Shane Walsh

Shane Walsh                                   Job Objective: GIS Technician
Calgary, AB T3E 6T8                         Cell:  403-660-3209                     [email protected]

Education

Bachelor of Applied Technology – Geographic Information Systems

SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, Alberta    with Honors                                                      2012 – 2013

 

·         ESRI ArcGIS 10.0 + 10.2, FME, ENVI, Databases, Cartography, Remote Sensing (Satellite, Aerial Photo, Lidar and Photogrammetry, Project management, Metadata Creation, gdb and SDE environments, Arc Pad and Carto Pac on Trimble GPS units, Differential GPS, Dominion Land Survey, NTS, Rural roads and addresses

CADD Fundamentals SAIT Polytechnic                                                                                  2020

Pipeline Integrity Management (PIM) Essentials Acuren                                            Feb 2022

Work History

GIS Technician ATCO Gas Graphics   Full-time                                       Oct 2022 – March 2023

·         In ARC Pro digitize service gas pipelines from hand drawn construction drawings

Technical Co-Ordinator and Connectivity Technician – Cenozon Inc.    Feb 2014 – Oct 2022

·         Use ARC GIS to create/verify Alberta 1 Call liable submissions for upstream gathering pipeline owners (clients)

·         In ARC Map hand digitize pipelines

·         Digitally draw/connect upstream gathering pipeline schematics in networking software.

·         Software development through bug discovery/exploration. Myself and with team members. QA new software and bug fixes, drive software improvements

·         Check/Compare regular data imports in various data formats.

·         Agile development of internal invoice software.

·         Custom Schematic Software UI trainer for staff and client users

·         Project Tracking and Management

·         Communicate with pipeline operators to model pipeline interconnectivity

·         Process pipeline license attribute amendments and new builds.

GIS Technician City of Calgary Parks, Integrated Pest Management                     Summer 2013

·         Initiated pilot project to map invasive plant extent within Calgary parks

·         Trained, supervised, and motivated field crew data acquisition on Trimble Juno GPS

·         Quality control and manual correction of collected data by digitizing

·         Created progress report maps for different departments (non-GIS staff)

·         Troubleshoot data collection software bug/ collection process workaround with software vendor and field data collector staff

GIS Consultant (SAIT Capstone Project), Town of Canmore                       January – April 2013

•  Created Flood Risk Evacuation Maps for the Town of Canmore
• Cleaned and formatted 32,000 entries for ground well data
• Model builder derived DEM from photogrammetry point cloud
  Interpolated water surface, Programmed Raster Calculator
  Real Time output maps tied to river flow rates
  Researched, compiled, wrote, and edited user manual and project report

Trainer, Recruiter, Utility Locator USIC “Call Before You Dig”                             2007-2012

• Taught, mentored, and developed 150 new staff each Spring for 5 years
• Merged Canadian and American training manuals and policies
• Improved training process creating 30% performance increase for new hires
• Wrote effective procedure manuals for staff, reducing supervisor workload
• Consulted supervisor teammates to leverage new worker effectiveness techniques

Utility Locator + Cartographer CUS “Call Before You Dig”                                    2003-2017

 

·         10 years’ experience interpreting digital map, locating, marking, and hand drawing maps of buried utilities in complex urban construction environments. Advanced projects including West LRT expansion, multi-mile fiber optic install and water main replacements.

·         Mapped Gas pipelines, Electric and Telephone wires, Fiber Optics, Water, Sewer and Strom pipeline. Steel, Polyethylene PVC material pipelines.

·         Everyday measured distance from curbs to property lines, utility right of ways, utility line assignment and property pins using property and utility owner maps.

Recognized for highest quality level in the largest utility locate company in North America (ZERO at fault damages)
·         Drafted over 20,000 legally binding maps without liable error

Volunteer Experience

Basketball Coach – 2 seasons

Assistant coach for my son’s basketball team

Emergency Laborer Town of High River, Alberta.

Removed flood damage from homes

Crisis Counselor Distress Center, Calgary

 

Phone line Crisis Counselor +  Trainer for new volunteers