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Kelley Lindish

Experience Level: 10 Years or More
Location: Dunellen, NJ
Last Updated: January 12, 2012

Experience

Executive Summary: Extensive experience in the GIS industry with past positions including Project Manager, Technical Lead, and Consultant. Skilled in managing a strong project team and maintaining a positive working environment with the focus on achieving both short and long term project and company goals.

EXPERIENCE:

Jan ’11-Jan ‘12 PenBay Solutions - Brunswick, ME
GIS Project Manager/Consultant

- Developed, managed and oversaw the strategies, tactics, and activities required to successfully execute the objectives of a project’s scope.
- Played a primary role in planning, performance, contract management, and invoicing decisions as well as high level project resourcing.
- Had full authority related to project execution and was responsible and accountable for all aspects of a project.
- Responsible for establishing and defining the project plan which was updated frequently to accommodate evolving project realities.
- Provided geospatial data and systems consulting expertise as a direct contributor to client projects.
- Managed up to 5 projects at one time including client projects as well as coordinating and managing the development of PenBay’s proprietary web development product suite.
- Worked closely with upper management, development staff and business development/sales staff throughout the project lifecycle.
- Involved in every aspect of the project lifecycle from requirements gathering, estimating, and proposal development, to budget tracking, keeping project on scope, testing and delivery.
- Worked remotely and managed remote teams that were distributed across multiple time zones.

Nov ’06-Feb ’10 DeLorme Publishing Inc. - Yarmouth, ME
Sr. Data Analyst/Technical Lead/Project Manager/Data Manager

- Data Manager- Responsible for managing the in house world data repository, a team of 5-15 people who work on the data, and all samples, RFPs, and contracts that use the world data. Acted as the ESRI technical contact for any projects needing to be done in any ESRI format. (Shapefile, PGDB, FGDB).
- XMap project manager- Worked with the data group, professional sales and development to manage the software development of our professional GIS application. Managed a team of 10-12 developers and worked with QA, UI and automated testing to direct their efforts. Gave quarterly presentations to the management team to discuss feature content and budget.
- Served as Technical Lead/Project Manager for government contracts.
- Prepared data for prototypes and RFPs.
- Wrote project plans, workflow summaries and QC guidelines and helped write/build requirements documents for new features.
- Consistently developed improved workflows in both data collection standards and project planning.
- Successfully met all project and delivery deadlines.
- Experienced at working within a schedule-driven or feature-driven project deadline.
- Have strong knowledge of ESRI software and acted as technical P.O.C. for all projects involving it.
- Technical Lead for coordinating and implementing the migration of 19 production databases, which involved a schema change, a software version change and an upgrade of SQL Server.

Feb ’02-Oct ‘06 Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) - Redlands, CA
Product Specialist/GIS Technical Lead - Global Navigation (Aeronautical) Team

- Helped push the envelope in a cutting edge environment to continue to provide innovative solutions to complex problems through ESRI software.
- Used ESRI technology to prototype new and innovative Aeronautical products incorporating agency specifications.
- Provided direction and support for development staff as they create innovative tools leading to new types of chart products.
- Wrote functional requirements documents for new tools.
- Assisted developers in the prototyping, testing and implementation of new software functionality.
- Provided on and off-site technical support and training for current and prospective customers.
- Supervised in-house production staff as well as outside subcontractors, fielding questions related to technical software, chart specification or production.
- Support project managers in developing bids and proposals, and presenting marketing material for new projects.
- Lead presenter at UC Technical Session at the ESRI User International User Conference 2006.
- Possessed a Secret Level security clearance.
- Acted as training lead for new customers which involved running classes on-site and at client sites.

Database Analyst/QC Lead

- Successfully transitioned to a new type of chart production environment.
- Worked on production team to create, edit and deliver digital aeronautical charts.
- Created and standardized documentation for Aeronautical charting QC procedures.
- Performed final quality checks on all team charts before delivery.
- Worked directly with the development staff to solve all technological problems that were encountered in a timely manner.

Database Analyst - TLM Mapping Team

- Extracted digital vegetation and hydrographic features from satellite imagery.
- Worked on the finishing team providing QC, correcting errors, and seeing maps through the final stages of delivery.

Database Analyst - Data Acquisition Specialist

- Located, mediated, negotiated, and finalized the acquisition of several million dollars worth of datasets for various clients.
- Consistently demonstrated efficiency and organization. This job required me to be proactive, dedicated (often through lots of OT), deadline driven, budget conscious, and have excellent communication.

EDUCATION:
December 2001 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona, CA, B.S. Geography/GIS
Dean’s List, President’s Honor List, Pi Gamma Mu Honors Society

SKILLS:
ArcGIS 10.x, ArcCatalog, PLTS, GIS Data ReViewer, XMap 6.x, Street Atlas, TopoUSA, MS Office Suite (Access, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook), Jira bug tracking system, Rational Clear Quest, SQL Server Management Studio, Adobe Illustrator.