Resume of Karl Musser

Skills

Over 30 years of cartography and GIS experience in urban and resource management applications.

Software: Arc Pro, ArcGIS, Idrisi, GRASS, AutoCAD, Access, Excel, Informix, SAS, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Programming: HTML, Perl, Javascript, and SQL.

Work Experience

• Straughan Environmental. 4/23 to present
  10245 Old Columbia Road. Columbia, MD 21046
  Project Manager and Senior GIS Analyst for Natural Resources Conservation Service.


• Paradigm Systems GIS. 9/02 to 4/23
  12602 Gladys Retreat Circle. Bowie, MD 20720
  Senior GIS Analyst for Natural Resources Conservation Service.


• KEI/KEI Pearson/NCS Pearson. 9/97 to 7/02
  4301 Wilson Blvd. Suite 200. Arlington, VA 22203
  GIS Analyst for Natural Resources Conservation Service.


• Oregon State University, Dept. of Geosciences. 9/95 to 6/97
  Wilkinson Hall 104. Corvallis, OR 97331
  Teaching Assistant in Cartography, Air Photo Interpretation, and Remote Sensing.
   
• U.S. Forest Service, Siuslaw National Forest. 5/96 to 9/96
  4077 SW Research Way. Corvallis, OR 97333
  GIS Analyst researching the effectiveness of road stabilization projects.
   
• Village of Oak Park, Depts. of Engineering and Parking. 5/95 to 8/95
  1 Village Hall Plaza. Oak Park, IL 60304
  Surveyor.
   
• Macalester College, Geography Dept. 9/93 to 5/95:
  1600 Grand Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105
  Lab Assistant and Teaching Assistant in Cartography and GIS.
  Personnel Dept. (9/91 to 5/93) General office work.
   
• Ryder Student Transportation Services. 10/94 to 5/95
  1102 N. Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55104
  Cartographer.
   
• National Park Service, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
  9/93 to 12/93, 9/94 to 12/94
  175 E. 5th St. Suite 418 Box 41. St. Paul, MN 55101
  GIS Technician.

Education

• 1995 to 1997: MS, Oregon State University
  Major: Geography (emphasis on geographical techniques)
  Minor: Resource Geography
   
• 1991 to 1995: BA, Macalester College
  Majors: Geography and Environmental Studies.
   
• 1987 to 1991: Oak Park & River Forest H.S.

Publications

Non-Fiction

• Musser, Karl. 1997. "Interactive Mapping on the World Wide Web." OSU Press. Corvallis,OR.

Fiction

• Musser, Karl. 1993. "The Life of Karl Musser."
• Musser, Karl. 1990. "The Winter." (originally published by an Ohio hospice newsletter).

Collaborative works

• Plumley, Harriet; ed. 1997. "Assessment of the Effects of the 1996 Flood on the Siuslaw National Forest."
  U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture, Siuslaw National Forest. Corvallis, OR.
• Lanegran, David; et. al. 1995. "The Avenue, 1995." The High Winds Fund. St. Paul, MN.
  (Prepared by the Macalester College Urban Geography Field Seminar. This book is one of the primary sources for Grand Avenue: The Renaissance of an Urban Street).

Web Sites

• Resources Conservation Act
• National Resources Inventory
• Conservation Effects Assessment Project
• Personal Home Page
  • Personal map store
  • Interactive Mapping
  • DC Urban Ecology Map

Maps

Examples of my maps can be seen at the websites above, the White House, Wikipedia, the PBS program Beautiful Tennessee, the Trans-Siberian Railway Encyclopedia, and in the textbooks Soil Erosion and Corridor Ecology.

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