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Dan Sandhaus

• Experience Level: 10 Years or More
• Location: Fairfax, VA
• Last Updated: May 31, 2012

Experience

WORK SUMMARY

Experienced GIS specialist with extensive experience as an environmental hydrogeologist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager, VSolvit, LLC, November 2011 to May 2012

• Provide GIS project management support to the USDA GIO and HUD

• Requirements and needs analysis, system design, implementation, testing, and documentation

• Built cloud-based web services and maps for the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative http://www.usda.gov/maps/maps/kyfcompassmap.htm)

• Development of cloud-based GIS web services and map for Fair Housing Assessments for HUD

Project Manager, ATA Services/SAIC/Harris Corporation, January 2007 - September 2011

• Assist in management of the Geospatial One-Stop (GOS) (geo.data.gov) and The National Map (http://nationalmap.gov/index.html) projects at the U.S. Geological Survey

• Provide Project Management and System Content Management Support

• Work with data content providers to enhance the content of the Web portal

• Work with project development team to define requirements for ongoing enhancements to the Web portal

• Capital Planning - Establish and track project budget and schedule, OMB Exhibit 300, Earned Value Management (EVM) systems

• Cross-disciplinary, and Inter-Agency geospatial data expertise

• Develop outreach and communications documentation, training materials and other technical documents

• Testing of Web Map Services and ArcGIS REST services in various client applications

• Provide tier 2 help desk technical support for The National Map viewer

Geospatial Consultant, SAIC, McLean, VA, March 2006 - January 2007

• Develop requirements for large scale GIS systems

• Conduct data gathering and system requirements definition of metadata catalog for the US Coast Guard

• Recommend processes and revise policy to assist agencies to reduce redundant acquisition of geospatial technologies and comply with geospatial and investment standards

Sr. GIS Analyst, ArcBridge Consultants, Inc., Herndon, VA, November 2004 - March 2006

• GIS analysis and data processing for FEMA floodplain mapping (DFIRMS).

• ArcObjects application development for Fairfax County, VA

• ArcObjects programming, testing, and documentation for emergency response applications

Sr. GIS Programmer, Tetra Tech, Inc., Fairfax, VA, May 2000 – October 2004

• Lead developer and project manager for BASINS 3.0, an ArcView 3.x-based watershed assessment and water quality modeling application developed for the US EPA, and similar GIS applications that process complex data sets and integrate with water quality models

• Managed projects valued at $ 0.5 million.  Experienced with software development lifecycle from requirements and needs analysis, system design, implementation, testing, documentation, and installation

• Developed a General Watershed Loading Function (GWLF) model in ArcView that was used to perform hundreds of TMDLs in West Virginia and Virginia for projects totaling over $1 million

• Developed GIS applications for counties to track water, sewer, and septic system permits, and evaluate storm water Best Management Practices (BMPs) at development sites

• Extensive experience with GIS data processing and conversion

Software Developer, The Onyx Group, Alexandria, VA, September 1998 - May 2000

• Developed Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) applications for the U.S Navy utilizing ArcView/Avenue and Oracle

• Provided subject matter expertise for defining Oracle database models for an environmental data warehouse

• Imported environmental data tables, and managed environmental data entry

• Converted AutoCAD and Microstation data to GIS format

• Provided onsite customer training and technical support

GIS Software Developer, TAMSCO Research and Management Systems, LLC, Albuquerque, NM, September 1997 - September 1998

• Developed a GIS application for school bus transportation using GIS (ArcView/Avenue, and Network Analyst), and databases (Visual Dbase) and Crystal Reports

Sr. Hydrogeologist, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, February 1993 - February 1996

• Assistant Task Leader, Environmental Restoration, Project Manager for RCRA Facility Investigation/Corrective Measure Studies (RFI/CMS) for 20 sites

• Researched site histories, developed and implemented field investigation plans

• Successfully removed 5 sites from Sandia’s RCRA permit

• “L” Clearance

Hydrology Department Manager, Ebasco Environmental, Arlington, VA, April 1992 - February 1993

• Supervised a staff of five Environmental Hydrogeologists

• Managed RCRA RFIs for large defense and other government facilities, with project values up to $7 million

Hydrogeologist, Environmental Strategies Corporation, Reston, VA, October 1987 - April 1992

• Project Manager for environmental investigations and remediation at industrial facilities

• Conducted environmental audits for pollution liability insurance, property transfers, and corporate mergers and acquisitions

• Conducted soil and groundwater investigations including monitoring well installation and sampling, geophysical investigations, and soil gas surveys

• Managed remediation projects including removal of underground storage tanks, excavation and disposal of contaminated soil, installation and operation of free product recovery and groundwater pump and treat systems, and installation and pilot testing of a soil vapor extraction system

• Developed corporate field investigation training, equipment management, and health and safety programs

Hydrogeologist, Versar, Inc., Springfield, VA, June 1985 - October 1987

• Conducted pollution liability insurance risk assessment surveys of industries, and waste treatment and disposal facilities

Hydrogeologist, NUS Corporation, Bedford, MA, November 1982 - June 1985

• Planned and conducted environmental investigations of Superfund hazardous waste sites

• Developed a waste shipment database for EPA, recovering $2 million for cleanup of a Superfund site

EDUCATION

• M.S. Geology, Virginia Tech, 1981

• B.S. Geology, University of Maryland, 1978

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

• An ArcIMS-based Landuse Distribution Calculator for Watershed Studies, Mid-Atlantic Land Use/Land Cover Conference, Towson, MD, January 8 and 9, 2004

• Activity Land and Facilities Assets (ALFA) - Navy Shore Planning Using ArcView GIS, 19th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 26-30, 1999

• Proposed Voluntary Corrective Measure Plan to Remove Ordnance Debris Mounds At ER Site 11, Sandia National Laboratories, Department of Energy Quarterly Public Meeting on Environmental Restoration, Albuquerque, NM, November 15, 1995

• Comparison of Surface Radiation Survey Techniques at a Site Having Depleted Uranium, Sixth National Technology Information Exchange (TIE) Workshop, Kennewick Washington, DOE, May 10-12, 1994

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

• ArcView 3.x, Avenue, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, 3-D Analyst, Image Analyst, and it’s extensibility through ODBC, DDE, and DLLs

• ArcGIS 10, ArcGIS Server, , ArcObjects VBA

• Microsoft Access

• Oracle

• Visual Basic

• Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

• HTML

• Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Microsoft Project

• Water quality, hydrologic, and groundwater models

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