Tony Kent

Experience

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  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland

  Jul 2009 - Sept 2010

  GIS Technician

  GIS Technician in Office of Environmental AssessmentVoluntarily worked as a GIS Technician for a number of months before earning a working contract through Compass Informatics.

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  Compass Informatics

  Mar 2010 - Sept 2010

  GIS Technician

  Sub-contracted to Environmental Protection Agency as a GIS Technician in the Office of Environmental Assessment. Main responsibilities included:- Producing and managing a complete dataset of Urban Waste Water Treatment Plant discharge locations, to comply with WFD regulations- Developing a new national river network for use in the spatial risk assessment of UWW discharge pointsOther responsibilities included:- Spatial data analysis, editing, processing and management- WebGIS testing, training and support- Managing and processing public map and data requests- Producing maps and reports for EPA publications such as the Focus on Landfilling in Ireland Show less

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  IRLOGI

  Feb 2012 - May 2017

  Executive Committee Member

  Objectives of IRLOGI include:- Be the focus for the collection, exchange and dissemination of geographic information- Encourage the development and adoption of quality and reliability standards for GI- Represent the interests of the Irish GI community nationally and internationally- Encourage and support education and training in GI

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  IMGS

  Feb 2012 - Oct 2014

  GIS Applications Engineer

  Main duties include:- Providing internal support in the development of GIS software- Spatial database development and management- Pre-sale estimates, testing, demonstrations, maintenance and technical responses- Post-sale product implementation, documentation, quality control, support and maintenanceI am a FME product expert with certified FME Professional status. I also develop and conduct FME Desktop training courses and currently I am the sole Certified FME Trainer in Ireland. Show less

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  Technological University Dublin

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2014

  Guest Lecturer

  Employed as a Guest Lecturer over a number of months on the M.Sc. Spatial Information Management course.My lectures were practical driven and focused on Data Integration, specifically using FME Desktop as a Spatial ETL tool.

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  Compass Informatics

  Nov 2014 - Aug 2017

  Spatial Analyst

  Sub-contracted to Environmental Protection Agency.My main responsibility is to provide all GIS and spatial analysis support to the Catchment Science and Management Unit as well as environmental dataset development and assessment.

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  Ordnance Survey Ireland

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  GIS Specialist

  Product support and development on the Web Services and Production Generation teams.

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  Compass Informatics

  Sept 2018 - Mar 2021

  GIS Lead

  Sub-contracted to Environmental Protection Agency.EPA's GIS Lead. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of GIS in the EPA including data and database management and maintenance, GIS application oversight and R&D and GIS related support and training for all EPA staff.

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  Wexford County Council

  Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

  GIS Technician
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  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland

  Jan 2022 - now

  Leading on all geospatial related work in the Catchment Science and Management Unit. Spatial Analyst in the Emission Statistics team, with focus on the delivery of LULUCF and MapEire projects.

  • Scientific Officer I - Spatial Data Science and Modelling

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Scientific Officer II Spatial Analyst

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2023