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Meet Jerry Oelerich, Senior Analyst
Where are you from and where do you live now? I grew up in Iowa along the Mississippi River. I remember that there were a lot of cornfields, but I don’t like corn! So perhaps that wasn’t the ideal setting for me. My family moved to the Pacific Northwest when I was a teenager and…
Tyler VickSchool District Planning Takes Center Stage at FLO’s WASBO Conference Presentation
Join us for a presentation on the fundamentals of successful school district planning activities, focusing on enrollment forecasting, school siting, and boundary reviews. We will cover how to plan for these activities, how to do them, and why doing them is important. Central Valley School District staff will speak to their planning best practices, so…
Jerry OelerichNow Working at FLO: New Professionals Join the Team!
Get to know the newest members of the FLO team! Alison Guse, GIS technician, has a diverse background in GIS, environmental science, and environmental engineering. She has served as project manager for several air- and water-related projects, most recently for an environmental consulting firm in Southern California. She is uniquely experienced with integrating air dispersion…
Leora WernerWhat You Need to Know About GIS for Land Trusts
After working with land trusts across the Northwest and with nonprofit land trust advocates Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts and Land Trust Alliance, senior GIS analyst Jenny Axelrod has some thoughts on how conservation organizations can use GIS to make data-driven decisions that move their conservation goals forward. We sat down for an interview with…
Jennifer AxelrodTiana has spent most of her professional career managing projects and offices. Having worked for small to mid-sized companies, she is used to wearing multiple hats—there is no task too large or small. She strives to produce quality work...
Leora WernerAlison joined FLO with a diverse background in GIS, environmental science, and environmental engineering. She has served as project manager for several air- and water-related projects both for private clients and in support of legal...
Leora WernerJenna 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 six years in business-to-consumer marketing and public relations for local and national food brands. From her previous work for very small nonprofits to...
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 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 has eight years of wide-ranging data analytics experience, from data acquisition and standardization, to complex quantitative analysis and forecasting, to data visualization and reporting. At FLO, he leads the development and...
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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