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JASON EDUCATION

WARD University of California, Los Angeles, 2018


Ph.D. in Geography | GIS & Technologies and Climate Science

Geospatial Data Specialist University of California, Los Angeles, 2014


M.A. in Geography | GIS & Technologies and Climate Science

University of California, Los Angeles, 2011


B.A. in Geography | GIS & Technologies

PROFILE WORK EXPERIENCE


Geospatial data specialist with a GIS Technician | Clayton County Transportation and
Ph.D. in Geography. Proven skill in Development
developing automated geoprocessing December 2019 – July 2020
algorithms that lead to improved o Automated geoprocessing algorithms with ArcGIS
time, money, and personnel ModelBuilder and Python.
efficiencies. Demonstrated skill in o Finished projects 2 years and $130k under budgets.
managing concurrent projects and o Established 22,000 roadway asset relationships.
presenting information. Provides o Found improvements to in-field data collection, reducing
high-quality digital and print mapping
post-processing needs by 95%.
and analytics.
o Developed process to locate 10% more fiber optic utility cable
lines from engineering plans.
o Converted and integrated Google Earth KML and CAD DWG
CONTACT
files with GIS programs.
EMAIL:
jwardgeospatial@gmail.com GIS Research Analyst | UCLA Geography
April 2014 – December 2018
WEBSITE: o Managed multi-year projects.
jwardgeospatial.weebly.com o Presented work using plain language and effective data
visualization at 7 conferences.
o Evaluated and assured quality of data, procedures, and
SKILLS deliverables with ArcGIS, QGIS, and IDL.
ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI, Access o Maintained legacy GIS vector and raster data sets.
Automated geoprocessing o Retrieved data from government agencies.
Coding in R, Python, IDL, SQL
Database development GIS Research Analyst | UCLA Geography
Cartography, AGOL, Tableau September 2011 – March 2014
o Collected, assessed quality, processed, managed, and analyzed
data in Excel, ArcGIS, and QGIS.
o Project planning and execution.
o Produced data documentation, a project manuscript, and
maps.

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