Nicholas M. Szelak has over 10 years of experience providing geospatial analysis services using GIS. He has worked for both government and private companies, providing cartographic products and performing spatial queries and analyses. He has a Master's degree in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences and is proficient in ArcGIS and other geospatial software.

1. NICHOLAS M. SZELAK
Arlington, VA 22204
Email: nszelak@gmail.com
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
 PROVEN ABILITY TO PROVIDE CLIENTS WITH DISTINGUISHED GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS SERVICES CONSISTENTLY AND
PUNCTUALLY USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND ITS SUPPORTING APPLICATIONS.
EXCELLENT CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING SKILLS TO SOLVE COMPLEX SPATIAL PROBLEMS.
STRONG WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO CONCISELY CONVEY TECHNICAL INFORMATION.
 EXTENSIVE INVOLVEMENT IN ALL PHASES OF GEOSPATIAL PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES FROM THE PROJECT CONCEPT, TO
DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND SUBMISSION.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GIS Specialist, SYNCADD Systems, Inc. 06/2015 - 01/2016
Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate (AR-Forward), Fort Belvoir, VA
 PROVIDED ONSITE INSTALLATION GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES (IGI&S) EXPERTISE to support the U.S.
Army Reserve (USAR) 88th
and 99th
Regional Support Commands (RSCs) and AR-Forward.
PRODUCED CARTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS in compliance with professional principles, standards and procedures.
PERFORMED GIS DATABASE MAINTENANCE including field data collection and existing contents.
GIS Specialist, AECOM (formerly URS Corporation) 10/2014 - 05/2015
Marine Corps Installation Command (MCICOM) Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (I&L), Washington, DC
 PROVIDED ONSITE IGI&S EXPERTISE to ensure continued technical support for the GEOFidelis Program.
DEVELOPED VARIOUS MAP PRODUCTS to both convey internal initiatives and collaborate with stakeholders.
PERFORMED GEOSPATIAL QUERIES AND ANALYSES of authoritative installation and supporting source data.
Geospatial Analyst, The Boeing Company 05/2009 - 09/2014
Intelligence Systems Group (ISG), Springfield, VA
PERFORMED FEATURE EXTRACTION AND ATTRIBUTION to achieve accurate cartographic representation for
datasets of specific area of interest extents (i.e. city to global) at specific scales (i.e. 1:12.5k to 1:250k).
MAINTAINED EXISTING GEOSPATIAL DATABASES using manual visual review and automated tool techniques
to determine its accuracy, consistency, currency, and relevancy against raster and vector sources.
CONDUCTED QUALITY CONTROL (QC) ASSESSMENTS of supplier and internally produced datasets to ensure
the product satisfied expectations of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
PERFORMED CARTOGRAPHIC FINISHING TECHNIQUES to prepare geospatial information for delivery to the
customer including the use of automated tools, generating metadata, and packaging data.
PROVIDED PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR DSS ACCREDITED COMPUTING SYSTEMS as the Information System Security
Officer (ISSO) by monitoring daily activities and informing the team of security relevant information.

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GIS Intern, Lancaster County Information Technology Department 09/2008 - 04/2009
Geographic Information System (GIS) Division, Lancaster, PA
COORDINATED WITH THE CHIEF CONSTABLE to develop and produce a countywide reference map depicting
the municipality each respective Constable held office.
CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAINTENANCE OF FEATURE CLASSES for the countywide dataset within an ArcSDE
environment while overlaid on current aerial photography.
PRODUCED A REFERENCE MAP for the Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation’s Community
Garden Plot Program. Obtained each plots corner coordinates using a GPS receiver, ingested the data
into ArcGIS, and prepared the map for over 300 gardeners in the community.
COLLABORATED WITH A FELLOW INTERN to produce a series of property assessment maps of all 60
municipalities for an appraisal team to reference while reevaluating property values.
Environmental Compliance Intern, PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs 05/2008 - 08/2008
Environmental Compliance Division, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA
CONDUCTED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION of roughly 600 petroleum storage tanks on post as part of the Spill
Prevention Response Plan, and maintained the inventory within ArcGIS installed on a field laptop.
ASSISTED SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE STUDIES involving the investigation of potential soil and
water contamination on post and at armories across the state.
CAPTURED FEATURES USING A GPS RECEIVER including monitoring wells, petroleum storage tanks, and
nearby utilities for use in maps and figures of environmental assessment reports.
GIS Lab Assistant, Millersville University of Pennsylvania 09/2006 - 05/2008
GeoGraphics Laboratory, Department of Geography, Millersville, PA
EDUCATED AND ADVISED STUDENTS on the use and adoption of GIS software for related coursework.
CONTRIBUTED TO THE ORGANIZATION AND DIGITAL INVENTORY of the university map library and federal
repository for USGS topographic maps.
GIS Intern, Lancaster County Information Technology Department 05/2007 - 08/2007
Geographic Information System (GIS) Division, Lancaster, PA
CAPTURED POINT FEATURES AND SPECIFIED ATTRIBUTION within a data dictionary using a GPS receiver to
update the storm drain and fire hydrant feature classes throughout various municipalities.
PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPILATION EFFORT for a travel time study of select roadway corridors using a GPS
receiver during peak commute times.
EDUCATION
M.S. in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA | GPA: 3.75/4.0
Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Graduate coursework includes Geographic Information System, Remote Sensing, Quantitative
Methods, Seminar in Geographic Thought and Methodology, Advanced Geographic Information
Systems, Geographic Information Analysis, Location Science, Thematic Cartography, Political
Geography, Transportation Geography, Animated and Interactive Cartography, and Nicaragua Tropical
Forest Environments
B.A. dual concentration in Applied Geography and Environmental Studies, Millersville University of
Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA

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Minor in Environmental Hazards and Emergency Management
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Proficiencies in ESRI ArcGIS for Desktop 9.x and 10.x, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Access, and Outlook), BAE Systems SOCET Set, DigitalGlobe EnhancedView Web Hosting Service (EV
WHS), IDA Geospatial Analysis Integrity Tool (GAIT), and Google Earth Pro; Extensions: ArcGIS Network
Analyst and ArcGIS Data Reviewer; Applications: ArcCatalog, ArcMap, ArcScene, ArcToolbox,
ModelBuilder, and Production Line Tool Set (PLTS). A working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Flash,
Illustrator, Acrobat, and Photoshop), IBM SPSS Statistics, OpenStreetMap (OSM), Google SketchUp,
Caliper Corporation TransCAD, ERDAS IMAGINE, and IDRISI Andes. Familiarity with Python programming
language.
CERTIFICATIONS
Annual DoD Cyber Awareness Challenge Exam (Version 2.0), U.S. Department of the Army, Cyber
Security Training Center, U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordon, GA (1 hour), 06/2015
CyberAwareness Challenge - Intelligence Community (Version 2.0), U.S. Department of Defense, Defense
Information Systems Agency, Information Assurance Support Environment (1.25 hours), 10/2014
Identifying and Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information (PII) (Version 2.0), U.S. Department of
Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency, Information Assurance Support Environment (1 hour),
10/2014
Information Systems Security in the National Industrial Security Program Curriculum, IS201.CU, U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense Security Service, Center for Development of Security Excellence (10
hours), 07/2011
Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute (3 hours), 11/2007
Using Python in ArcGIS Desktop 10, Environmental Systems Research Institute (esri), Esri Training (3
hours), 09/2014
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Niger Geocoding Project, URISA GISCorps, Urban & Regional Information Systems Association, University
of Georgia Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) (24 hours), 11/2015 - 12/2015