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Grant Herbert Featured in WAURISA Newsletter
A version of this article was originally shared in the Washington State Chapter of the Urban and Regional information Systems Association (WAURISA) newsletter in fall 2018. Building the Data Pillager by Grant Herbert GIS are an insatiable consumer of data, requiring constant updating, management, and organizing. The availability of data as a REST endpoint allows…
Grant Herbert, GISPFLO Welcomes Two New GIS Technicians
Two new experienced GIS professionals have joined the FLO team—Elliot Frank and Jenny Elstrott. Elliot comes to us from the Big Apple, where he worked as a GIS aide at the New York City of Transportation, honing his skills in spatial analysis, data management, modeling, and visualization. Elliot’s home base is FLO’s Seattle office, and…
Leora WernerMeet Grant Herbert, Senior GIS Analyst/Developer
Where are you from and where do you live now? I’m originally from New Zealand, and now I live in Seattle, Washington. What do you do at FLO? I manage a number of Local Government and Utilities Sector projects, including those we work on through the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) GIS Consortium, which we run…
Leora WernerOSBA Annual Conference Presentation Announcement: Boundary Update Best Practices
Attendance area boundary updates are just like a “giant sudoku puzzle” as one Bend-La Pine Schools boundary update committee member recently put it. I couldn’t agree more. Boundary updates are also complex, lengthy, and can be quite contentious—yet there are few well-known best practices. My presentation at the OSBA Annual Conference (along with Jerry Oelerich and Alex Brasch) on Friday, Nov. 9 will explore…
Tyler VickJenna joined FLO Analytics in 2019 with a background in geography and Geographic Information Systems. She has worked in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors for seven years. In previous positions, she focused on spatial analysis as...
Leora WernerMcKay has over 11 years of experience in GIS. She enjoys fostering a collaborative team atmosphere across all her projects, and attributes project success to early coordination and cross-pollination of ideas from both technical and...
Leora WernerJennifer has three years of diverse GIS experience in the NGO, private, and utility sectors. She loves creating innovative solutions using data-driven insights and leveraging new technologies. Her skills include advanced spatial analysis and...
Leora WernerElliot joined FLO in 2018 as a GIS technician with an academic background in biology, geography, and GIS. Elliot’s GIS capabilities include database management, spatial analysis, modeling, and visualization as well as using Python to...
Leora WernerRuth has 12 years of experience in the geospatial field. Her expertise is understanding and implementing full life-cycle GIS projects, such as converting paper records to GIS data or creating beautiful custom Web mapping...
Leora WernerLeora joined FLO in February 2017 as a marketing and communications specialist after more than six years in business-to-consumer marketing and public relations for local and national food brands. From her previous work for very small...
Leora WernerMorgan joined FLO in 2016 with an academic background in Geography, Geographic Information Systems, and Community Development. She enjoys the beauty and creative opportunity involved with cartographic design, and its ability to convey complex...
Leora WernerErik joined FLO with 14 years of GIS and data-management professional experience in local government, environmental consulting, and academic research fields. He provides clients with exceptional service and optimal solutions tailored to their...
Leora WernerRachel joined FLO in 2016 with an academic background in environmental studies and geography, focused on environmental planning, GIS, and environmental communication. Her passion for maps, communication and rhetoric, and spatially based...
Leora WernerAlex Brasch employs his analytical skills and background in the disciplines of geography and human-environment interactions to provide innovative and data-driven solutions to clients. He employs his strong data wrangling and visualization...
Leora WernerTyler manages the operations and GIS service offerings at FLO. His specialty is in providing implementation strategies for both GIS and database development projects, along with providing project management for the company’s most complex...
g-floGrant has 14 years of international experience in the geospatial industry. His expertise includes GIS data management, spatial database and server technologies, creating automated tools and Python scripting, and building Web-based data...
g-floJerry’s focus is on ensuring that our clients’ environmental data management needs, regardless of complexity and scope, are met. This involves paying close attention to and anticipating what those needs are, ensuring that each client...
g-floJenny works with clients to develop and apply appropriate GIS resources to help them make more informed decisions, explore locations and patterns across landscapes, and develop their own GIS capabilities. She’s continually amazed at the...
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