THE MAP NERD

Newmark Knight Frank – Buffalo, NY 2017 – 2019
NKF acquired the Multi-Family Appraisal & Valuation division of GAR Associates in March 2019

Research Associate – GIS Specialist

• Created custom maps and imagery used in real estate project development proposals for municipal approvals.
• Generate economic & market impact reports through data-driven research and aggregation platforms.
• Enter new markets through specialty practice group development and ongoing enhancement of research & reporting divisions. Evaluate tax credit, funding and grant opportunities.
• Provide ongoing data analysis, visualization and custom map imagery for multiple affordable and market-rate housing development projects for governmental entities, not-for-profits, management groups and lending institutions.
• Develop strategies and technical assistance to support team of appraisers working with multi-state clients.
• Track, understand and explain ongoing data updates and policies/procedures with the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Learn and maintain a database of state-level labor statistics.
• Present data and commentary to internal teams to track progress of project support, objectives, financial viability and responses to changes in the market.
• Accumulate market data and trends for both economic and community investments including demographics and rental housing markets’ availability and pricing.
• Develop and maintain databases for operating expenses, rental rates, market conditions, transactions and population shifts.
• Provide analysis of real estate trends including rental, for-sale, student, military, institutional and special-needs.

Cabela’s Inc. – Sidney, Nebraska 2007 – 2011
A direct marketer and specialty retailer of hunting, fishing, boating and other outdoor recreation merchandise.

GIS & Market Analyst

• Implemented GIS functionality into the Market Research and Analysis Department influencing key decisions in real estate, advertising and marketing with informed geographic data.
• Interpreted demographic trends to drive successful marking campaigns and real estate investments.
• Analyzed historic trends in corporate data around retail sales, direct mail campaigns, eCommerce and online advertising to predict ROI of present & future marketing strategies.
• Designed and executed data queries on large enterprise data warehouse to advance prioritization & optimization.
• Maintained and updated competitor location and data information within GIS environments.
• Created automation process for basic map building and key large market profiles.
• Conducted data mining activities across publicly available databases including US & International Censuses, CDC and Fishing, Hunting & Wildlife Survey. Expertly located relevant data sets at lowest cost.
• Built effective data-driven presentations for executive leadership, team members and external client audiences.

North American Breweries – Buffalo, New York 2011
Headquartered in Rochester, NAB owns and operates four US breweries & four retail locations in NY, VT, OR & WA.

Data Analyst

• Mined data and compiled relevant analyses for presentations.
• Contributed to a research project analyzing the effect of weather patterns on beer sales

Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude & Dean’s List
Major: Geography – Geographic Information Systems
Minor: Geology

Niagara County Community College – Sanborn, New York
Associate in Arts, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
Major: Liberal Arts – Humanities & Social Science

Professional Development, Conferences & Achievements

• Member, NYS GIS Association
• ESRI Training: ArcGIS for AutoCad, Data Visualization with ArcGIS, API for JavaScript, ESRI Maps for MS Office, SharePoint, IBM Cognos, Using Python in ArcGIS 10
• Computing for Data Analysis, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Coursera.org) – April 2013
• GIS and Public Health Workshop, University of Albany – April 2013
• GIS/SIG Conference, Rochester, NY – April 2013
• Pitney Bowes Insights User Conference – May 2010
• Geospatial Summit – NYS GIS Association – 2007, 2012
• MapInfo Webinars
• Awarded Eagle Scout – Eagle Project: Created 800-record database of gravestones in historic Sweeney Cemetery located in North Tonawanda, NY for use by the North Tonawanda Town Historian, Niagara County Genealogical Society and the North Tonawanda Library.

Hobbies & Interests

• Discovering new music
• Trivia and pop culture minutiae
• Scouting activities
• Jedi and Sith family trees
• Borderline obsessed with professional and indie wrestling
• Olympic hopeful in Rap Battles