GIS Manager

MAX BOLEN 7352 S.W. Nevada Terrace, Portland, Oregon 97219 Phone: 9712192177 maxcharlesbolen@gmail.com Dear Hiring Manager, Hello, I’m writing in response to your job offering for the GIS Analyst position. As an accomplished GIS Specialist with 12 years experience in the GIS profession I am a qualified GIS Analyst. I have experience working with an array of jurisdictions across the country, many stakeholders and managing multiple projects under tight deadlines. Please review my resume and qualification for this position. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future, as I feel my particular skill set would be ideal for this position. My Qualifications:  Extensive experience in producing custom cartographic products.  This includes high volume production style mapping as well as workshop and highly detailed mapping.                            Over the last 10 years I have been compiling desperate datasets from city, county, state, and national data sources.  I have gathered compiled and organized up to a 16 county region in recent work.  Project Management for projects from small to large scale, including all project level of documentation, planning, and execution.  This includes creating and maintaining contact from technical to managerial over the project life cycle. Highly experienced in evaluation spatial indicator for incorporation into planning efforts.  Mainly using Envision Tomorrow software to evaluated scenario planning.            Custom mapping has been one of the most rewarding part of my career, as I have been directly tasked by three firm Presidents as their dedicated custom cartographer. Modelbuilder and custom scripting have been constant improvement in work flow throughout my career. As a former Metro and City of Beaverton employee I understand the fundamental need for data quality and processes based workflow to insure consistent analytic results. During my time with Fregonese Associates I have worked on several comprehensive plans that have given me the ability to develop internal policies and procedures that contribute to a constant product. My experience working for multiple different type of agencies would help me be a liaison between administrative, technical, contractors, and consultants.  As I have held all of these positions I'm confident that I can be a capable intermediary.  I have trained at least 30 lower level GIS practitioners over the course of my career, and is something I find very personally rewarding. Thanks you for your time and consideration, Max Bolen

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