Experience

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Leader

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Leader of GIS Service Line Mapping in the Capital Close-Out Group

• GIS Engineering Specialist

  • Aug 2020 - Jul 2022



NiSource

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engineering Capital Close-Out GIS Specialist

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2020

• Engineering Capital Closeout GIS Specialist

  • Nov 2015 - Apr 2018

  Analyze design capital project completion information to assure compliance with proposed engineering designs, company policies, practices, standards and other applicable codes. Update GIS and Work Management System to accurately reflect gas system updates. Evaluate project "as built" documentation for cost variances, proper testing and material reconciliation with adherence to engineering design. Ensure that facility data is created, updated and maintained accurately in the Work Management, GIS and plant accounting systems. Data is recorded in accordance with all designated standards for timeliness and accuracy to support operational needs and meet internal customer expectations. Provide technical assistance and support for Field Engineering, Construction and Field Operations staff involved in the construction, operation and maintenance of natural gas distribution facilities. Show less



Duquesne Light Company

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supervisor, Engineering Support

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2015

  Duties included job assignments, overseeing productivity and quality assurance, meeting regulatory requirements (PUC, NERC, FERC), analyzing and reporting from various database tables and systems, preparing RFI/RFP documents, writing technical procedural reportsHands on experience with the following: * ESRI ArcMap editing, cartographic map and custom report data driven creations; ArcCatalog, versioned ArcSDE, ArcPad including form development, ArcServer, ArcMobile, ModelBuilder* Development of MS Access databases* MS SQL and Oracle as related to ArcSDE * Oracle's Work management tool WAM for creating, querying and reporting work orders. * Document Management SystemsSupervised up to 30 union/management personnel performing various rolls such as:•PA PUC Inspections & Maintenance – regulatory testing of utility wooden poles carrying distribution voltage electrical circuits throughout the utility’s service territory utilizing EDM PoleTest kits and maintaining records via ArcPad/ArcMobile GIS technology on mobile GPS enabled computers•PUC I&M of inspecting the distribution circuits using infrared technology and maintaining records via ArcPad/ArcMobile GIS technology on mobile GPS enabled computers•AutoCad and ESRI ArcMap drafting and mapping: maintained the distribution, subtransmission and transmission circuit and pole maps•Records Management: maintained the electronic and historical paper drawings associated with Engineering, Facilities and Telecom•3rd Party Attachments: managed the attachments to corporate facilities following FCC guidelines and regulations•Rights of Way: obtained municipal permits and private property rights for the installation of utility facilities such as poles, URD transformers etc.•Technical Service Reps: scheduled service cut-ins for new electrical services•Land Surveyor Crews: performed field land surveys and prepared drawings for properties and equipment layouts in electrical substations and transmission site locations Show less

• GIS Analyst / Team Leader

  • Jul 1997 - Jan 2005

  •Created and maintained Oracle based ArcSDE geodatabases, ArcView shapefiles and ArcPad projects. Projected and digitized raster maps over digital landbase for Allegheny County parcel conversion project using geospatial references and geoprocessing commands.•Designed and developed the GIS mobile GPS/GIS applications for collecting and inventorying 300,000+ utility poles in DLC Service Territory with synchronizing routines to store data in ArcSDE•Oversaw the digitization and field collection of all utility manholes, underground network duct lines and transmission circuit line locations into the GIS system.•Developed the manual process of collecting the locations of electric distribution primary, secondary and service lines, all electric distribution equipment (transformers, fuses, switches etc.) in the field and the process of entering this data into ArcFM (facilities management tool) from substation down to customer meter location as a pilot project for four circuits. Once the data was in ArcFM, I demonstrated the abilities of electrical network intelligence showing direction flow, the exact number of customer affected by upstream faults, etc.•Developed various MS Access databases used for reporting and analyzing GIS records. Show less

• Drafter / GIS Technician

  • Mar 1990 - Jul 1997

  • Maintained pole location and ownership maps, electrical distribution and transmission circuit maps using AutoCad and drawing-table digitizing.

• Clerk Typist

  • Feb 1983 - Mar 1990

  • Clerk Typist in Customer Service/Credit & Collection department. Developed the first Borland dBase programs for maintaining collection activity and LIHEAP customer mailing lists. Was trained and worked part-time on phone board answering customer calls and making payment arrangements during peak phone traffic times.