Experience

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  U.s. coast guard

  Mar 2004 - Feb 2018

  Operational specialist

  Search and Rescue (SAR) Controller. - Overseeing and monitoring response to SAR cases to minimize loss of life and property at sea.- Developed search action plans while investigating and coordinating ongoing activities and operations within the Area of Responsibility (AOR).- Provided command and control over Coast Guard assets in all maritime law enforcement operations within the AOR.- Maintained command and control of response operations for oil discharges and hazardous substance releases within Sector AOR.- Analyzing and disseminating a variety of nautical data such as current, tides and weather.- Interacting with federal, state, and local government agencies while coordinating response to SAR, Law Enforcement, Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security, Marine Environmental Response, and other Coast Guard missions.Vessel Traffic Management Specialist - Monitoring, informing, advising and directing the movement of vessel traffic in the assigned sector.- Gathering, analyzing and disseminating nautical data and navigational safety information.- Coordinating advisory information between participating and non-participating vessels and small craft, many of which may be involved in activities such as regattas, fishing or other marine events.- Providing radar tracking or other sensor information in support of other Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, law enforcement and military missions.- Operating a variety of surveillance sensors, communications and data processing equipment. Show less

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  U.s. fish and wildlife service (usfws)

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

  Research assistant

  - Surveyed topographic transect profiles of coastal dune habitat using real-time kinematic (RTK), using base and rover Trimble R10 system. - Vegetation profile data collection using transects, quadrant plots and photo-points. - Field data collection and management.

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  U.s. fish and wildlife service (usfws)

  Aug 2020 - Sept 2023

  Cartographer

  - Conducted geographic mapping, natural resource mapping, and database development using cartographic design principles.- Participated and coordinated as a member on a Cadastral Database Working Group to design and develop geodatabases to support field data collection techniques and data management strategies for landscape scale inventory and monitoring.- Coordinated mapping activities associated with land management and land acquisition.- Developed standards and procedures for geographic information system (GIS) processes including quality control, data input, map registration, project plans, digitizing, map editing, data storage, and production output.- Developed technical materials for meetings and briefings that present information in a logical, understandable, and compelling way.- Developed boundary maps (e.g., cadastral, overlapping jurisdictions, land/wildlife management areas) to inform and include in technical reports or analyses.- Trained and instructed others in the use of GIS applications and basic GIS, GPS (Global Positioning System), and related technology. Show less

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  Bureau of reclamation

  Sept 2023 - now

  Cartographer