Carl Zimmerman

Experience

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  Resource International, Ltd.

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Urban Planner and Site Planner

  Part of design team that created site planning concepts for large-scale developments, subdivisions, commercial, and multi-use developments using both hand-based and CAD methodsCreated site analysis and development viability assessment of propertiesCreated conceptual master plans for large subdivisions and mixed-use developmentsCreated master plan for parks in King William County, VA

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  State of Connecticut Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  Environmental Analyst

  Lead manager and developer for online training infrastructure and curriculum to broaden availability of wetlands training curriculum utilizing text, audio, videoExecutive producer for two video productions on map reading and wetlands ecologyProject manager for project to geocode and analyze unique database of 70,000 wetlands impact data for land-use and environmental change analysisOrganized, coordinated, and presented environmental, and natural resource oriented trainingsOrganized, designed, managed, and created internet training infrastructure and websites as part of outreach program to CT towns Show less

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  Tufts University

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2014

  Lecturer and Senior GIS Specialist

  Provide research, geospatial analysis, and GIS technology consulting services for faculty and students. Created geopspatial work flow for large raster data set processing for geospatial portal using open source geospatial tools using open source remote sensing tools such as GDALTeach, plan, and coordinate Introductory and Advanced GIS courses for undergraduate and graduate studentsDeveloped Advanced GIS graduate course with focus on Python and Model Builder automation, suitability modeling, spatial statistics, and open source tools for geospatial analysis Show less

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  Western Connecticut Council of Governments

  Sept 2014 - Jun 2018

  Senior GIS Manager

  Managed and lead analytics & geospatial work program and policies for Regional Planning Agency in western Connecticut, near New YorkCreate geospatial and analytic workflows using ArcMap, Python, R, and ProAnalyze demographic, transportation, environmental, and economic data setsCreate, procure process, conduct quality control, and analyze geospatial dataManage web GIS portal, create cartographic productsWrote RFPs and manage proposalsConduct original research and assess academic literature.Creating innovative transportation analyses. Show less

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  UConn School of Nursing

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  Geospatial Data Scientist

  Wrote geospatial strategic plan for the Connecticut Department of Social Services and provided data collection, analysis, and research planning servicesConsultant and lead researcher for innovative initiative to spatial-enable DSS client data for GIS analysisAnalyzed SNAP and Medicaid time series data sets at Block Group, Zip, and Municipal data setCreated Web GIS demo for client and case worker data distribution

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  NYC Department of Finance

  Jul 2018 - Feb 2022

  Director of Geospatial Data Intelligence Group

  Director of innovative Geospatial Analytics groupCreated and guided new operational research program to capture of site-level building physicals for taxation for the City of New YorkTested, evaluated, funded and procured Lidar data for creation of building modelsPiloted AI projects to capture building info using street photographyConducted extensive QAQC efforts to evaluate geospatial analysesHelped guide geospatial policy

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  State of Connecticut OPM

  Feb 2023 - now

  Geographic Information Systems Coordinator