Aaron Seifert, GISP

Experience

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  GIS Southwest

  May 1996 - Oct 1997

  GIS Analyst

  My employment here evolved from a basic GIS technician to the Production Coordinator due to my initiative and the existing coordinator leaving the company. There was intense learning of ESRI software and processes that would be soon applied in many dynamic projects. I made a good partnership with a programmer by providing the user and functionality feedback. Projects ranged from spatial data analysis to GIS layer creation for area governments and companies.

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  City of Sedona, AZ

  Oct 1997 - Apr 2004

  GIS Analyst

  I gathered a wide variety of experience dealing with the general public, staff and city council members. Requests for information or data were a large part of the job while administrating the GIS database and providing support for the GIS applications throughout all the departments from regional planning, to asset management, and geographically enabled e911 dispatching software. As an early acceptor of new technology I was able to use mobile GIS mapping, Internet access mapping, and a spatial database engines to enable access of the GIS to the general public and other software programs. Show less

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  GISeifert

  Feb 1998 - now

  Owner

  A Geographic Information Systems consulting based in Flagstaff, AZ which has over 25 years of professional experience in Municipal Government, Public Safety, Community Development, and Survey/Civil Engineering:• Custom Trail Mapping in map book format or single page printouts that are high quality for publications to retails stores from the Arizona Trail to local bicycling organizations.• USA Track & Field measurements (for course certification) and custom race mapping• Custom mapping to compliment Planning, Engineering, and Survey datasets for public presentations and other deliverables• Community Development maps from Zoning to Street and Recreation mapping• Public Utility Pavement Management database and spatial data support• Map book atlas and index development and management• 3D visualization of planned projects and terrain• Tabular and spatial data conversion• ESRI GIS Education and Training custom fit for your project or organization needs• GIS database editing and maintenance Show less

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  Sedona Fire District

  Sept 1999 - Nov 2004

  Volunteer EMT/FireFighter

  I was a volunteer that complimented full-time staff in emergency response for the Sedona Fire District in structure fire, wildland fire, and EMS. Attended weekly training and became part of the Special Operations Team in Rope Rescue receiving training from the Arizona State Fire Marshall's classes in Rope Rescue I, II, and III.

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  Four Winds Adventures, LLC

  Jan 2004 - May 2011

  Sedona Marathon Course Manager

  Full, 1/2, 10K, and 5K annual event the first weekend of February with 1,500-2,000 participants ran on the west side of Sedona, Arizona in rolling terrain at about 5,000 ft elevation. Also a USA Track & Field Course Measurer using GIS mapping.

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  Shephard-Wesnitzer, Inc.

  Apr 2004 - Jan 2009

  GIS Coordinator

  I manage GIS services for this medium sized consulting firm w/5 offices located in Northern Arizona. SWI provides Civil Engineering services for government and private companies. I coordinate GIS services internally & project work, while consulting GIS projects. Internal work has been to mirror a centralized Geodatabase to the 5 offices containing purchased GIS data from municipal to statewide clearinghouses along with geocoded company projects linked to searchable databases & documents. GIS services have ranged from pre-planning exhibits, 3D Modeling, terrain analysis, & data conversion. GIS projects ranged w/ GIS creation for many organizations including data collection, map composition, training, and geodatabase design and testing. Other experience has been in surveying, topographic mapping, property ownership/ research, location of monuments, post-processing & data reduction w/ survey drafting including beach surveys of the Grand Canyon & earthwork volume calculations. Show less

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  Flagstaff Biking Organization

  Jan 2006 - now

  Volunteer

  Trail Crew Leader & participant on trail work events

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  Arizona Trail Association

  Mar 2008 - now

  GIS Director & Trail Steward

  The Arizona Trail Association (ATA) is a membership organization, seeking active supporters of the Arizona National SenicTrail, coordinating volunteers, and providing other essential services to the Arizona Trail project.

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  Guardian Medical Transport

  Nov 2008 - Aug 2024

  GIS/IT Specialist

  Guardian Medical Transport (GMT), a division of Flagstaff Medical Center, serves more than 3,300 square miles in Northern Arizona - from Happy Jack to the south rim of the Grand Canyon, our team is dedicated to providing prompt pre-hospital emergency medical services and non-emergent transport 24 hours a day, seven days a week.I am working and providing GIS mapping to support to our department dispatching with CAD and EMS operations with 4 stations plus coordinate and communicate IT projects and services between our department staff and Flagstaff Medical Center's IT department.I have also been on Federal inter-agency Incident Management Teams and assignments since 2010 and particularly with the Southwest Team 4, Type 2 team. My position on the management teams is a GIS Specialist which could be at an assignment for 2 weeks and working 16 hours days at mostly wild land fire incidents. I also am utilizing this experience to be a GIS Analyst resource for Coconino County and the state of Arizona through DEMA's Arizona Qualification System (AQS). Show less

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  Southwest Incident Management Team 4 (CIMT)

  Mar 2010 - Mar 2025

  GIS Specialist

  A Qualified GIS Specialist (GISS) for wildland fires to work as this position on an Incident Management Team. An Incident Management is a federally certified incident management team comprised of fire and emergency professionals from various federal, state, and local land management and emergency agencies. There are 5 types of teams in each region of the United States.An incident management team is dispatched or mobilized during complex emergency incidents to provide a command and control infrastructure in order to manage the operational, logistical, informational, planning, fiscal, community, political, and safety issues associated with complex incidents.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_management_team Show less

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  Sedona Chamber of Commerce

  Jun 2011 - Feb 2013

  Sedona Marathon - Operations, Permitting, & Mapping

  Full, 1/2, 10K, and 5K annual event the first weekend of February with 1,500-2,000 participants ran on the west side of Sedona, Arizona in rolling terrain at about 5,000 ft elevation. Also a USA Track & Field Course Measurer using GIS mapping.

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  Guardian Air

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2021

  GIS/IT Specialist

  Guardian Air is a division of Flagstaff Medical Center and transports patients and provides specialized, life-saving care for adult, pediatric, maternal and neonatal patients across Northern Arizona. In addition, our medical crews work closely with medical directors from Northern Arizona Healthcare for each medical specialty we fly. I provide mapping for the Computer Aided Dispatch system and supply other custom mapping products. In addition, I assist with the computer support for the seven Bases in Cottonwood, Flagstaff, Kingman, Show Low, Page, Tuba City, and Winslow with their individual computer network and mobile devices. Show less

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  City of Sedona, AZ

  Sept 2024 - now

  GIS Manager

  Manages the development, implementation, maintenance and support of the City's enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Also performs database administration, uses spatial analysis mapping, and creates automation to maintain and display the cities GIS. Works with City departmental leaders on the integration of their business processes with GIS workflows and concepts in support of strategic plans and goals. Assists City departments with the collection, creation and maintenance of geographic data for analyzing and decision support by City leaders. Show less