding data-driven methodologies across operations, regional policy development, and major planning initiatives to drive more informed and effective outcomes. Show less Responsibilities include providing overall direction, management and leadership of an advanced Data and Visualization unit within the Planning Department. Support multi-disciplined agency staff, across several agency sections. Typical tasks include the implementation, management, and review structured and unstructured data, business analytical processes, as well as cartographic and spatial analysis services in support of primary agency functions. Responsibilities include managing, organizing, defining, anticipating, constraining, translating, simplifying, verifying and safeguarding requirements that enhance the overall effectiveness of the planning process. Analyze, transform and ultimately resolve the business problems with the help of technology. This includes all data information systems that support the development of sophisticated analytical tools that drive decision making activities and the processes required for the efficient deployment analytical tools that drive the technical solutions to business problems across the department and organization. Act as a bridge between business problems and the technology solutions developed in support of agency wide goals and objectives.Typical tools include the use of visualization software, geographic information systems (GIS); sophisticated web based spatial applications; and well-organized, curated and publicly accessible spatial information databases. In addition, represent MTC before a variety of groups, agencies, and organizations, elected officials, the public and the media. Show less Responsibilities include providing overall direction, management and leadership of an advanced spatial analysis unit within the Analytical Services/ Planning Department. Supports multi-disciplined agency staff, across several agency sections. Typical tasks include the implementation, management, and review of all cartographic and spatial analysis services in support of primary agency functions. This includes all spatial information systems, databases, and processes required for the efficient deployment and use of geographic information systems (GIS); sophisticated web based spatial applications; and a well-organized, publicly accessible spatial information database. In addition, represent MTC before a variety of groups, agencies, and organizations, elected officials, the public and the media. Show less

  • Director of Data Strategy and Analytics

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Assistant Director of Data and Visualization

    Jun 2017 - Nov 2024

  • GIS Manager

    Sept 2004 - Jun 2017