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Fort Collins, CO, USA

Geospatial Analyst and GIS Specialist with over 6 years of professional experience delivering high-quality GIS products, services, analyses, and data management solutions. Proven success in leading and managing projects for diverse clients across government, industry, and universities.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Ardent | Fort Collins, CO | April 2025 – Present
GEOSPATIAL ANALYST
Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to provide exceptional GIS support and solutions for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Operations Center’s (NOC) Common Operating Picture (COP) suite of tools to realize end-users’ mission of maintaining enterprise geospatial situational awareness and authoritative visualization of geospatial data
GIS solutions included design, creation, maintenance, and operation of dashboards, sites & pages, surveys, experiences, datasets, and more, to meet and exceed the NOC’s goals
Helped administrate and perform necessary work in Enterprise-level environments to store, manage, migrate, and analyze data, in addition to aiding in yearly Enterprise systems upgrades
Met regularly with NOC personnel to review needs, upgrades, troubleshooting, creation of documentation, and other technical design requirements for COP maintenance

Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | March 2020 – March 2025
GEOSPATIAL ANALYST
Led GIS support efforts for the Partnerships for Data Innovations (PDI) project in the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to design, build, deploy, and maintain advanced ArcGIS solutions and applications to help solve complex agricultural research problems
Leveraged the full suite of Esri ArcGIS products to meet customer needs, including, but not limited to, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Enterprise, Dashboards, Survey123, and Field Maps
Designed, developed, and maintained Enterprise-level PostgreSQL geodatabases for the collection, storage, formatting, conversion, editing, and maintenance of geospatial data
Performed advanced geospatial analyses in ArcGIS Pro to meet customer needs
Provided real-time technical support and problem-solving to field users and end users throughout the lifespan of a project
Led a team of GIS analysts, in collaboration with project coordinators, to identify project scope, specifications, deliverables, progress, QA/QC, and applicable training
Rapidly produced and delivered professional data visualization and presentation products such as web maps, reports, dashboards, analyses, tables, and geospatial data requests

Aerotek | Fort Collins, CO | October 2019 – March 2020
GEOSPATIAL ANALYST
Worked as a member of a large team at CACI using Esri’s ArcMap platform to digitize and perform geospatial analyses of satellite imagery
Created, attributed, and edited feature datasets to produce high-quality maps at multiple scales for government contracts
Employed stringent data management practices to ensure thorough record-keeping and data manipulation across different parts of a deliverable’s lifecycle

United States Peace Corps | Fode Binéa, Kedougou, Senegal | September 2014 – November 2016
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENT
Trained local, village-level counterparts in improved gardening, farming, and tree work techniques, emphasizing partner self-reliance in teaching techniques to their communities
Extended improved field crop seeds and farming techniques to local farmers each growing season, tracked progress, and collected yield data throughout the season

EDUCATION
Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | 2017 – 2019
MASTER of SCIENCE in GEOGRAPHY
Thesis: Examining the Effects of Artisanal, Small-Scale Gold Mining on Livelihood Assets in Kedougou, Senegal

University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 2010 – 2014
BACHELOR of ARTS in BIOLOGY, SOCIETY, and the ENVIRONMENT (cum laude)

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Technical Skills: Esri products (ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcGIS Online, Enterprise, Survey123, Field Maps, Dashboards, StoryMaps, Model Builder, Knowledge), Jira, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Project), Python, SQL, HTML, PostgreSQL, French, Malinké, Envi software
Certifications: Certified by Oregon State University in the use of ArcGIS software

Posted 2025-09-26 under Geography