Rae Schultz

Experience

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  Middle Tennessee State University

  Aug 2011 - May 2014

  Under supervision of principal investigator, developing digital geologic contour maps from legacy data to hypothesize presence and nature of faults in Rutherford County, Tennessee Conducting public and private museum tours for students and adults

  • Student Researcher, Department of Geosciences

    Nov 2013 - May 2014

  • Assistant Curator at MTSU Mineral, Gem and Fossil Museum

    Aug 2011 - May 2014
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  Wiser Consultants, LLC

  Jun 2015 - Jan 2016

  Geospatial Analyst

  Analyzing and digitizing remotely sensed imagery and finishing cartographic design for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

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  Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  Refining modeling methods to predict precipitation; under supervision of principal investigator, assisting in presentation of results, sensitivity analysis, data acquisition, paper writing, and map production Under supervision of principal investigator, designing, from the ground up, geodatabase work products for multiple state government agencies, including development of methodologies and installation support for clients, who include Tennessee Department of Transportation and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

  • Graduate Assistant, Hydrological and Computational Science Laboratory, Department of Geosciences

    Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Graduate Assistant, Geospatial Research Center, Department of Geosciences

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
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  Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury

  Jun 2017 - Nov 2017

  Appraisal Analyst/Map Monitor

  Providing oversight and aid to county governments in the creation and maintenance of cadastral maps to support property assessment functions

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  Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

  Nov 2017 - Oct 2021

  In addition to the below responsibilities, identifying business needs across the Bureau of Conservation; leading a small team of GIS Specialists in solving those needs through solutions engineering; leveraging a robust GIS to support Bureau-wide spatial data-driven decision making Collecting and stewarding asset data; designing and managing development geodatabase; automating publication of internal and public-facing data from development environment to server and cloud using arcpy and the ArcGIS API for Python; producing print cartographic products and interactive problem-solving tools as ArcGIS Online products, including Dashboards and Experiences

  • Parks and Conservation GIS Lead

    Apr 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Parks and Conservation/GIS Specialist

    Nov 2017 - Apr 2020
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  The Nature Conservancy

  Jul 2022 - now

  Geospatial Data Administrator

  Leading the advancement of geospatial data at all levels of the global organization in support of TNC's mission to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends