Field Experience:

• Program Chair, Federal GPS Conference, April 10-14, 2000, Nebraska City, NE
• Conference Track Chair, GIS and Mapping, ION-GPS 99, Nashville, TN
• Security Clearance and 5 years service as primary COMSEC custodian
• GPS training, 5 years national Cooperative Site program manager; presented briefings to national staffs at both unclassified and classified levels
• Accuracy Assessment, USGS/National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Program, National Prototypes development
• USDA Forest Service, Regions 1, 2, and 6, 10 years in fire suppression, silviculture, inventory, photogrammetry, data base design, hydrology, sale preparation and administration, environmental analysis, public contact
• Los Angeles County Fire Department, Assistant Crew Leader – Helitack

Technical Training:

• Current program coursework in remote sensing and data analysis, systems ecology, GIS systems and geomatics sciences
• ERDAS 8.3 Introduction, USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center, 1999
• ND-112 National Security Agency, COMSEC custodian, completed second 2-year refresher in July, 1999
• Stand Exam and Stage II forest inventory; multi-crew supervisor and data base manager; Resource Information System development and instructor
• Forest Science Major, watershed management, road design, and forest management. Graduate studies in forest policy and administration, with over 30 graduate credits in earth resources, hydrology, soils, and snow management

Areas of Expertise:

• GPS support and analysis; geomatics tools and compilation of geospatial data
• Interdisciplinary natural sciences background, model development and systems ecology

Current Position: Senior Physical Scientist: 1994 - present, U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS- Biological Resources Division, Lakewood, CO

Current projects:

• Conducting research on detection/mapping of invasive plants using hyperspectral remote sensing
• Development of remote sensing techniques for mapping fire fuels at Yosemite National Park
• Partnering with local/county governments to incorporate GIS, remote sensing, and decision support systems into enhanced planning and asset allocation
• Contribute to the design, planning, and strategy for implementation of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), including methodology for serving as well as providing tools for real-time user analysis of data over the Internet from distributed centers, nationwide
• Provide technical consultation and assistance to USGS and its clients/partners in the areas of geographic information systems, remote sensing, decision support systems and global positioning systems

Past Position(s):

• Acting Chief, Data and Applications Branch, CBI
• Physical Scientist, Environmental Specialist: 1974-1994, National Park Service Lakewood, CO
• Conducted research on state-of-the art remote sensing, digital image processing, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques for constructing and analyzing GIS data bases applied to a wide variety of agency-wide resources management and inventory and monitoring applications and problems. Assisted in transferring geospatial data technologies (hardware, software, computer system administration, GIS, remote sensing) to parks, regions, and program offices, nationwide

Ph.D. 1974
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Major: Remote Sensing of Natural Resources
Minors: Ecology, hydrology
Activities: Course work emphasized management of natural resources.

M.A. 1969
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Major: Geology and Geophysics

B.S. 1967
Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Major: Geology

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