Data-driven GIS professional with 15 years' experience in GIS and content writing. Highly skilled in data science, photography, video, and content creation. Since 2013, I have saved my clients over $1 million and have never missed a delivery deadline. Fluent in English and French, with a basic knowledge of Spanish.
Professional Skills and Experience
2009 - Present
- Wrote thousands of Python scripts that facilitated connections between databases, mathematical models, and GIS that improved process efficiencies by up to 8,000%
- Compiled an analyzed a database of 223 cases of speed, wind, and pressure data of hurricanes and intense squall lines that impacted the US East Coast for a research project on meteotsunamis
- Wrote a short Python script to consolidate over 50 two-dimensional maps into 4 three-dimensional animations, saving a client over $7,000
- Routinely worked with and QA/QC databases containing over 500,000 records and several million data points of complex data in 3D models with effective visualizations
- Clients include the State of California, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Government of Canada
- I specialize in QGIS, ESRI ArcGIS Online, TerriaJS, Mapbox, and Google Maps
2008 - Present
- Published over 250 blog posts on GIS, travel, photography, problem solving, etc.
- Search engine optimization and website copy for several clients increased website traffic by up to 700%
- Highly skilled in documentation, scientific writing, website copy, and travel blogging
- Clients include the California Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey
2006 - Present
- Specialty in taking, editing, and selling landscape, travel, and weather photography and video
- YouTube travel and tutorial videos have received more than 60,000 views each
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Lightroom and Premiere Pro
Licenses and Certifications
2022 - Present
Employment History
2013 – Present
2009 – 2011
Publications
The Open Water Mercury Technical and Modeling Workgroup. "Mercury Open Water Final Report for Compliance with the Delta Mercury Control Program." California Department of Water Resources (2020). Web. View Publication
Geist, Eric, ten Brink, Uri, and Gove, Matthew. "A Framework for the Probabilistic Analysis of Meteotsunamis." Natural Hazards Online First Articles (2014). SpringerLink.com. Web. View Publication
Robbins, L.L., Yates, K.K., Gove, M.D., Knorr, P.O., Wynn, Jonathan, Byrne, R.H., and Liu, Xuewu, 2013, USGS Arctic Ocean carbon cruise 2010: Field activity H-03-10-AR to collect carbon data in the Arctic Ocean, August - September 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 741, 1 CD. View Publication
Education
2005 - 2009
2011 - 2013
2016 - 2018