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Opening day at Pacific Bell Park, San Francisco, CA
Opening day at Pacific Bell Park, San Francisco, CA

Photo Credit: HJW GeoSpatial, Inc

Directory of Volunteer Professionals

Contact Number 1
First Name Stephen
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title Senior Programmer Analyst
Organization Type Water Utility
Degree M.A., Geography, San Francisco State University
Degree B.A., History, State University of New York at Buffalo
Job Description Water supply planning, flood analysis, hydrologic modeling, public information
Previous Experience Day care teacher; anchor and chain sales

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Contact Number 2
First Name Richard
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person, Email
Job Title GIS Manager
Organization Type Planning, Design and Environmental Consultant
Degree M.A., Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Degree B.S., Environmental Planning and Urban Design, Rutgers University
Job Description Build GIS team and conduct training, manage GIS databases, analyze and assure quality of data, generate metadata, produce maps
Previous Experience GIS Planner/Analyst, Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Senior Town Planner, Huntersville, NC; Assistant Town Planner, Apex, NC

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Contact Number 3
First Name Jeroen
Initial Contact Phone, Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title Associate GIS Analyst
Organization Type Engineering Consultant
Degree M.S., Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Job Description High-end GIS analysis and data processing, 3D geologic and groundwater modeling, GIS web site programming, GIS project management and marketing
Previous Experience GIS Analyst, Geomatrix Consultants (environmental GIS); GIS programmer, USGS Earthquake Hazards Team

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Contact Number 4
First Name Jeff
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title Research Analyst
Organization Type State Environmental Agency
Degree M.A., Geography, San Francisco State University
Degree B.A., Political Science/History, U.C. Berkeley
Job Description GIS analyst and coordinator for government environmental agency of 120 staff members
Previous Experience GIS Intern

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Contact Number 5
First Name Garlynn
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title GIS Planner/Analyst
Organization Type Regional Transportation Planning Agency
Degree B.A., Geography, Portland State University, Oregon
Degree A.A., Liberal Arts, Simon's Rock College of Bard, Massachusetts
Job Description Cartography, geographic transportation planning analysis of impacts on communities and land use
Previous Experience GIS Analyst, Simon Technology, Inc.; GIS Technician, Department of Transportation, City of Portland, OR

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Contact Number 6
First Name Greg
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title GIS Planner
Organization Type County Planning Department
Degree M.A., Regional and City Planning, Oklahoma University
Degree B.S., Resource Planning and Interpretation, Humboldt State University
Job Description Urban planning: staff public counter, provide zoning and development information. GIS: administer GIS; create, edit, update and QC data; conduct analysis; produce maps. PC and network administration: troubleshoot network, install new PCs, assign passwords and privileges

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Contact Number 7
First Name Chuck
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person, Phone, Email
Job Title Principal Transportation Planner/Analyst
Organization Type Regional Transportation Planning Agency
Degree M.C.R.P., City and Regional Planning, Rutgers University
Degree B.A., Geography, California State University, Northridge
Job Description Chief of transportation analysis unit: urban transportation planning and GIS activities including travel demand forecasting; travel model estimation, calibration and validation; census data analysis; household survey analysis; traffic and transit data analysis; integration of GIS with regional transportation planning analyses
Previous Experience Internships at city and county levels

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Contact Number 8
First Name Elizabeth
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format Email
Job Title County Community Warning System Manager
Organization Type County Sheriff's Department
Degree A.S., Civil Engineering, Peninsula College
Degree E.U.E., English, Northern Southland College, New Zealand
Job Description Manage country's most comprehensive community warning system: implement innovative technology for alternate notification and public emergency information access; develop GIS-based integration of alert, warning, emergency management and telephone notification. Chair, Bay Area Regional GIS Council and BAR-GC lead on Regional Homeland Security Data Server
Previous Experience Owner, TransporTech-Inc technology consulting; Senior Consultant, ESRI Disaster and Emergency Management; GIS consultant responsible for developing countywide GIS at Contra Costa County

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Contact Number 9
First Name Scott
Initial Contact Phone, Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title IS Specialist (GIS)
Organization Type Municipality
Degree B.A., Geography, San Jose State University
Degree A.A., Technical Writing, De Anza College
Job Description Provide GIS services to municipal government
Previous Experience GIS Specialist, Santa Clara Valley Water District; GIS Specialist, City of Mountain View; GIS Intern, City of San Leandro

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Contact Number 10
First Name Mike
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format Phone
Job Title Project Manager
Organization Type Consulting Company
Degree M.C.P., City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology
Degree B.E.D., Environmental Design, Texas A&M University
Job Description Project Manager for Federal government flood hazard mapping project
Previous Experience GIS Coordinator for regional transportation planning agency; GIS Analyst/Planner with consulting firm in NYC; GIS Analyst/Planner for Montgomery County, MD; GIS Technician for South Carolina Economic Development Agency

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Contact Number 11
First Name Gilbert
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title Founder/President
Organization Type Corporation
Degree B.S., Electrical Engineering, UC Davis
Degree B.S., Chemistry, UC Davis
Job Description Responsible for overall management and operation of company providing GIS productivity services to utility, construction, and government organizations
Previous Experience GIS Manager, San Jose Water Co.; Chief Electrical Engineer, Syntex Corp.; Senior Electrical Engineer, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Naval Officer, US Navy, CEC

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Contact Number 12
First Name Brian
Initial Contact Phone, Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title Application Programmer/Analyst
Organization Type Municipality
Degree Ph.D., Geophysics (Rock Physics), Stanford University
Degree M.S., Geophysics, Stanford University
Degree B.S., Geophysics, UC Riverside
Job Description Implement enterprise spatial technology for city of 100,000 with staff of 2000; transition from shapefiles and little web use to intensive geodatabase, web, and raster applications
Previous Experience Disaster modeling and GIS, Charles Schwab; Geotech and environmental engineering, Bechtel Corp.

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Contact Number 13
First Name Anthony
Initial Contact Phone
Interview Format In Person, Phone
Job Title Research Analyst
Organization Type Transportation Consulting
Degree B.A., Geography, SUNY at Buffalo
Job Description Data acquisition and scrubbing, database creation and manipulation, map creation for transportation-related studies
Previous Experience GIS Analyst, Space Imaging/US Forest Service; Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton

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Contact Number 14
First Name Bruce
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title Principal
Organization Type Consulting Services
Degree M.C.P., City and Regional Planning, M.I.T.
Degree B. Arch., Architecture, U.C. Berkeley
Job Description Provide GIS implementation and management services, public policy formulation assistance, and organizational therapy to public agencies and private companies
Previous Experience Positions with four consulting companies

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Contact Number 15
First Name Patrick
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person, Phone
Job Title GIS Coordinator
Organization Type County Government
Degree B.A., Geography, U.C. Santa Barbara
Job Description Management of enterprise GIS serving county government and other local jurisdictions; coordination of regional GIS activities; application development
Previous Experience GIS experience since 1986, including school facilities, geologic exploration and environmental analysis

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Contact Number 16
First Name Bill
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title Engineering Support Supervisor
Organization Type Wastewater Utility
Degree M.S., Geography, Portland State University, Oregon
Degree B.S., Geography, Portland State University, Oregon
Degree A.S., Surveying, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon
Job Description Manage GIS program, manage projects, supervise staff
Previous Experience Remote Sensing Coordinator; Surveyor; Systems Administrator; Military Engineer

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Contact Number 17
First Name Aaron
Initial Contact Email
Interview Format In Person
Job Title Cartographer
Organization Type Custom Cartographic Firm
Degree M.A., Geography, University of Arkansas
Degree B.A., Political Science, University of Memphis
Job Description Cartographic design; manage multiple clients, job types and design platforms at the same time to produce high-quality print and digital deliverable maps in a timely fashion; manage GIS database

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Contact Number 18
First Name Maggie
Initial Contact Phone, Email
Interview Format In Person, Phone, Email
Job Title Senior GIS Analyst
Organization Type Engineering/Planning/Environmental
Degree M.A., City and Regional Planning, U. of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Degree B.A., Sociology, U. of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Job Description Communicate with clients; provide cost estimates; manage work load and perform high-level GIS analysis; conduct data gathering, conversion, analysis, manipulation and processing; monitor and coordinate quality control efforts
Previous Experience 13 years conducting GIS analyses for planning, environmental and transportation documents

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