About Me
My name is Francis, a passionate GIS Analyst with a love for geography, application development, and data science!
I hold a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Environmental Biology and earned my Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems - Applications Specialist from Fleming College in 2023.
Currently, I am working for J.D. Irving, Limited, with their Information Technology (IT) Divison. I have had the privilege of working with Irving companies, namely, Irving Woodlands, New Brunswick - Maine Railway (NBSR, EMR, MNR), and Cavendish Farms.
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Work Experience
GIS Analyst
J.D. Irving, Limited | July 2023 - Present
Leveraged GIS technologies to develop and analyze spatial products. Managed and maintained GIS applications within a complex enterprise GIS architecture.
Student GIS Consultant
Sustainable Cobourg | Jan 2023 - June 2023
Consulted with Sustainable Cobourg and developed GIS solutions to inform the public about green water infrastructure with the Town of Cobourg (Ontario).
Student Operations Clerk
Government of Canada | April 2021 to August 2022
Developed standard operating procedures for administrative workflows. Provided administrative support to clerical team with the Agency (prepared schedules, took conference minutes, summarized expenditures, and distributed mail).
Projects
Property Taxes in New Brusnwick
An exploration of spatio-temporal data in New Brunswick, with analysis performed solely on Python.
Visualizing Property Values Changes
A GIS web application used to explore the datasets that were the results of a spatio-temporal analysis.
GIS Hosting
Investigating Supabase's postgREST capabilities to host spatial SQL data and hosting on GitHub pages.
Sink or Swim: Integrating Deep Learning and LiDar for Flood Planning in Cobourg
The culmination of the Fleming College GIS program; a Collaborative Project with Sustainable Cobourg.
Chicks in hot water: breeding responses of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) to the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine
An undergraduate project undertaken for the completion of my Bachelor of Science (Honours) at the University of New Brunswick. Completed under the supervision of Dr. Heather Major.
Python Scripting: Vertical Surveying Calculator
A short Python script to calculate field survey data. Written in collaboration, hosted on GitHub.
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