George E. Hall Jr

1425 B Van Voorhis Road

Morgantown, West Virginia  26505

Phone (304) 322-7017

Email: georgex@george-hall.net

Website: http://www.george-hall.net

 

 

 

 

OBJECTIVE:

 

To obtain a long term position as a Geographer that will allow me to utilize my skills in   Geographical Information Science at a Geo Spatial facility. I would also like to be able to utilize and further develop any new skills that can help me advance in my profession.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Morgantown, West Virginia.

                  Bachelor of Arts in Geography with a Major in Geographical Information Science. Minor in Communication studies, Minor in History

                  Gamma Theta Upsilon Honor Society

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL:

 

11/09-Present           Sextant Technical Services – Morgantown, WV.

                               GIS Analyst

 

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10/08-11/09           SAIC – Morgantown, WV.

                              Energy Assurance GIS Analyst

 

·         Constructed 3D animated Google Earth KML files for Hurricane animation and electrical restoration after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the Gulf of Mexico for NETL.  

·         Produced One hour emergency response maps for the Emergency Hurricane Response for ISER.

·         Built Graphical User Interface Toolbars for the Bio and Methane Fuels project.

·         Built the geospatial modeling network for the NETL Carbon Sequestration cost analysis task.  Methods included using Right of Ways, and the Spatial Analyst extension in ArcGIS attribute transfer and cleaning vector topology.

·         Assembled maps for the Carbon Sequestration Pipeline Atlas.

·         Assisted in the preparation of the specifications document for the pipeline model.

·         Produced maps, data custodian and technical supprt for NETL and NATCARB for the partnerships, also assembled and warehoused the most temporally up to date datasets from Atlas II and in Preparation of Atlas III.  

 

 

 

 

4/08-10/08             INFORMATION MANUFACTURING CORPORATION– Morgantown, WV.

                              GIS Technician

·         Geo-referencing  T-sheets for NOAA

·         Vectorization of the US shoreline

·         QAQC of all work

 

 

 

4/05-4/08               INFOTECH ENTERPRISES of AMERICA / VARGIS, LLC – Sterling, Virginia /Frostburg, Maryland

                              GIS Technician II  / Photogrammetric Technician

·         Named 2005 Employee of the Year Frostburg Geo-Spatial Facility.

·         QAQC work of all final deliverable products

·         Vector editing per client comments

·         Headed up and delivered in a timely manner clean data to meets client contracts.

·         Converted data from different data sources for geo-spatial manipulation, conversion and preparing deliverable Geo-Databases

·         Creating Geo-Databases and by setting extents, projection and created feature datasets for topology checks.

·         QAQC of all Geo-Database planimetric data for correctness and completeness based on client specifications. 

·         Built several Aml scripts to make data uniform and reduce man hours.   

·         Heads up digitization of vector datasets in a Geo Database along with attributing data.

·         Produce DEM data for orthophotography

·         Produce DTM data to produce contours.

·         Produce Planimetric data for CAD/GIS/Microstation environments.

·         Trained new employees in ARCGIS.

                             

 

 

4/01-4/04               NATURAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS CENTER, WVU – Morgantown, WV.   

                              Geographic Information Science Project Specialist

·         Mineral permit mapping for West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

·         Scanning, geo-referencing, vectorization, attributing, database management and Quality Assurance, Quality Control.

·         Use of ArcGIS 8.x, ArcView 3.x, ArcEdit, ArcMap, ArcInfo, Spatial Analyst, and  Geo-Processing Extensions. ESRI certification in ArcGis 8.x, Visual Basic and Map Objects.

·         Geo-Spatial Facility employee management. Trained multiple people in the concepts of GIS and heads up vectorization on numerous projects. 

 

 

 

5/00-4/01               RECOURSE, INC – Morgantown, WV.

                              Researcher

·         Performed duties to help Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors.

·         Read verbatim for transcription, claimants medical histories. 

·         Performed Transferable Skills Analysis for claimants.

·         Performed Job Searches and attempted to arrange job interviews for claimants.

·         Built and maintained database, to maintain records of claimants and location of their files.

 

 

3/00-8/00                        UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU - Morgantown, WV.                     

  Enumerator, Crew Leader Assistant          

·         Handed out Census questionnaires and Verified addresses for Census 2000.

·         Certified questionnaires for completeness and accuracy.

·         Field trained enumerators during various phases of Census 2000.

·         Supervised employees and verified that they were following proper procedures.

 

 

 

7/97-3/00               VALLEY MART – Morgantown, WV.

                                          Night Stock, Cashier

·         Prepared and cleaned food preparation area.

·         Priced and restocked products on shelves.

·         Night time cashier, responsible for all financial transactions and paperwork.

 

 

3/99-8/99                 MISTER BEE POTATO CHIPS - Parkersburg, WV.

  Route Sales

·         Maintained accounts by visiting customers and restocking shelves.

·         Responsible for financial transactions and recruitment of new customers.

·         Maintained product displays.

 

 

 

7/98-3/99                 FRANCIS ENGINEERING – Westover, WV.

  Laborer

·         General Labor involved with the repair and rebuild process of continuous miners.

·         http://www.francisengineering.com/

 

 

 

7/91-7/97                 HELMICK CORPORATION – Fairmont, WV.

                                           Metal Pourer, Electro-Melt Operator

·         Melted and poured molten metal into molds.

·         Supervised a small group of employees to meet production needs.

·         Operated all necessary machinery including fork lifts and mustang end loader.

 

 

7/82-7/90                 STERLING FAUCET COMPANY - Morgantown, WV.

  Buffer

·         Operated automated buffing machine to meet production demands. .

·         Operated fork lift.

·         General semi-skilled labor

 

 

SOFTWARE:

 

Microsoft Office XP, ESRI Arc View 3.x, ESRI ArcGis 8.x, ESRI Arc 9.x,  ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcTools, Bentley’s Microstation, AutoCAD, ERDAS, Geo-Tiff, Vidar scanning software, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Front Page HTML editor KML, VBA.

 

 

 

 

AWARDS and CERTIFCATIONS:

 

·         2005 VARGIS Employee of the Year.

·         ESRI Arc 8.x  certification

·         ESRI Map Objects certification

·         ESRI Visual Basic certification