Brent C. Benson						  Home: 909-735-3970
1901 Pine Crest Dr.					  Work: 714-757-5615
Corona, CA 91720                                                            

Summary

    Three plus years experience with Sun and PC/workstation.     Self starter with strong 
      practicable skills. Interested in continuing technical skill development in JAVA,  C++,  
    HTML, UNIX,  DOS, and other languages.

Work Experience:

Thomas Bros. Maps, Irvine, CA

Position: Cartographer-Custom Maps Department		12-01-95 to 1-23-98

Job included updating GeoFinder, a geo-referencing product, yearly.
        And required experience with UNIX, DOS, AML's, and ARC/INFO. Also, assisted
  in the production of Thomas Guide CD-ROM and helped project managers 
     on numerous custom map projects.



Thomas Bros. Maps, Irvine, CA

Position: Cartographer-Update Department		07-18-95 to 11-30-95

Project team member working on annual county updates in the states of Arizona,
California, Oregon, and Washington. Edited maps using manual cartographic
techniques and ARC/INFO on network stations. 



Corona-Norco Unified School Distr., Corona/Norco, CA

Position: Substitute Teacher (K-12)			March '92 to April '94

Duties included supervision of classroom environment while regular is absent,
follow lesson plan and assign homework tasks.


SP Group, Riverside, CA

Position: Site Managers Assistant			June '91 to March '92

Assisted Site Manager in fulfilling daily schedule, troubleshooting delays and
errors, and keeping entire project running efficiently. Successfully
completed 14 unit industrial park in nine months.



Education

Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA.
Major: Cartography Certificate Program
Graduation: May 1994

Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.
Major: B.A. Geography
Graduation: May 1991


References available upon request.