Undergraduate Degree:
Marketing, University of Iowa First job out of program:GIS Analyst, Patrick Engineering ,Inc Madison, WI. James performed GIS analysis tasks for clients in a wide range of industries In addition, he served as a key cartographic-design staff member and was responsible for the look and feel of many of Patrick’s map products.
Current Position: GIS Analyst, EcoEnergy, LLC, Madison, WI. James primary responsibilities at EcoEnergy are site selection and GIS mapping of potential wind farm sites throughout the Upper Midwest.
Undergraduate Degree:
Political Science, Ohio State Current Position: GIS Specialist, City of Fitchburg, Public Works, Fitchburg, WI
Felipe collects infrastructure data in the field (water, sanitary and storm water utilities) and integrates it with the city's GIS database.
Felipe is a regular participant in the annual GIS Day Expo at the UW-Madison, on behalf of the City of Fitchburg.
Undergraduate Degree:
Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison First job out of program: GIS Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison Land Information Computer Graphics Facility. At LICGF Jennifer developed GIS workshops, conducted GIS trainings and collaborated on outside research and education projects. Current Position: GIS Manager, Rock Co. Planning & Development, Janesville, WI (since 2007)
Jennifer is a regular participant in the annual GIS Day Expo at the UW-Madison on behalf of LICGF.
Emily Champagne (2000)
GIS Specialist EarthTech, Inc, Milwaukee, WI
Undergraduate Degree: Natural Resources & Environmental Studies, University of MN
First job out of program: GIS Coordinator, City of Muskego, WI
Emily was appointed the first ever GIS Coordinator for the City. She was responsible for implementing digital mapping and GIS databases, training City employees on their use, and community outreach. Current Position:GIS Specialist
EarthTech, Inc, Milwaukee, WI (since 2006). At EarthTech, Emily works on projects dealing with environmental, water resources, sewer
services, and transportation GIS.
Emily is also a volunteer with EWUG (ESRI Wisconsin User Group). www.ewug.org
Undergraduate Degree:
Geography, UW-Madison Current Position: Bill works for GIS Services Section of WDNR doing contracted GIS work for the Bureau of Wildlife Management and the Bureau of Watershed Management. Projects include Deer CWD data development and analysis and Prairie Chicken grassland restoration habitat analysis for Wildlife Management, and 1:24,000 scale Hydrography maintenance for Bureau of Watershed Management. Tasks include cartography, spatial analysis, data modeling, VB tool production, & database design.
Bill is a regular participant in the annual GIS Day Expo at the UW-Madison, on behalf of the WDNR.
Undergraduate Degree:
Wildlife Biology, University of Montana Further education after program: Master's in Environmental Monitoring at the UW-Environmental Remote Sensing Center, Madison Current Position: Bob works for the USFS where he creates GIS fire behavior models. The one he is working on now is called Landis II. The models are paramaterized with weather data, insect outbreak data, wind data, fuel data.
Sarah Eichhorst (2007) GIS Analyst The Nature Conservancy - Central US Region, Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate Degree:
Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison Current Position: GIS Analyst for the Central US Conservation region of The Natural Conservancy (TNC). Sarah works closely with the TNC Great Lakes Program, continuing work that she began in Wisconsin as a TNC GIS Intern, modeling potential stopover habitat for migratory birds. She also serves as GIS support for the Upper Mississippi River project, part of the TNC Great Rivers Program.
Eric's GIS internship was with the UW Department of Wildlife Ecology where he developed GIS data layers for the Western Antarctic Peninsula and used GIS to investigate winter movements of satellite-tagged Adelie Penguins on Anvers Island . Current research: Eric now continues to research the ecology of these seabirds as a Master's student in the Wildlife Department under Dr. Chris Ribic. The NSF-funded study investigates the importance of productivity and hydrographic features to the seabird community in Antarctica in winter. This work also has implications for the effects of global climate change on the Antarctica seabird communities. Eric recently returned from his first research trip to Antarctica.
Sean works as a cartographer at Mapping Specialists, Ltd. He is currently part of the GIS team, building integrated GIS datasets from sources in other digital data formats and from historic hardcopy maps. He has assisted in research, compilation, and production of a variety of maps ranging in theme from street maps to utility networks to hiking guides.
Nick Fisher (2003)
Market Analyst Harley Davidson, Milwaukee, WI
Undergraduate Degree: Geography, UW-Madison
Current Position: Nick work in the marketing department of Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee. He uses GIS with spatial, demographic, sales and financial data to locate new opportunities and manages the relationship between Harley-Davidson and its network of independent dealers.
James Kennedy (2002) Geographer USGS, Middleton, WI
Undergraduate Degree: Natural Resources, UW-Madison Current Position:United States Geologic Survey (USGS), Geographer. Jim works in the in the Publications and Science Support Unit of the Water Resources Division of USGS. Among other responsibilities, he uses GIS to create maps for technical and scientific publications.
Jim is a regular participant in the annual GIS Day Expo at the UW-Madison on behalf of the USGS.
Where our alumni are working... Alberts, James EcoEnergy LLC., Madison, WI Avila, FelipeCity of Fitchburg, Fitchburg, WI Bergeson, Mitch USGS (CAPP), Madison, WI Bieberitz, Michael WI Dept of Transportation, Madison, WI Borlick, Jennifer Rock County, Janesville, WI Brumund-Smith, Rachel Ramaker & Assoc., Sauk City, WI Buckingham, Bill UW-Madison Applied Population Lab Champagne, Emily EarthTech, Inc., Milwaukee, WI Ceelen, William WI DNR, Madison, WI Garrett, Shannon,
Garmin International,
Olathe, KS
Costanza, Robert, USFS North Central Research Station Gutknecht, Sean Mapping Specialists,Inc., Madison, WI Hayden, Nick, UC Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab, CA Hermans, Colleen, WI DNR, Madison, WI Eichhorst, Sarah, The Nature Conservancy, Minn, MN Endress, Alexandra City of Pittsburg, CA Erdmann, Eric , UW-Madison Dept of Wildlife Ecology Farrar, Rebecca City of Minneapolis Planning Dept., MN Hanusa, Catherine US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Milwaukee Harner, Jane U.S. Geological Survey (CAPP), Madison, WI Hirt, Jack Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Holbus, Eric, U.S. EPA, Region V, Minneapolis, MN Fisher, Nick Harley Davidson, Milwaukee, WI Kennedy, James U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, WI Kitchell, Jescie WI DNR, Madison, WI Kokkonen, Gerry Jefferson Co. Land & Water Conservation Kornhoff, Amanda Proxix Solutions, Inc., Madison, WI Martin, Alex WI DNR, Madison, WI McCleland, Jerod Champaign Co. Regional Planning Com. Mendes, Tom City of Eugene, OR Mielke, Aaron Barr Engineering, MN Milne, Nicole U.S. NOAA, Bureau of Fisheries, WA Mitchell, Melissa
Atoka Geochemical Services,
Centennial, CO
Najarian, Noah, Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA Nesbit, Andrea Baxter & Woodman Consulting, DeKalb, IL Potter, Lance WI DNR, Madison, WI Prasch, DanielPioneer Environmental Assoc,
Vergennes, VT Resnick, Justin, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC Rewald, Matt WI DNR, Madison, WI Roddick, Tonia HNTB, Milwaukee, WI Rundell, Erik Berk and Associates, Seattle, WA Schauer, Erin City of Eagan, MN Schultz, Lisa, WI DATCP, Madison, WI Schowalter-Hay, Ethan, The Observer, La Grande, OR Schwoegler, Amanda WI DNR, Madison, WI Taran, Matt City of Bolder, CO Tuerk, KarenUW-Madison Department of Geography Werberg (Smith), Allison, NY-NJ Trails Conference, NJ Wilson, David City of Madison, WI Zeisloft, Jennifer GeoDecisions, Madison, WI
Aaron Mielke (2005) GIS Analyst Barr Engineering, Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate Degree: Forestry, UW-Madison First job out of program: GIS Specialist, MN Dept. of Agriculture, Plant Protection Division. Current Position: GIS Analyst for Barr Engineering, Water Resources Unit. Aaron's work ranges from floodplain mapping to analysis for the mining and oil industry. He works with many Minneapolis suburban and city planners developing water management strategies. He recently finished a large project to screen and prioritize possible locations for storm water storage basins in Scott County, MN.
Undergraduate Degree: Geology, UW-Madison Current Position: Petrophysicist, Atoka Geochemical Services, Centenial, CO. At Atoka, Melissa conducts well log analysis to determine if
and how much oil and/or gas is present in a well and aids in the production of land maps of project areas by the company GIS technician.
Andrea Nesbit (2005)
GIS Technician Baxter & Woodman, DeKalb , IL
Undergraduate Degree: Geography, UW-Madison First job out of program:
Cartographer/Assistant Planner, Winnebago County, Planning & Zoning Dept, Rockford, IL.
Current Position: GIS Technician
Baxter & Woodman, DeKalb , IL (since 2006). Andrea works on a variety of GIS tasks dealing with public utilities including processing, designing, and updating Geodatabases, CAD to GIS conversions, GPS survey data customization and ArcIMS development for municipal clientele. She also uses her Cartography skills to produce atlas books and large format utility maps. In 2008, Andrea returns to Madison to work in a new Baxter & Woodman satellite office in town.
Andrea is a regular participant in the annual GIS Day Expo at the UW-Madison.
Undergraduate Degree: Biological Aspects of
Conservation, UW-Madison First job out of program:Project Manager,
J.D. Knowles & Associates, Inc., Beaver Dam. While a student intern at JD Knowles, Daniel initialized the use of GIS at this private environmental consulting firm for wetlands delineation and mapping. His leadership led to a permanent project management position at the company. Current Position: Senior Wetlands Scientist, Pioneer Environmental Associates, Vergennes, VT (since 2007). Daniel's current responsibilities include project management on wetland delineations and
conducting fieldwork, including GPS surveying of environmental field
data, vegetation surveys, and soil analysis. His reporting of field
investigation activities serves as a basis for permitting and receiving
regulatory concurrence for wetland delineation submitted to U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers for presence/absence of cultural and archaeological
sites and endangered species. Daniel also conducts wetland
functional values assessments for practicable alternative analyses.
Undergraduate Degree: Meteorology, Northern IL University Current Position: Surface Water Data Analyst, WI DNR. Matt manages the Bureau's water quality spatial data infrastructure in
the WATERS (Water Assessment Tracking and Electronic Reporting System)
and SWIMS (Surface Water Integrated Monitoring System) data systems.
Matt provides technical expertise to the Impaired Waters and Outstanding
and Exceptional Resource Waters programs within the Water Evaluation
Section, as well as to other programs that seek to host datasets within
the WATERS and SWIMS data systems. Matt is the technical lead for the
Surface Water Data Viewers, the web-mapping applications that
disseminate data from many of the Water Division's data systems to
internal DNR customers and the public. Matt is also working with EPA's
Water Quality Exchange (WQX) workgroup to develop automated spatial and
tabular data transfer of macroinvertebrate and habitat monitoring data
from UW-Stevens Point to the SWIMS data system and WQX, and to integrate
the federal Hydrologic Unit (HUC) and National Hydrography (NHD)
datasets into DNR's enterprise data systems. Erik Rundell (2003) Urban Planner, Policy & GIS Analyst Berk and Associates, Seattle, WA
Undergraduate Degree: Geography, UW-Madison While in the program, Erik worked for 1000 Friends of Wisconsin to develop GIS procedures that allowed them to evaluate the effects of new Smart Growth laws on land use in WI. First jobs out of program:GIS intern for Vandewalle and Associates (urban planning firm in Madison) and as a Resource Assistance for Rural Environment (RARE) AmeriCorp program in The Dalles, Oregon. Further education: Masters in Urban and Regional Planning, Portland State University. Current Position: Urban planner and policy and GIS analyst for Berk and Associates, Seattle, WA.
Undergraduate Degree: Biology, University of Delaware First job out of program:WI Dept of Natural Resources, GIS Technician.
Karen worked for the WDNR throughout the program creating a GIS for a long-tern grassland bird study in the Military Ridge Prairie Heritage Area in southwest WI. Further education after program: Master's in Environmental Monitoring at the UW-Environmental Remote Sensing Center, Madison. Current Position:GIS Certificate Program Manager, UW-Madison(since 2003).
Undergraduate major: Zoology & Biological Aspects of Conservation, UW-Madison Masters degree: Museum and Field Studies, University of CO Current Position: As cartographer for the NY-NJ Trails Conference, Allison is creating digital versions of the organization's traditional paper map series. The Trails Conference, a federation of hiking and environmental organizations, maintains over 1,600 miles of trails on public land in the bi-state region. Allison was recently featured in (201) Magazine (the magazine of Bergan County , NJ ) for her work. Read More: Link to Article --- Link to Issue Cover
Undergraduate Degree: Anthropology, UW-Madison Further education after program: Master's in Environmental Monitoring, UW-Environmental Remote Sensing Center, Madison Current Position: GIS Analyst, GeoDecisions, Inc., Madison, WI.
