J Garrett Armstrong

Education:
2010 – Present - Portland State University - Portland, OR
       GIS Graduate Certificate

2001 – 2003 - UC Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA
       BA Environmental Studies

1995 - 2001 - Orange Coast College - Costa Mesa, CA
       AA General Education

Skill Highlights:
➔ ArcGIS Suite ➔ QuantumGIS ➔ CSS ➔ Javascript
➔ Google Earth ➔ Trimble Sketchup ➔ HTML ➔ Python
➔ Erdas Imagine ➔ Trimble GPS ➔ SQL ➔ Database Management
➔ Irdrisi ➔ PostGIS ➔ Microsoft Office
➔ Adobe Illustrator ➔ Open/Libre Office➔ Digitizing: Heads up and down

Work Experience:
Thomson Reuters - Lake Oswego, OR: Nov 2013 – Present
GIS Technician
• Digitize tax boundaries
• Research tax districts
• Help create GIS standards for the project

City of Lake Oswego - Lake Oswego, OR: Jan 2013 – Sep 2013
GIS Intern
• Create and maintain impervious surface dataset
• Create flood hazard layer
• Provide GIS support for engineering department
• Create maps for other departments
 

Oregon Best/ Indow Windows - Portland, OR: May 2012 – Dec 2013

GIS Analyst
• Discover new markets in the US and Canada for local green start-up company
• Utilize ESRI Business Analyst Online to identify potential markets
• Map potential new markets
• Database management
• Create web maps utilizing Google Fusion Tables

UCSC Natural Reserves - Santa Cruz, CA: May 2004 – July 2005

Biological Field Technician / GIS Analyst
• Utilized GPS for Rare Plant Surveys
• Used GIS to Monitor Spatial Distribution of Rare Plant Populations
• Database Management
• Created User Guides for GPS and Digitizing Protocols
• Non-Native Species Removal
• Supervised and Trained Field Crews for Rare Plant Surveys
• Trained Employees on Digitizing Table
• Helped Refine Field Protocols for Rare Plant Surveys

Native Vegetation Network - Santa Cruz, CA: May 2004 – July 2005
Biological Field Technician
• Native Plant Restoration
• Non-Native Species Removal
• Seed Collection and Processing
• Plant Propagation

Educational Experience:
Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve - Bonny Doon, CA: Summer 2004
GIS Volunteer
• Developed Baseline GIS for Ecological Reserve
• Digitized Vegetation Map for Fire Management Plan

UC Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA: Spring 2003
Senior Project
• Developed Baseline GIS for Redwood Understory Study
• Utilized GPS to Map Sample Plots
• Used ArcGIS to Map Variables of Study

SF Bay Bird Observatory - Alviso, CA: 2002 - 2003
GIS Intern
• Developed Baseline GIS Used for Monitoring Bird Populations
• Used ArcGIS to Plot 20 Years of Bird Banding Data

California State Parks - Santa Cruz, CA: Summer 2002
GIS Intern
• Mapped Gaps in Vegetation and Surveyed Rare Species Using GPS
• Used ArcView to Map Vegetation Gaps

Professional Organizations:
Jul 2004 – Present: Member of Society For Conservation GIS
Jan 2012 – Present: Member of Cartography and Geographic Society
                    Member of American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Aug 2012 – Present: Member of The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association