Resume

• Building data visualizations and web application prototypes in support of Indigo's mission to help farmers sustainably feed the planet

Data Engineer NPMap Team
National Park Service | Denver, CO / Cambridge, MA (Remote)

• Built digital mapping applications and data services across the National Park Service, leading the agency’s foray into modern data management practices and web mapping technologies

• Projects included:

• Places: an OpenStreetMap-inspired geospatial data collection system for the NPS

• Park Mobile: a visitor-focused mobile app framework

• RAPIDS: a web-based data management and reporting system for NPS recreation assistance programs including Federal Land to Parks and Land and Water Conservation Fund

• Responsibilities included:

• Data (strategy, collection, QA/QC, analysis, processing, management, standardization)

• Database (architecture, design, modeling)

• User experience/interface (UX/UI) design

• Web map development

• Project management

• Technical documentation and support

Geographic Information Specialist Data Analysis Team
USAID Office of Transition Initiatives | Washington, DC

• Lead analyst for humanitarian assistance programs across Africa and the Middle East; the primary source for geospatial data collection, management, analysis, and visualization to inform program strategy and reporting

• Deployed on short-term field assignments to provide technical training to local staff, improve data collection systems, prepare technology recommendations, and conduct outreach with local and donor organizations

• Worked with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team to train local youth on OSM and map Northern Haiti

Web Mapping Consultant
GeoPoll | Washington, DC

• Produced interactive maps of geotagged mobile survey results polling public attitudes and perceptions for the African Development Bank in Tunisia and the US Embassy Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Web Mapping Consultant
John Snow, Inc. | Washington, DC

• Created a map microsite visualizing health logistics data for the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT

Mapping and Data Intern
Mapbox | Washington, DC

• Developed interactive maps of election data for the Atlas Project online toolkit

• Processed and compiled large demographic data sets from the US Census Bureau for customer use

• Added critical road and land use features to OpenStreetMap in response to the food security alert in West Africa

• Produced visualizations tracking OpenStreetMap growth with a tutorial for the Mapbox blog

• Coursework included:

• Spatial Web & Mobile Programming: full-stack web and mobile geospatial application development

• Interactive Cartography & Geovisualization: user experience/interface (UX/UI) design, data visualization, and client-side development for web applications (D3, Leaflet, jQuery)

• Graphic Design in Cartography: cartographic and design principles for web map and user interface design; responsive web development; custom terrain representation production

• GIS & Spatial Analysis: statistical methods for spatial data interpolation and analysis

• Geospatial Database Design & Development: data and process modeling; relational and document-oriented database design and implementation; SQL (PostgreSQL/PostGIS) and NoSQL (MongoDB)

• Geocomputing: Python and command-line utilities (GDAL/OGR, Bash, CMD) for data processing and spatial analysis

Front-End Web Development
General Assembly | Washington, DC

• 10-week course on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Environmental Studies, Political Science
Bucknell University | Lewisburg, PA

• Cum laude, cumulative GPA: 3.6/4.0

• GIS Research Assistant

Study Abroad
University of Otago | Dunedin, New Zealand

Service-Learning Program
Bucknell University | Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua