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Valerie Rousset

Martinez, CA, USA

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

Experienced GIS professional providing quality data management, analysis, and other vital business intelligence to a variety of projects. Skilled at transforming complex data sets into engaging and informative; maps, graphs, and charts. Adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously in a rapidly changing environment with tight deadlines, while delivering quality customer service.

Work History
Inner Circle Creative ● Martinez, CA. ● 3/21 to present
Production Coordinator

• Provide a variety of on-site and office tasks related to producing corporate videos for various businesses and brands.
• Assist in planning and coordinating video production projects, ensuring smooth execution from pre-production to post-production stages.
• Prepare and present production information, scripts, and timelines to the production team and talent on location.

Utility Data Contractors (UDC) ● San Ramon, CA. ● 7/19 to 2/21
GIS Technician

• Provided GIS mapping support for a variety of Gas and Electric distribution projects:
• Utilized Ortho Imagery for vegetation analysis, combined with Lidar-derived basemaps to accurately locate and analyze the condition of gas and electric utility assets such as poles, transformers, conductors, and vaults in fire-damaged areas.
• Analyzed SAP maps and documents, then used the information to edit and map new electrical grid features and attributes per work order instructions.

Contra Costa Public Health Dept. Family Maternal & Child Health ● Martinez, CA. ● 5/19 to 7/19
Administrative Assistant

• Reviewed fiscal year-end documents for the various programs FMCH supported ensuring the department was ready for their annual audit.
• Established procedures and constructed a workbook to track and warehouse program donations.
Career Break Due to Caregiving Responsibilities February 2014 - March 2019 Took a hiatus from professional work to provide full-time care for a family member diagnosed with Lewy body dementia.

VISA ● Foster City, CA. ● 2/13 to 1/14
Business Systems Spatial Analyst

• Identified and evaluated areas of opportunity for GIS within the VISA community, assessing how geospatial data and technology could enhance business processes and decision-making.
• Leveraged spatial analysis techniques for data exploration, spatial clustering, and pattern recognition to derive meaningful insights and support business objectives.

Frontline Energy ● Walnut Creek, CA. ● 09/11 to 4/12
GIS Mapping Specialist

• Reviewed and color-coded specific utility asset locations on as-built construction maps to ensure accurate representation and documentation of infrastructure marked for removal.
• Utilized ArcGIS software to geo-reference maps and digitize utility asset locations, using satellite imagery and street centerlines.

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District ● Pleasant Hill, CA. ● 11/08 to 03/10
CAD (Computer Aided Driving) / GIS Programmer Analyst

• Collaborated closely with a distinguished team of fire prevention professionals to execute a comprehensive, state-mandated county-level Risk Assessment. This initiative involved transforming and reclassifying California State Very High Fire Hazard Severity maps to an intricate spatial analysis at the parcel level. The analysis considered variables such as Vegetation Type, Roof Type, Property Slope, Proximity to Fuels, and Ignition sources. The outcome was the identification of "Priority Hazard Zones" characterized by Very High, High, Moderate, or Low-risk levels to the community and public.
• Trained fire personnel and command center personnel to create and serve maps with multifamily housing and commercial property fire access details to the fire trucks, en-route.
• Maintained multi-layered maps detailing cross-jurisdictional fire threats.

Technology Skills
ESRI: ArcGIS Pro v. 3.1, ArcGIS Online (AGOL), Drone2Map, Model Builder, Spatial Analyst, Business Analyst, Collector, Survey123; ARCFM
GPS, LIDAR, & Drone, pre-/post-processing; Ortho Photointerpretation & Change Detection
Analysis tools: Python and SQL Queries; MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint; SAP
Data Collection: ESRI Living Atlas; U.S. Census data, USGS data sets and satellite imagery. Field sampling survey results; well monitoring & construction data, soil & water sample collection, utility asset locations

Education
Cal State East Bay, Hayward, CA
BS in Business Administration, Information Systems Management

Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA
Environmental Technology and Regulation Certification

ESRI Certifications
GIS for Climate Change, December 2023
Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics, October 2023

Transform AEC Projects with GIS and BIM, May 2023

Cartography, April 2023

Imagery in Action, June 2022

Python for Everyone, June 2020

Getting Started with Spatial Analysis, July 2019

Valerie Rousset

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