Resume

A GIS professional and cartographer with over 20 years of experience across multiple industries, including higher education, environmental consulting, public utilities, and the Department of Defense. My background also includes an understanding of spatial analysis and cartographic methods to produce engaging geospatial deliverables.

Portfolio

Experience

Freelance Cartographer (2025 – present)

Focus on creating high-resolution and large-format printed maps of communities across the United States.

Cartographic tools used include QGIS, Affinity Designer, RStudio, and Python.

Adjunct GIS Instructor at RSCC (2024 – 2025)

Redeveloped the GIS courses for the program to incorporate ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online into the curriculum, which includes new assignments, projects, exams, and discussions.

Facilitated an environment for students to incorporate modern GIS tools, such as ArcGIS Survey123, ArcGIS Field Maps, and StoryMaps, into their assignments, exercises, and final projects.

Provided students with feedback on assignments, discussions, exams, and projects; tutored students as needed.

Coordinated with students and the embedded tutor to help students reach their academic goals.

GIS Tutor at RSCC (2019 – 2024)

Assisted students with GIS concepts and the GIS instructor with general classroom progress.

Created GIS course projects, workflows, and guides to help students meet their course goals.

General student outreach (internal marketing and events); collaborated with students and external clients.

GIS Mapping Student at KUB (2017 – 2019)

Generated applicable maps as needed for internal clients using ArcGIS Desktop; updated new and existing natural gas service lines as needed using service records and field notes.

Generated maps for cyclical regulatory reports; researched historical records for relevant information.

CAD/GIS Technician at ARCADIS (2007 – 2016)

Provided graphic support to a wide variety of internal clients using AutoCAD and ArcGIS Desktop.

Generated hard/softcopy maps for cyclical reports, feasibility studies, remediation system drawings, and other client needs. Drawings and maps include:

Engineering drawings (e.g., remedial system design & construction); geology maps (e.g., groundwater elevation, soil cross-section); and general site location maps

Education

Master of Science – Geographic Information Systems
Johns Hopkins University
2023 – 2025

Bachelor of Science – Geography
(Minor in American History)
Marshall University
2019 – 2021

Associate in Applied Science – GIST
Roane State Community College
2017 – 2019

Additional Experience

ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Field Maps, Survey123
Python, R, FME, PostGIS
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
ArcMap, AutoCAD
Affinity Designer

Memberships

TNGIC (Tennessee Geographic Information Council)
NACIS (North American Cartographic Information Society)

Other Projects

Antonio Smith and David J. Trowbridge. “GAR Michigan Lombard Post No. 170 Memorial.” Clio: Your Guide to History. July 10, 2021.
https://theclio.com/entry/136590