Experience

T-O Engineers - An Ardurra Company

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geospatial Services Manager

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  As the Geospatial Services Manager my responsibilities include the management, production, and development of our GIS and Remote Sensing projects for airports, municipalities, and private residences across the Rocky Mountain Region. Airport Projects include Airports GIS surveys such as Airport Airspace Analysis Surveys, Design/As-Built Projects, and Existing Airport Data Projects. I am responsible for managing the projects, submitting the data, and working with the NGS and FAA to insure a smooth verification of the data.I have then been using the AGIS data to develop our Airport Layout Plans in a GIS environment. Over the last 4 years I have been transiting our ALPs from a CAD template to a GIS environment. This has allowed for the development of models to streamline Part 77 Analysis and Critical Profile Lines. Completing the ALPs in a GIS environment allows for the use of publicly available spatial data and the ability to easily share the data with clients and municipal leaders. Furthermore, the ALP sheets are being transformed into interactive online mapping applications. These applications provide the ability for a user to interact with the ALP.As the leader of our Remote Sensing Team, I have been responsible for the processing of the imagery and the classification of point clouds to develop highly accurate topographic surfaces. The workflows I have developed allow for the removal of vegetation, structures, and any other non-ground feature to produce topographic data in almost any environment. Some examples of Remote Sensing Projects include airports ranging from small 200 acre surveys to 1600 acre surveys resulting in 1-foot contour intervals. I have provided orthomosaic and topographic deliverables for road projects, landfills, quarries, salt piles, construction projects, cemeteries, private residences, water tanks, and many other miscellaneous projects.



GDA Engineers now T-O Engineers

• GIS Project Manager

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2018



Town of Grand Island, NY

• Senior Engineer Assistant

  • Jul 2012 - May 2014

  As a Senior Engineer Assistant for the Town of Grand Island I used my experience and knowledge as a licensed land surveyor and geographer to complete municipality projects for the engineering department. Using a total station, level, and GPS-RTK unit I led a crew in the field for the collection of boundary and topographic measurements which lead to my involvement in each project from field to finish. The field data was used for designing utility and transportation projects, as-built drawings, and utility information for updating and maintaining our GIS shapefiles and database. I used CADD and GIS software for drafting and designing bike paths, waterlines, storm drainage, utility locations, deed sketches, easements and miscellaneous drawings as needed. When I wasn’t drafting in the office I was writing and verifying legal descriptions, preparing proposals, completing building permits, maintaining the Web Mapping Application, responding to benchmark requests, and working with co-workers to find solutions for questions and complaints from residents of the town.While working in the engineering department I have had the privilege of designing a new street guide of the Town of Grand Island for public sale. Recently I have interpolated LiDAR data and have added a 5’ resolution Digital Elevation Model to our GIS. The high resolution topography is being used for planning and estimating purposes for potential projects and earth volume calculations.



Independent Contractor

• GIS Consultant

  • Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

  • Long Island Sound Study GIS Needs Assessment – Responsible for metadata research and implementation of a Geoportal.• Classified Project – Developed time series hillshades and defined cartographic symbols and styles for multiple topographic and gravity data sets • Long Island Sound Study GIS Needs Assessment – Responsible for metadata research and implementation of a Geoportal.• Classified Project – Developed time series hillshades and defined cartographic symbols and styles for multiple topographic and gravity data sets



University at Buffalo

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Nov 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Post Hurricane Sandy Damage Assessment – Analysis of aerial photographs for evaluation of wind and inundation damage. Developed a new process for identifying minimum inundation levels using social media images and high resolution DEMs generated from LiDAR point clouds. Methodology presented at Association of American Geographers annual conference. • Post Hurricane Sandy Damage Assessment – Analysis of aerial photographs for evaluation of wind and inundation damage. Developed a new process for identifying minimum inundation levels using social media images and high resolution DEMs generated from LiDAR point clouds. Methodology presented at Association of American Geographers annual conference.



Deborah A. Naybor PLS, P.C.

• Survey Crew Chief

  • May 2007 - Aug 2011

  • As I crew chief I led a crew of two or three persons recording measurements for complex boundary, topographic, ALTA, as-built, construction stake-out, subdivision, wetland, and flood elevation surveys.• Utilized total stations, levels, GPS base and rover stations, robotic instruments, data loggers, computers, and calculators to make onsite determinations for the adjustments and validation of field work.• Provided evidence to senior land surveyors and led the field crew in the remonumentation of lost or obliterated property and controlling corners.• Completed multiple bridge surveys across water bodies ranging from small streams to high volume creeks and collected topographic measurements including hydraulic cross-sections.



Freeman and Freeman Surveying

• Survey Crew Chief

  • Apr 2001 - Oct 2005

  • Worked as a crew chief both in the field and the office.• Trained new employees on the operation of total stations, data loggers, GPS equipment, TGO software, GIS software, AutoCAD suites, and essential techniques practiced in the field.• Extensively researched prior surveys, deeds and field evidence to locate and establish property corners, boundary lines, Great Lot corners, and highway monuments. • Prepared plats for various types of surveys including: ALTA, topographic, complex boundary, engineering control, subdivision, cellular tower sites, golf courses, ski resorts, encroachment and boundary disputes, transportation design, construction stake-out, flood elevation, sub-divided parcels, and wetland surveys.• Strategized with other agencies the locations of geodetic survey control for photogrammetric and engineering projects utilizing GPS/RTK survey methods.• Researched historic and legal records for easements and title ambiguities. • Wrote boundary descriptions for parcels to be included in new land records. • Adapted records of metes and bound surveys to correspond to latest field evidence.• Worked with superiors to design record management systems in the office and the establishment of town wide control.