TomT@Starmon.com
October 15, 2011
G.I.S. Analyst , Image Processing, Lab Technician
I'm currently seeking full time, permanent position as GIS analyst w/ surveying
background, or computer technology help desk, in Fort
Collins or Loveland.
I have decades experience in computers from Win 3.1, Win XP Pro, and Lin,
including IT and call center related positions.
Have constructed
computers from scratch and specialize in technology related fields,
with hands-on and field experience in surveying,
mapping, ALTA, physics,
astronomy, geology. I have several years ARCMap 9.3 experience, am an expert
abilities with Google Earth
and some 3-D experience
with Sketch-Up and image
manipulation. I'm looking for a salary of $16,000/annum.
Recently
completed 40 college credits at Front Range Community College and Colorado
State University in GIS,
geology and
astronomy.
Also have hands-on
experience in machine shop, designing and producing telescope
accessories, for my own use. In the past, I have
acquired Argonne
National Laboratory Security Pass (temp). I am reliable and have a good
work ethic. Cureently volunteering at the Salvation Army..
EXPERIENCE
Employer:Night
Sky Team (NPS/CSU/CIRA)- CSU Foothills Campus, Astro
Image/Data Specialist, Ft. Collins, CO
Duration: November
14, 2009 May 14, 2010 (6-month CSU contract), Chad Moore- 831-262-8594
Job Duties: Finished
project of trouble-shot VBS scripts in ACP Observatory Control Software,operating
2 PC's simultaneously.
Correcting for vignetting,
cosmetic and production differences in the CCD chip, as well as removing,
natural and or anthropogenic
light pollution
to produce scientific and valid digital imagery. Maxim DL, Hugin, ArcView
3.3, Photoshop 7, Thumb+7/8 ArcView 3.2,
ArcGIS 8, 9.2, 9.3,
Then scripts were run in ArcView 3.3 to produce a contour/isophotoic graph
which included azimuth/altitude grids,
cities, magnitude/color
legend and produced either, 'Net Light Pollution' or Total Sky Brightness'
graphic datasets. Implementing
step-by-step documentation
on these system procedures for future referencing.
By using HUGIN
software and automated project scripts written by Dan Drisco &
Chad Moore, panoramic and polar images were
produced from TIFs
(converted from FITS imagery) images to produce a graphic containing terrain
and the night sky. These images
were then overlaid
on the aforementioned products, using Photoshop 5 and Thumbsplus 7 for
comparative analysis and then published
on the web. Please
note: At the time of this writing, this is preliminary data and not yet
ready for publication. But Check here for examples:
http://starmon.com/NightSky/nightsky.html
Using Google Earth 'Sketch-Up' software, I developed a 3-D method of displaying
any
hi-resolution 'stitched'
imagery within a hemisphere, then produced more than 150 datasets. The
viewer may examine the imagery outside
of the hemisphere
to get an overall feel or may 'travel' inside, where the terrain matches
the graphics.
Employer: i-cubed,
LLC, GIS Image/Data Specialist, 201
Linden Street, Third Floor, Ft. Collins, CO
February 7, 2008
April 23, 2009, Jason Woodworth : 970-372-6192
Duties: GIS
technicians duties, current with ArcMap/Catalog 9.3, operating 2 PC's simultaneously,
compiling Gigabyte quantities
of value-added imagery
for clients, special projects- researching conversion formatting methodology
to input imagery into newly
developed Lowrance
Endura/Sierra GPS hardware (.gtif/.at5). Error checking 'U.S. prime' imagery
for hard line boundaries, gross
specular reflections,
Newton rings and other optical and digital problems. Implementing and maintaining
a 'Wiki' documenting system
procedures, for
future referencing.
Employer: (CDOW)
Colorado Department of Wildlife, GIS
Specialist, 317 West Prospect Road, Ft. Collins, CO
June - Dec. 2007
(Temp, while attending CSU), Chris Johnson (Jon Kindler)970-472-4330
Duties: GIS
technicians duties, completed compiling endangered species maps by division,
printing, binding for delivery,
producing Mt. Evans,
elk, goat and sheep observation maps for volunteer spotters, and other
projects. Have prints. High
resolution scanning
state-wide NAAP 1990 infrared aerial images, taught Google Earth functionality
to technician.
Employer: (CEMML)
Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, CSU
Campus Ft. Collins, CO
Title: GIS Specialist,
Summer 2006 (Temp, while attending CSU)
Duties: Finished
updating U.S. Army base maps. Vegetation, buildings, towers all appurtenances
using ArcView 9.2, Python
Employer: Accepted and completed a 1099 contract, Wyoming state-wide, Hardware Installation Specialist, September 2004
Duties: Finished
statewide project of updating hardware and software in Cisco 2600 routers,
in 30 USDA Service
offices throughout
the state of Wyoming. Installed was 2-256M RAM chips, 1 SMART ROM
card, updated security card
with 128 bit encryption,
a PLCC chip and new IOS software. Time 40 minutes -1 hr./site
Employer: Center
Partners/Qwest Wireless Sales Agent, Wireless
Retention Agent, Ft. Collins, CO, 09/2002 - 03/2003
Duties: Call center
-convincing cell phone customers to not deactivate their cellphones
Employer: Argonne
National Laboratory, Title: Data Compilation
Technician, 9700 S. Cass Ave. Cheyenne, 2002
Job Duties: Finished
contract locating all oil & gas pollution reports in Wyoming to model
the effect of the introduction
50K new coal bed
methane wells that are going to be drilled, in the northeastern Wyoming
coal beds.
Employer: JYM Internet Service, Internet Service Technician, Ft. Collins, CO, 03/2001 - 07/2002
Duties: Sales and
tech assistance for new and existing customers. Assist clients in configuring
their computers to logon
to the Internet.
Troubleshooting any other related computer and Internet problems. Company
failed, would not invest in DSL technology.
Employer: EZLink Internet Access, Internet Service Technician, Ft. Collins, CO, 04/1999 - 03/2001
Duties: Sales and
tech assistance for new and existing customers. Assist clients in configuring
their computers to logon
to the Internet.
Troubleshooting any other related computer and Internet problems. Company
was sold to Nunn Telephone
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Computer Hardware:10+
years
* Since purchasing a PC system in 1991, new computer builds
* Install and configure mother/daughterboards, SCSCI cards
* Trouble-shooting and repairing clients computers
Computer Software:15+ years
* Operating Systems, DOS, MS Windows 3.1- XP pro, Linux, Apple
* Capable with MS Works and MS Word for correspondence, spreadsheets
* MS Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop 7, Thumbsplus, Fitsview 1.2
* Possessing progressive vocabulary writing proposals, reports and articles
Internet Skills: 10+ years
* Lead Tech with several Internet Service Providers using Linux RedHat
OS
* Contact person to U.S West and ICG telecommunications
* Recovered $5000 for employer from Qwest due to ineffective T-1
* Purchase, configuration and maintenance of domain names
* Capable with VI editing, telnet, FTP, elm, pine, tin and Cisco routers
* Use VI, telnet, FTP, elm, pine, and tin, etc.
* Programming Portmaster access routers (digital and analog)
* Setting up MS Windows and Apple internet connections
* HTML designed and published web pages, embedding multimedia commands,
hosting
friends imagery
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ENGINEERING &
CADASTRAL SURVEYING EXPERIENCE:
10+ years
Employer: RBD Engineering, Ft. Collins, CO, Surveyor/Instrumentman, 05/1994 - 10/1998, company sold.
Land surveying
in Nebraska, Wyoming, Nevada & Colorado, as rodman, instrumentman,
drafting & some crew chief, in subdivision, coal
and gold mines,
oil well locates. Subdivision breakdown, drafting ALTA, ILS. Perimeter
surveys for National Forest park areas (contracts).
Instrumentman:
5 years Projects
involved at a coal & gold mine, topsoil, overburden & product,
blast holes, dump topos, heap, stockpile
& an extensive
lode claim survey. In cadastral branch, shot-in section corner searches
and tie-ins, checked road crowns & super,precision
level-work, as-builts
on construction projects, tie-line traverse, CL, C&F on beltline.
Coal & gold mines topos, surface topo, overburden
and top of bench,
& quite extensive lode claim surveys using HP-48sx data collector/calculator
& TDS software.
Inspector:
1½
years Oversaw compaction & testing of pipeline trenches, boring
of shafts across major & minor arterials, arranged utility
locates, kept track
of contractor pay items, calculated asphalt thickness & volumes, concrete
pours on several new streets, damage control
in crisis situations.
Supervised chlorination, bacteriological & pressure testing for the
Collection of Degasification Facilities & Distribution,
improving Gillette,
WY water quality. I have received training in E.P.A. regulated water testing
for E. Coli.
Rodman:
5½ years Set boundary corners in subdivisions, county-wide cemetery
survey (Campbell Cty, WY). Locate & stake oil well sites,
highway blue topping
& stream bed reconstruction, stream retention dams & the layout
of a Little League ball field (pro bono).
Crew Chief:
1
year Taught others how to operate total station productively in a
high stress environment. City-wide gasline locates &
drafting results
on mylar. Submitted Forest Service bid & resurvey of ‘parks’ in Black
Hills area (Sundance, WY). Passed survey class from BLM
manager in Gillette,
WY 1989. In Reno I produced daily stake-out sheets for crews using a proprietary
form of Apple COGO (Coordinate Geometry).
CHEMISTRY EXPERIENCE: 3 years
Job Duties: Running
various concentrations of intake & discharge water for type & quantity
of fecal coliform, counting and documenting results,
under EPA standards.
Collecting charts, reducing sugar syrup for brix, dropping high, low, raw
pans, and running titration.
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EDUCATION: Total: 131 college credits
Colorado State University,
Warner College of Natural Resources, Geology/G.I.S. Ft. Collins, CO
Major: Geology/Geographical
Information Systems Completion: 05/2007
20 credits
Spring 2007 NR 319
Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources
Spring 2006 NR 422
Applied Natural Resource Management,
NR 493 GIS Seminar-Remote Sensing Applications
Fall 2006
NR 323 Remote Sensing-Natural Resources
CEMML Summer
2006
Certification of Completion (ESRI) Editing & Managing Databases
Front Range Community
College, Ft. Collins, CO G.I.S. Program(2.93)
20 credits
UNIX course (3.0) 4 credits
Major: Geographical
Information Systems Program Completion: 12/2005
Career College PC,
Reno, NV Data Specialist
12 credits
Sheridan College,
Gillette,WY Computer coursework
6 credits
School: Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Major: Astronomy
Degree: Coursework
9 credits
Completion Date:
05/1976
School: Nebraska
Western College, Scottsbluff, NB
Major: Astronomy/Math
Degree: Associate
of Science
60 credits
Completion Date:
05/1973
October 15, 2011