Doug Mende

Experience

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  City of Lodi

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1983

  Recreation Coordinator

  Officiated and managed equipment for football, baseball, and basketball programs between all event locations. Developed and coordinated the Junior Basketball League. Provided painting, construction, and demolition tasks to City facilities.

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  University of Redlands / Campbell Enterprises

  Jan 1983 - Jan 1986

  Botanical Garden Manager / Forester / Arborist

  Establishment of trails, irrigation, water drainage, species classification, interpretation & GIS mapping, tree care and maintenance, etc. Heavy equipment operation, planning and creating logging access roads, timber harvest plan and implementation in Santa Cruz forest properties. Conducted field transects, stream water sampling, endangered species identification, and trapping. Data modeling on GIS for fire impact.

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  ESRI

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1988

  GIS Technical Manager / Data Analytics

  Provided database programming, software testing, application programming, database editing, and GIS analysis for projects. Worked on a variety of projects for logistics, local government systems, tax systems, land use planning, utility planning, engineering, and military projects.

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  County of San Bernardino

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1992

  GIS Manager / Planner / Demographer

  Managed the County's 1990 General Plan mapping component and the 1990 US Census data program. Provided database management, developed applications, coordinated mapping services, managed projects, and served as a liaison to other government agencies.

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  Cal State San Bernardino

  Jan 1992 - Jan 2009

  Adjunct Faculty

  GEOG 202. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and MappingGEOG 308. Advanced Geographic Information SystemsGEOG 575. Internship in Geography

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  Chambers Group, Inc.

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1995

  GIS Manager / Field Biologist

  Managed GIS services for environmental planning, regulatory permitting, and agency coordination. Developed GIS for analyzing environmental impacts, mitigation monitoring,and restoration relating to water quality, air quality, noise, marine biological resources, and cultural resources.

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  UCR Extension

  Jan 1995 - Dec 2019

  Adjunct Faculty

  GIS 450 - Practical Approaches for Implementing GIS provides an overview of strategic planning and implementation of GIS for governmental and business entities. Students prepare a needs assessment, evaluate software and hardware, develop database specifications, define financial requirements, and determine the impact on the organization.GIS 451 - GIS in Land Use Planning (one of the first GIS courses taught in the U.S. on land use planning and featured in GIS World Magazine in 1996) presents the development and use of GIS for private and public sector planning professionals using case studies from various Southern California cities and land use planning projects. Show less

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  Psomas

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2008

  Sr. Consultant and GIS Team Manager / Business Development

  Managed a team of 14 staff for GIS planning, implementation, and support projects. Oversaw needs assessments, database/application designs, programmers, help desk support, customized training, and system implementations for clients. Managed marketing materials and proposal writing for projects.As a GIS strategic consultant with responsibilities for guiding strategic planning projects providing expert advice in GIS relating to the fields of technology, supported CEQA and NEPA project compliance (Firestone Tires), finance, environment, real estate, land development, legal support, emergency services, marketing, economics, telecommunications, engineering, and utility management. Lead the GIS strategic planning efforts for several large cities (Sacramento, Tempe, Santa Clara County, Orange County Fire Authority) and conducted fiscal planning projects for land acquisition (Carl’s Jr., Centex Homes). GIS Team Manager. Management, supervisor, and oversight responsibility for 14 application programming staff in SQL, Component Object Model (COM) Visual Basic, Java, ESRI AML, ESRI MapObjects, Unix Scripting, HTML, Cold Fusion, and FORTRAN. Project management responsibility for delivering company GIS products within defined scope, time, and cost constraints for over 1 million dollars in scoped projects. Show less

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  Infinity GIS

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  Owner/Partner

  Provided GIS services to the federal government and other government contractors for environmental compliance and infrastructure mapping.

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  Information Systems Management Solutions

  May 2001 - Jun 2003

  Vice President/Owner

  Offered management solutions for information technology in planning data and networking infrastructure for local governments. IS-MS specializes in database, GIS, VoIP, firewalls, technical support, training, security, optical fiber, wireless, and network engineering .

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  Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI)

  Oct 2008 - May 2017

  Director of GIS / Business Development

  GIS program director, business development, proposal writing, and project consultant with responsibilities for developing and guiding GIS projects for major utilities (SCE, SoCal Gas), water districts (SAWPA, EVWD), and local governments (Downey, San Bernardino County, Yucca Valley). With a focus on data integration and production, oversees all aspects of GIS data entry, conversion processing, QA/QC, programming, analysis, statistical reporting, and presentation of findings and recommendations. Established ESRI and other business partnerships along with grant and research writing initiatives. Show less

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  Boy Scouts of America

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2015

  Assistant Scoutmaster

  Among a team of leaders, worked to facilitate the scouting program for Troop 3 by assisting the Scoutmaster in advancement of the scouts from Tenderfoot to Eagle ranks while promoting the core skills and values of BSA. Coordinated the flag fundraiser, led outdoor field programs, and served as a committee member for Troop 3.

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  University of Redlands

  Jan 2009 - now

  Adjunct Faculty

  GISB 692 - Geographic Analysis of Global Business evaluates the use of GIS of core business functions in an international context and the implications of global issues for business decision makers.GISB 693 - GIS and Strategy integrates concepts on GIS planning, decision-making, and strategy from prior student coursework. Student teams work with top management of a local company to develop a GIS Strategic Plan and present to the firm.

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  Miller Spatial

  May 2017 - Jun 2021

  Senior Consultant / Software Implementer

  Duties included proposal development, project management, QA/QC, status reporting, server implementation, application development, data automation, and strategic/master planning. GIS projects include billing system, asset management, and GIS integration and implementation. Working with water districts on budget-based rates (SAWPA and over 20 water agencies), and local governments permitting and enterprise systems. As an ESRI business partner, working with implementing and administrating ESRI ArcGIS Server, Portal, ArcGIS online, ESRI Field Maps, ArcGIS Pro, Insights, Model Builder, Operational Dashboard, Business Analyst, and other ESRI solutions. Business partner with Cityworks, Lucity, SafeFME, and Assetic. GIS integration with various asset management, master planning, and analytic software solutions such as Tyler and Innovyze H2ONet. Show less

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  Cooperative Strategies

  Jun 2021 - Nov 2022

  Associate Director / Demographer

  Responsibilities included demographic research for 64 School Districts including presentations to local school boards, providing legal counsel with statistics, County voting system integration, development impact fee analysis, urban growth & school enrollment projections, facility master planning and site assessment, programming in Python and ArcGIS for integrating GIS data with bond fund management systems (Payreq, DisclosureView, Tax Apps), QA/QC, municipal fund audit support & status reporting. ESRI ArcGIS Server, Portal, ArcGIS online, ArcGIS Pro, Model Builder, Operational Dashboard, Business Analyst, etc. AssetWorks NDA partner (school bus, fleet & facility management implementation), MS PowerBI, MS Excel Templates. Redistricting ended in Fall 2022 with no legal challenges to any of my clients. Show less

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  Mende Consulting

  Oct 2022 - now

  President/Owner

  The purpose of Mende Consulting was to help businesses and local governments use demographic and socioeconomic data within a spatial information framework for addressing growth and fiscal projections within their organizations. Database applications focus on simple, straightforward calculations using fiscal modeling software and methods to project revenue from sales tax, fees, property tax, and other funding sources. Business activities are also analyzed for improvements in efficiency and effectiveness then evaluated for GIS technology opportunities. Implementation costs, risk evaluation, training, and technical support were among the services provided to clients.Clients include Mesa Water District/Water Conservation GIS, various Cities, SAWPA, lead pipe water service estimator, integration of Dept. of Agriculture remote sensing turf, tree, shrub, pervious and impervious image classification with retail water consumption based on Meter Service Areas. Fire abatement, water capacity, and compliance estimator. Comparative vegetation analysis using methodology prescribed to remote sensing software ERDAS and Harris ENVI/ESRI Image Analyst. SAWPA Meter Service Area Updates for 92 water districts. State of California lead service water pipe locator web application. ArcGIS Pro, Desktop, Field Mapping, Model Builder, ArcGIS online, Business Analyst software, Data Enrichment, ESRI Insights software development. Assetworks EAM.Enterprise Resource Planning for Fixed and Mobile Assets with GIS integration. Asset Inventory program. Conditioning Assessment for Infrastructure and Facilities. CivicPlus, SeeClickFix, Brightly SmartGov, ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise, Portal Administration, Mobile Worker & Field Maps. Show less