Harrison Bloom, PMP, GISP

Experience

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  Atkins

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2011

  GIS Analyst I
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  State University of New York

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2013

  Research Project Assistant

  • Researcher under United States Agency International Development grant “Engaging climber-scientists and local herders as research collaborators to address grazing, poaching, and climate change issues in the Atlai Mountains”• Responsible for the aspect of understanding the ecological and social impacts of climate change in high elevation areas through the analysis of remotely sensed satellite data on grassland productivity from expertise, code, and protocols already established by my thesis research.• Production of outputs related to spatiotemporal aspects of remotely sensed vegetation change anomalies for field validation using programs such as ArcGIS, MATLAB, and R. Show less

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  Michael Baker Corporation

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2014

  Envrionmental Associate

  Project examples include:Hagerstown / Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Planning Services•Part of a team responsible for all phases of multi-modal long-range transportation planning including consultation with other agencies, public outreach and stakeholder involvement, project identification and ranking, and the preparation of documentation and presentation materials•Responsible for producing several chapters as well as providing support materials for other chapters of a Long Range Transportation Plan including but not limited to historical background, population trends, demographic and employment data, environmental and socioeconomic conditions, and commuting patterns for both current and future conditions from Census sources such as OnTheMap, LEHD, and TIGERIndiana Department of Transportation Air Quality Modeling, I-65 Interchange•Created shapefiles and developed a geodatabase for all highway interchange network links for a project-level air quality analysis•Georeferenced sensor locations and performed several spatial queries and geoprocesses to confine sensors to the spatial parameters of the project•Developing and performing QA/QC traffic loading counts on each traffic link of the network•Production of high quality cartographic outputs related to network location, sensor location, and choropleth mapping of particulate matter concentrationsGIS Support, Maryland State Highway Administration, Office of Structures•Responsible for creating a variety of high quality cartographic products identifying structure location, topography, and stream cross sections•Derivation of elevation profiles for cross sections, roadways, and streams in addition to floodplain delineation•Interfacing with project engineers that includes visits to field sites in order to validate the information presented within the cartography Show less

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  Ardent Management Consulting

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

  Geospatial Analyst

  • Geospatial project development for the Security Oversight Command & Control System (SOCCS) program, an interactive web-based tool deployed agency-wide for the management of the Social Security Agency’s physical security assets. o Creation of feature classes to be published as map services within the SOCCS environmento Writing Python and VBA code to facilitate multi-step geospatial processeso Geodatabase development and reorganizationo Development and coding of methodologies using ModelBuilder and Python to increase the loading speed of ArcGIS published map services within the SOCCS system• Management of database and SQL issues pertaining to application deployment between Ardent development team and SSA technical staff through detailed spreadsheet tracker to prevent delay in the timeline of the development lifecycle. • Leading requirements gathering sessions for SOCCS end users for implementation of features in future iterations of the application and adding them to a product backlog in the form of user stories.• Grooming of product backlog using TeamPulse to ensure old backlog items have been addressed while refining newer backlog items and adding user acceptance criteria.• Rewriting of the SOCCS user guide to reflect changes from the legacy application to its current version as well as to bring the guide up to standards.• Development of a SOCCS training protocol for Incident Command Center personnel to use SOCCS as their primary tool for incident management and emergency response as it pertains to the Social Security Administration. Show less

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  Albrecht Engineering, Inc.

  Jun 2016 - Apr 2018

  • GIS Project Manager

    Aug 2017 - Apr 2018

  • GIS Systems Analyst

    Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
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  Straughan Environmental, Inc.

  Apr 2018 - Aug 2022

  • Deputy Director

    Jul 2021 - Aug 2022

  • GIS Project Manager

    Apr 2018 - Jul 2021
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  Abt Associates

  Sept 2022 - now

  Data Analytics (Geospatial) Manager