CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

I have been working with GIS for over 5 years and in that time I have been employed as a GIS analyst for DEFRA and a GIS research analyst for the University of Birmingham.

During this period I have worked with the following products:
OS raster layers
OS Mastermap
OS Address Point
Digital elevation models
Digital terrain models
Global raster datasets
Aerial photography
LandCoverMap 2000
Office for National Statistics Layers

As part of my employed and freelance work I have undertaken the following GIS work:

DATA INPUT
Digitising biological field data -birds, habitat maps
Digitising boundaries of assets
Georeferencing -UK and global data
QA of incoming datasets
Data manipulation and standardisation
Incorporation of remotely sensed data - GPS and data loggers

DATA INTERPRETATION
Viewshed analysis - for installation of radars and for observable area of bird survey workers
Analysis of slope
Collision risk analyses for UK windfarms (birds)- SNH collision risk assessment
Predictive models of bird flight activity - for the Lewis windfarm
Predicting likely disturbance
Proximity analysis to resources - for Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and its reserve networks
Linking demographic data to sales areas

REPORTING
Writing technical sections of environmental statements
Reporting statistical information based on geographic data
Preparing technical annexes for EIAs
Producing mapbooks for reports
Reporting information in industry journal
Preparing the GIS aspect of tenders

PROGRAMMING - all undertaken in python
Producing a QA tool to check that polygons match OS Mastermap
Software to convert 1,000+ files to raster and vector for analysis
Productivity tools such - as batch defining projection, batch delete fields,
A spatial query tool

RECENT CONTRACTS:

Forestry Commission
Digitising for Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) Scheme
Digitising for Woodlands for People (Cydcoed) Scheme
Digitising for Native Woodland Scheme
Production of a Mastermap QA tool - python
Production of geometry check tool - python

University of York
Production of a UK wide, 1 km map, of UK agricultural productivity based on ONS and DEFRA data
Digitising agricultural Less Favourable Areas (LFA) within the UK
Constructed database on established renewable sites in the UK
Production of a UK wide, 1 km map, of environmental protected areas

University of Sheffield
Analysis of global vegetation indices in relation to ant diversity
Analysis of the spatial alignment of protected areas and biodiversity in South Africa
Analysis of distance of reserve network from population hubs
Associations between reserve, habitat, biodiversity and investment

ADDITIONAL INFO:

I have extensive experience of using the following in a commercial capacity:

ArcGIS
ArcGIS - Spatial Analyst
ArcGIS - 3D Analyst
ArcGIS - production of bespoke software in python
Reporting technical information in environmental impacts assessments

Education