Keith Bridge

Experience

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  Earth Resources Technology

  Aug 2008 - Jun 2012

  Historical Collections Team Member

  • Managed The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) historical map and chart collection.• Served as a liaison between the Library of Congress and the NOAA Office of Coast Survey Historical Map & Chart Collection.• Worked on a team to develop a website that serves historical maps.• Designed and documented a PostgreSQL Database with PostGIS to manage a collection of over 50,000 scans of historical maps and charts• Used OCR programs to convert older printed material into a format that could be added into a database• Used ArcGIS and QGIS to analyze historical maps by utilizing working knowledge of ArcGIS software suite.• Used Python and .Net to solve problems and automate the metadata collection.• Developed scripts to convert various data formats• Answered questions from the general public about the historical maps collection and provided reference services about the chart collection, including assisting customers in locating charts, related information, and sources for additional information.• Provided quality control for the scanning project and provided quality control for the metadata project. Show less

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  Earth Resources Technology

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2015

  GIS Specialist

  • Managed the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) historical map and chart collection.• Developed internal and external webpages using Java, Java Wiket, JavaScript, Jboss and PHP.• Developed table structure to house metadata pertaining to publications and loaded the metadata using scripts.• Used GIS to visualize data about the historical collection and to quality check GIS data.• Wrote reports about the Collection with visual aids such as graphs and maps• Maintained a PostgreSQL database that stored the metadata of the collection• Developed an internal website and trained NOAA employees on website functions.• Played an integral role in strategic planning processes related to the historical map and chart collection by recommending changes and additions to the program based on patron/consumer interactions.• Researched and made recommendations regarding the purchase of hardware and software.• Migrated data from various data formats to a PostgreSQL database• Developed PL/SQL statements to run websites, find individual maps in the database, export XML and Python scripts, and run .Net applications. • Developed .Net programs to automate processes.• Developed a JavaScript program to georeference scans of historical charts. Show less

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  Various Schools

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2018

  Teacher

  • Courses taught included: Environmental Science, World History, Philosophy, American Literature, and Public Speaking, Logic, Academic Writing• Designed a database to track student grades• Used GIS to enhance history classes and used JavaScript to demonstrate real world applications of symbolic logic

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  Human Rights for Kids

  Oct 2018 - now

  Technology Consultant

  • Use JavaScript to enhance user experience of the website• Integrate widgets on the website to allow for seamless donor experience• Setup, managed and ran reports on a SalesForce; a CRM database

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  ITegrity, Inc. - A trusted 8(a) Technology, Engineering, and Management Services Provider

  Apr 2019 - now

  Technical Reference Librarian