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 Application for
Vacancy Pool at Huxley
College of the Environment
Qualifications to Teach GIS and Planning
Good
Teaching and Communications skills
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At American
University I worked with their
Center for Teaching
Excellence to establish graduate and faculty-level GIS seminars,
setup an ArcIMS server for campus data, and participated in
ESRI's EdUC
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In my role as Adjunct
Researcher-in-Residence at American University co-hosted the
organization of a "Mapping
the News" for Time, Newsweek etc journalists on rapid
publishing of maps & aerial photos.
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From 1983-1985 I was
a former Senior Lecturer in
Process Analysis, Economics and Design at the University of
Auckland,
with 48 junior and senior
age university students in each class.
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I led Foxhall Community
Citizens Association in Washington DC, chaired often contentious meetings wrote a weekly column in "Georgetown Current", and
designed plus maintained
www.foxhall.org
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I've authored a number of
publications ranging from articles for
professional societies, presentations at international conferences,
research publications, talks to groups, and testimony before elected
officials (see "Issues" pull-down menu at
www.foxhall.org)
Experience
With GIS Tools and Data
(
see www.BobAndrew.info/GIS.htm
)
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At CSC Corp &
DynCorp before that, I was their ESRI Corporate Business Partner and
developed the design of a
Geospatial
Center of Excellence to support federal agencies such as EPA,
USDA, USFS and DOI.
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In my role as
Casey Trees
Logistics Manager, developed and printed press materials and handouts for
a summer 2002 presentation of our 100,000+ DC "street tree" inventory.
I
continue to advise on their citizen forester program and open spaces
project, including collaborative software tools to keep diverse stakeholders engaged and informed.
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As System Architect
for US DOJ Civil Rights, oversaw the upgrade of a 10-year old system
to provide desktop GIS analysis of redistricting based on Census
2000 data, using ArcGIS 8.12 and Oracle 8.
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While at ICF
Consulting as a Team Leader, I worked closely with the Marketing,
Media and Public Information Services through their
GSA schedule
to tightly integrate our GIS services with their computer-graphics
offerings
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I supported
4H and their
GIS Technology Teams,
and helped USDA's Tom Tate set up
CyberSeniors/CyberTeens
Experience
with Environmental and Neighborhood Planning
( see
www.BobAndrew.info/civic.htm
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As President of Foxhall
Community Citizens Association I successfully testified on
Environmental Impact Statements for a FHWA project involving a major
new
entrance into Georgetown
University, also an NPS project involving a
Land
Exchange for a new private
school, plus Public
Utility Commission and the Board of Zoning Adjustment for variances.
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I served five years on DC Federation of
Citizens Associations, responsible for coordinating our common
position each month on issues affecting economically and racially
diverse neighborhoods, for written testimony and position papers;
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I wrote a
weekly column
on local resident issues from 1999-2002 for "Georgetown Current" plus a
monthly newsletter.
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As Transportation member
of the "Committee of 100",
I worked with DC Dept. of
Transportation and Sierra Club to get discreet advertiser-supported
bus shelters
with maps, lights, real-time arrivals.
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As Board Member of DC
Federation of
Citizen Associations, I worked with DC
Office of Planning to redesign
neighborhood
planning and budgeting, and
redesign the
Comprehensive Planning process.
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As Yardley Borough
Planning Commissioner in the early 1990's, I worked with seniors to
develop two managed residences, one for self-sufficient &mobile, the
other those needing visiting nurse/meals.
Degree
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