Experience

Conservation Ontario

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Open Data Technologist

  • Sep 2018 - Present



Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• GIS Technologist

  • Feb 2003 - Sep 2018

  Work with GIS team to provide support to TRCA staff and outside consultants in the form of GIS analysis and mapping for Management plans and conservation officers for trials. • Serve on Advisory Committees to support Management Plans and to provide any mapping needs, such as trails and land management practices • Estimate time and costs for completion of various internal and external GIS projects • Implement and execute GPS projects using new GPS hardware with various departments and also train staff on the use of such equipment • Interact daily with other regions and municipalities to better serve the public with their GIS and data needs in accordance with TRCA Data Management regulations. • Facilitate Environmental Assessments and OMB Hearings by preparing cartographic mapping and presentation drawings • Create maps for Natural Heritage Biological Inventory Reports to be used as a guideline by internal staff and the general public • Provide Natural Heritage Features mapping by collecting and digitizing geographic data, performing air photo interpretation and undertaking spatial analysis and data integration • Training, installation and support for GIS field data collection using PDAs (ArcPad) and ArcExplorer GIS data access software that is used in biological inventories that occur on a seasonal basis • Trained summer staff to digitize, clean and perform QA/QC procedures for ongoing natural heritage data collection • Support the integrity, analysis, interpretation and maintenance of GIS datasets and relational databases, such as species and communities of conservation concern, to be used by TRCA staff • Train and assist other TRCA staff with utilizing ArcExplorer for them to use as a screening tool in environmental assessments • Create and maintain TRCA metadata database for GIS and as a partnership with MNR