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Alex Schild

Experience Level: Entry Level
Location: Palm Springs, CA, USA
Last Updated: July 19, 2012

Experience

Education
• University of California-Santa Barbara
o Bachelor of Arts in Geography with GIS emphasis
• Marywood-Palm Valley College Prep School

Work & Technical Experience
• MRPI: Greater Los Angeles Area Parcel Database (June 2011-December 2011)
o GIS Technician interning under Dr. Michael Goodchild
o Ground truth trekking for Riverside, Imperial, and Orange Counties
o Measured building-improvement square footage by creating polygons in GoogleEarth in order to resolve discrepancy between floor-space values and zero-value data per land parcel in SCAG database
o Utilized an Excel database to upload accurate values which were used as an attribute table to support county shapefiles in ArcGIS 10
o Created reports in MS Word that included tables and charts displaying floor-space to area ratio per county data
• UCSB Earthquake Hazards (March 2011- June 2011)
o Project elected in final stage of GIS training while enrolled
o Worked on team of three to assess campus building risk of damage in event of significant nearby earthquake
o Created liquefaction map: exported data to KML, overlayed KMZ with 3D campus buildings in GoogleEarth
• Glacial Retreat in Himalayan Region (March 2012- June 2012)
o Project elected in final stage of Remote Sensing training while enrolled
o Lead a team of three to assess the growth/retreat of the glaciated region surrounding the Nanda Devi glacier
o Started with basic imagery over region, progressed over three months to perform rigorous change detection

General Information

Leadership Development, Volunteer Work & Accomplishments
• President of UC-Santa Barbara (Epsilon Pi) Chapter of Beta Theta Pi
o Achieved full reinstatement on campus upon election to office
o Successful member recruitment that effectively doubled chapter size
o Created and implemented 18-month plan for surplus generation
o Opened communication between the chapter and current members’ parents by creating a quarterly newsletter
• Treasurer of UC-Santa Barbara (Epsilon Pi) Chapter of Beta Theta Pi
o Successfully lead the efforts to appeal charter revocations as an Executive Board leader
o Initiated reconstructive efforts for the Beta Betterment Program for membership
o Decreased the chapter’s financial deficit by 40% by pursuing payment of unresolved balances
o Solicited donations from both chapter alumni and members’ parents
• Miller Nichols Chapter President’s Leadership Academy
o Cultivated and planned goals for chapter growth over presidential term
• Keystone Regional Leadership Conference – President Track and Treasurer Track
o Lead an eight-member council on executive goal construction during conference as President
o Created financial objectives for the Epsilon Pi chapter as Treasurer
• Rustic Pathways Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans, LA
o Assisted in constructing homes in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina
o Received Star Alumni award for exemplary leadership and teamwork
• Beta Theta Pi 171st General Convention – Epsilon Pi Delegate
o A part of the Committee on Credentials and Registration which handled logistical information of the convention and reported on the results during legislation
• Beta Theta Pi 170th General Convention – Epsilon Pi Leadership College Participant
o Intensive personal leadership training for self-growth
• North-American Interfraternity Council’s Jon Williamson Future’s Quest Leadership Training
o Early training involving the teaching of basic leadership principles such as the building and maintaining of trust, loyalty and through effective communication
• UC-Santa Barbara Campus Organization Memberships
o Daily Nexus Newspaper
o Community Affairs Board
 Dog Adoption Welfare Group of Goleta
o Santa Barbara Hillel

Relevant Skills
• Two years of experience with ArcGIS 10, GoogleEarth
• One year of experience with ENVI 4.8
• Fluent in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Outstanding written and communication skills