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Chad Tinsley

3938 NE 6th Avenue Portland, OR 97211


CTinsley88@gmail.com
(503) 580-3541
ChadTinsleyGIS.com (Professional Portfolio)

Geographic Information Systems professional with education and working experience applying geospatial analysis
and automation for information management. Currently enrolled in Masters of GIS program through Pennsylvania
State University (online) learning the most relevant information and technologies in GIS.
Education and Coursework

Undergraduate:
University of Oregon
Major: Bachelor of Arts Geography
Minors: Business, Italian Language

Graduate:
Pennsylvania State University
GIS Graduate Certificate
Masters of GIS Candidate (December 2014)


Graduate GIS Coursework:
Nature of Geographic Information
Problem Solving with GIS
GIS Database Development
GIS Programming and Customization (Python)
Geospatial System Analysis and Design
Geographic Information Analysis
Spatial Database Management
Conservation GIS
GIS Application Development (VB.NET)
Remote Sensing Image Analysis and Applications
Relevant Professional Experience

City of Lake Oswego Lake Oswego, OR January 2014 - Present
GIS Intern
Maintain and update the citys internal base maps and layers using ArcGIS software.
Utilize ArcGIS for Server to customize and add functionality to the Citys online maps (ArcGIS API for Flex).
Develop mobile solutions for data collection using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Collector.
Create custom tools using Python and Model Builder to automate tasks.
Generate custom maps for various departments and for citizen requests.

Criterion Planners - Portland, OR April 2013 - June 2013
GIS Individual Contractor
Hired as temporary GIS Technician for the Gulf Coast Regional Planning project (gulfcoastplan.org).
Created planning maps using ArcMap for land-use, transportation, economic activity areas, housing, food
systems, resilience, land supply, and growth focus areas.
Generated charts and graphs pertaining to employment density, VMT, and new developable area statistics.

Polk County GIS Department - Dallas, OR December 2011 - March 2013
GIS Intern
Updated tax lots and building points using ArcGIS.
Corrected historical data inaccuracies pertaining to building and house counts.
Developed Python script for tax lot update process.

Technical Skills

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access,
Outlook, PowerPoint)
ESRI ArcGIS (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcGIS Online,
ArcGIS for Server)
Cartography
Spatial Databases (ArcSDE, PostgreSQL/PostGIS)
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Python Scripting for ArcGIS Automation
Model Builder for ArcGIS
VB.NET ESRI Add-In Application Development
GIS Spatial Analysis (ArcMap)
Raster and Vector Analysis (ArcMap)
Advanced Statistics/Modeling
Site-Suitability Analysis
Technical Project Research
Remote Sensing Image Analysis (LiDAR)

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