CAREER AND RELATED PRINCIPLES
BROAD EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITIES:
· physical / earth sciences
· geographical information systems
· civil engineering principles
· psychological / sociological analysis
· computerized systems support, technology
· digital image and video manipulation
· business process analysis
· telecommunications
· database collation, reporting and manipulation, scripting
· report writing / documentation / language
TOPICS OF BOTH COMFORT AND INTEREST:
· ecology, astronomy, physics, meteorology and climatology, technology, epistemology and logic, statistics, history, geography, biology, business and economics, psychology, sociology, politics, language
TOPICS I CAN STILL HANG IN THERE ON:
· chemistry, mathematics
ATTRIBUTES:
· nature appreciator
· like to keep busy with fixing, tinkering, puttering, maintaining, and gardening
· highly truthful, plainspoken "straight-shooter" as it were; never a user of disingenuousness or deceitful hyperbole or sophistry
· take pride in helping others and animals, and in having for a long time served in public service
· enjoy self-directed learning on variety of topics
· stoic and pragmatic - neither self-deceptively "positive" nor "negative"
· thankful and loyal to those deserving
· independent
· self-assured based on knowledge acquisition, experience, logic and analysis, and not blind arrogance, bias, ignorance, or groupthink
· healthy intellectual skepticism
· quickly and easily identify logical fallacies and Dunning-Kruger situations
· not susceptible to, and vehemently against personal, societal or policy lies, disingenuousness, hyperbole, illogic, destructive fads, narratives, false beliefs, self-deceit, intellectual dishonesty, irrationality, groupthink, virtue-signalling, dictatorship, sanctimony, censorship
· noble believer in maximum personal/societal freedoms combined with maximum personal/societal responsibility, with the scale always very heavily slanted towards personal freedoms
GOALS:
· keep learning
· more freedom
· interact with intellectually sharp people of noble attributes
· protect wildlife and natural environment
· untold wealth and power
· perfect health or android body
· live forever
LANGUAGES: English; French (public through university-level education)
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS:
· Project management leadership of varied municipal infrastructure projects; inter-governmental studies.
· Comprehensive municipal infrastructure program planning and budgeting for engineered structures. Generating inter-departmental and inter-agency capital budgets.
· Integrated priority programming via analysis of roads, sidewalks, potable water, sanitary sewers, stormwater systems - attributes, condition, performance, valuation, risk.
· Public Works infrastructure management systems administration.
· Asset management of municipal asset inventories. Creation of Asset Management Plans.
· Invention, creation/programming, leadership of in-house field collection system.
· Testifying at legal discoveries on behalf of the government.
· Interviewing of civil engineering students; guidance of students in field data collection in support of municipal public works programs.
· Implementing risk models logic for various government infrastructure assets.
· Internet site update, technical users group project groups.
· Speaking for municipal government at conferences, trade shows, other government agencies on topics the likes of transit, capital project selection, budgeting, risk analysis, condition and performance measures, business processes and methodologies.
· Robust knowledge of governmental processes, policies, procedures. Prepare responses for elected officials, senior management, the public, other government agencies.
· Geographical Information Systems systems development using Ernst & Young Pathfinder Project Management Methodology for a major American telecommunications company, including gathering user and key-user requirements.
· Market, business, and competitive analysis for a major American telecommunications company using Geographical Information Systems
· Analysis, evaluation and costing for resources and new technologies for a major American telecommunications company.
· Project leadership in automated processing, geocoding and GIS mapping of U.S. hydro lines along corridors based on remotely sensed point data for a major American power company.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Attended various courses, meetings, lectures, and seminars from or for the following
leading companies/associations ...
... while in the United States:
· ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute Incorporated)
· Intergraph
· AT&T
... while in Canada:
· Oracle Corporation
· ESRI Canada Limited
· MapInfo Corporation
· Municipal Natural Assets Initiative
· NASSCO (National Association Of Sewer Service Companies) - certification
· MISA (Municipal Information Systems Association) - Ontario
· PSAB (Public Sector Accounting Board)
· Hansen Information Technologies
· URISA (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association) - Ontario Chapter
· Tri-Committee For The Utilization Of Computers In Public Works (OGRA-MEA-APWA)
· Liveware
· Learning Tree International Project Management
· PMBOK (Project Management Book Of Knowledge) training
· OGRA (Ontario Good Roads Association)
· OPWA (Ontario Public Works Association)
· CATT (Center For Advancement Of Trenchless Technologies)
· National Water and Wastewater Benchmarking Initiative
· National Transportation Benchmarking Initiative
· Armtec
· Earthtech (AECOM)
· Stantec (transportation)
· Innovyze InfoSWMM, InfoWorks CS
· Insituform
TRAINING PROVISION:
· Provided structured systems training within municipal government internal departments.
· Provided training to Southern Ontario regional police force on use of custom GIS systems in law enforcement.
· Provided training to telecommunications employees and managers on custom GIS applications.
· Gave demonstrations on various GIS software uses to audiences such as Ontario police
forces; Ontario university students; visiting dignitaries from Nigeria Forestry; URISA Ontario Chapter; ESRI Canada; Center For Advancement Of Trenchless Technologies.
· Provided instruction on computer operation and BASIC programming to senior public school students.
BROAD EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITIES:
· physical / earth sciences
· geographical information systems
· civil engineering principles
· psychological / sociological analysis
· computerized systems support, technology
· digital image and video manipulation
· business process analysis
· telecommunications
· database collation, reporting and manipulation, scripting
· report writing / documentation / language
TOPICS OF BOTH COMFORT AND INTEREST:
· ecology, astronomy, physics, meteorology and climatology, technology, epistemology and logic, statistics, history, geography, biology, business and economics, psychology, sociology, politics, language
TOPICS I CAN STILL HANG IN THERE ON:
· chemistry, mathematics
ATTRIBUTES:
· nature appreciator
· like to keep busy with fixing, tinkering, puttering, maintaining, and gardening
· highly truthful, plainspoken "straight-shooter" as it were; never a user of disingenuousness or deceitful hyperbole or sophistry
· take pride in helping others and animals, and in having for a long time served in public service
· enjoy self-directed learning on variety of topics
· stoic and pragmatic - neither self-deceptively "positive" nor "negative"
· thankful and loyal to those deserving
· independent
· self-assured based on knowledge acquisition, experience, logic and analysis, and not blind arrogance, bias, ignorance, or groupthink
· healthy intellectual skepticism
· quickly and easily identify logical fallacies and Dunning-Kruger situations
· not susceptible to, and vehemently against personal, societal or policy lies, disingenuousness, hyperbole, illogic, destructive fads, narratives, false beliefs, self-deceit, intellectual dishonesty, irrationality, groupthink, virtue-signalling, dictatorship, sanctimony, censorship
· noble believer in maximum personal/societal freedoms combined with maximum personal/societal responsibility, with the scale always very heavily slanted towards personal freedoms
GOALS:
· keep learning
· more freedom
· interact with intellectually sharp people of noble attributes
· protect wildlife and natural environment
· untold wealth and power
· perfect health or android body
· live forever
LANGUAGES: English; French (public through university-level education)
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS:
· Project management leadership of varied municipal infrastructure projects; inter-governmental studies.
· Comprehensive municipal infrastructure program planning and budgeting for engineered structures. Generating inter-departmental and inter-agency capital budgets.
· Integrated priority programming via analysis of roads, sidewalks, potable water, sanitary sewers, stormwater systems - attributes, condition, performance, valuation, risk.
· Public Works infrastructure management systems administration.
· Asset management of municipal asset inventories. Creation of Asset Management Plans.
· Invention, creation/programming, leadership of in-house field collection system.
· Testifying at legal discoveries on behalf of the government.
· Interviewing of civil engineering students; guidance of students in field data collection in support of municipal public works programs.
· Implementing risk models logic for various government infrastructure assets.
· Internet site update, technical users group project groups.
· Speaking for municipal government at conferences, trade shows, other government agencies on topics the likes of transit, capital project selection, budgeting, risk analysis, condition and performance measures, business processes and methodologies.
· Robust knowledge of governmental processes, policies, procedures. Prepare responses for elected officials, senior management, the public, other government agencies.
· Geographical Information Systems systems development using Ernst & Young Pathfinder Project Management Methodology for a major American telecommunications company, including gathering user and key-user requirements.
· Market, business, and competitive analysis for a major American telecommunications company using Geographical Information Systems
· Analysis, evaluation and costing for resources and new technologies for a major American telecommunications company.
· Project leadership in automated processing, geocoding and GIS mapping of U.S. hydro lines along corridors based on remotely sensed point data for a major American power company.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Attended various courses, meetings, lectures, and seminars from or for the following
leading companies/associations ...
... while in the United States:
· ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute Incorporated)
· Intergraph
· AT&T
... while in Canada:
· Oracle Corporation
· ESRI Canada Limited
· MapInfo Corporation
· Municipal Natural Assets Initiative
· NASSCO (National Association Of Sewer Service Companies) - certification
· MISA (Municipal Information Systems Association) - Ontario
· PSAB (Public Sector Accounting Board)
· Hansen Information Technologies
· URISA (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association) - Ontario Chapter
· Tri-Committee For The Utilization Of Computers In Public Works (OGRA-MEA-APWA)
· Liveware
· Learning Tree International Project Management
· PMBOK (Project Management Book Of Knowledge) training
· OGRA (Ontario Good Roads Association)
· OPWA (Ontario Public Works Association)
· CATT (Center For Advancement Of Trenchless Technologies)
· National Water and Wastewater Benchmarking Initiative
· National Transportation Benchmarking Initiative
· Armtec
· Earthtech (AECOM)
· Stantec (transportation)
· Innovyze InfoSWMM, InfoWorks CS
· Insituform
TRAINING PROVISION:
· Provided structured systems training within municipal government internal departments.
· Provided training to Southern Ontario regional police force on use of custom GIS systems in law enforcement.
· Provided training to telecommunications employees and managers on custom GIS applications.
· Gave demonstrations on various GIS software uses to audiences such as Ontario police
forces; Ontario university students; visiting dignitaries from Nigeria Forestry; URISA Ontario Chapter; ESRI Canada; Center For Advancement Of Trenchless Technologies.
· Provided instruction on computer operation and BASIC programming to senior public school students.