KATHERINE “KELLY” WRIGHT

Columbus, Ohio ● kawright@gmail.com

EDUCATION

University of Southern California Los Angeles, CaliforniaMaster of Science, GIST Program December 2016

University of Texas at Austin Austin, TexasBachelor of Arts, Geography December 2004

The Ohio State University Columbus, OhioStudies in Molecular Genetics and Spanish 1999 to 2001

EXPERIENCE

Ohio Department of Transportation Columbus, OhioDivision of Planning – Office of Technical Services – Graduate Intern June 2015 to PresentStatewide GIS Support for the Ohio Department of Transportation

Perform data management and quality control for various statewide traffic programs to work toward fulfilling the agency's mission of "taking care of what we have."

Assist in the development of authoritative transportation asset inventories and condition assessments utilizing geospatial analysis to improve attribute and locational accuracy.

Generate publication quality hardcopy maps in ArcGIS 10.x environment Provide pre-release performance testing of datasets, enhancements, and services in ODOT’s WebGIS, TIMS.

Ohio Department of Transportation Columbus, OhioDivision of Construction Management – Geology Department – Graduate Intern February 2015 to June 2015Office of Materials Management Quality Assurance Program – Aggregate Geology

Generate geodatabase and map documents of Midwest aggregate producers and suppliers for construction planning and quality assurance monitoring.

Prepare datasets for inclusion into ODOT’s proprietary geographic information system, TIMS.

Time Warner Cable Columbus, OhioNetwork Surveillance Specialist November 2009 to October 2012Network Operations Center at a Fortune 500 Telecommunications company.

Monitored Time Warner Cable’s network real-time using IP and CMTS tools, plant maps and customer reports to detect and mitigate customer-impacting events.

Analyzed data from various sources to identify network security weaknesses and physical plant problems and proactively dispatched network technicians to prevent service interruptions.

Engaged and assisted fix agents to remedy service impairments and outages, documenting event and escalating severe incidents to appropriate parties with precise, accurate technical information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Applications: Esri ArcGIS 10.x/Server, MS SQL Server 2012 R2, Access 2007-2013, Word (Mac and PC) and Office

365, Trimble TerraSync and GPS Pathfinder, T-SQL, HTML/SCC/JavaScript, Adobe Creative CloudHardware: iOS devices, Mac and PC, Juno, GeoX, R1, and Yuma Trimble GPS units, Total Station theodoliteOrganizations: Association of American Geographers (AAG), Urban and Regional Information Systems Association

(URISA), Cartography and Geographic Information Society, Audubon Ohio, Esri Young ProfessionalsEsri Training: Getting Started with the Geodatabase, Getting Started with Geodatabase Topology, Working with

Geodatabase Domains and Subtypes in ArcGIS, Getting started with Linear Referencing, Advanced Techniques for Cartographic Representations, Editing in ArcGIS Desktop, 3D Visualization Techniques Using ArcGIS, Creating and Sharing GIS Content Using ArcGIS Online, Creating Web Applications Using Templates and Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS, Creating and Editing Metadata in ArcGIS