Bernie Connors, P. Eng.

GIS Professional

38 Bellflower Street

New Maryland, NB, E3C 2P2

506-455-4307

OBJECTIVE

Experienced GIS professional with engineering and land surveying experience is seeking a challenging, hands-on position working with GIS in any industry.

TARGET JOB

Desired Job Type: Employee

Work Load: Full-Time

Desired Salary: Negotiable

Site Location: New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, Canada

Career Level: Mid Career

Date of Availability: Negotiable

TARGET COMPANY

Company Size: No Preference

Category: Information Technology / Geomatics

Description of my ideal company:

I want to work for a company that can provide projects that will continually challenge and interest me. I have worked in both small and medium sized companies with offices numbering from one to eight. I have worked in both private firms and government agencies. I am open to employment with any type or size of company.

TARGET LOCATIONS

Relocate: Yes – New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, Canada

WORK STATUS

Canada: I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

US: I require sponsorship to work in this country.

EXPERIENCE

4/1997 - Present

New Brunswick Department of Environment & Local Government

Fredericton, New Brunswick

GIS Manager

Responsible for the delivery of Geomatics services to over 250 employees:

· development and delivery of GPS training programs;

· advising on organization-wide GPS and GIS issues;

· GPS testing;

· development, maintenance and support of GIS services;

· installation and support of GIS software;

· installation and support of a GIS server;

· development and delivery of GIS training programs;

· management of custom map production

· preparation of maps, orthophotos, DTMs and other GIS products;

· supervision, work planning and performance management for GIS technicians.

6/1995 - 3/1997

WaterMark Industries Inc.

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Project Engineer

WaterMark was an engineering consulting firm with only two employees (myself and the owner) with contracts in Canada, Russia, the Caribbean, and South America. My work included marketing, technical presentations, project monitoring and report writing.

5/1993 - 8/1994

CARIS / Universal Systems Limited

Fredericton, New Brunswick

User Support Analyst

CARIS is a GIS software vendor. My duties involved interactive testing of GIS software; writing GIS software tutorials, solving customer problems, and GIS data processing. This was a summer position that I held for two consecutive summers before graduation from university.

5/1992 - 8/1992

New Brunswick Department of Transportation – Legal Surveys section

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Survey Party Chief

This was a summer position held while I was completing my engineering degree. I began working as a member of a survey crew but quickly advanced to party chief. I was responsible for a survey crew of two to three members. My crew performed numerous topographic and legal surveys across southern and central New Brunswick.

8/1987 - 9/1991

Civtech Engineering & Surveying

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Survey Party Chief

Civtech is a land surveying and engineering company. During most of my time at Civtech it was a two-person operation. My worked covered all aspects of field and office operations including:

· party chief of field crew;

· document research at registry of deeds;

· conducting meetings with clients, lawyers, and government officials;

· manual drafting;

· PC operation, maintenance, and support;

· survey calculations in the field and office; and

· writing legal land descriptions and other documents.

My employment at Civtech was full-time from 1987 until 1989. When I began my engineering degree at UNB I continued my employment through the summers of 1990 and 1991.

EDUCATION

4/1995

University of New Brunswick - Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Department

Canada-New Brunswick-Fredericton

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering

2/1987

College of Geographic Sciences - Land Surveying Technology

Canada-Nova Scotia-Lawrencetown

Vocational Diploma

Two-year program of studies in the technical and legal aspects of land surveying

6/1985

Cole Harbour District High School

Canada-Nova Scotia-Cole Harbour

High School Diploma

COMMITTEES

Geographic Information Management Advisory Committee (GIMAC): An inter-agency committee of GIS mangers for the government of New Brunswick. GIMAC facilitates the dissemination of information amongst provincial agencies and provides advice on the development of new geomatics data. I have been a member since 1998. I chaired the committee for 2 years and I am currently vice-chair of the committee.

Geomatics Atlantic 2004 Organizing Committee: A volunteer committee that was formed to organize and deliver the Geomatics Atlantic Conference in June 2004

AFFILIATIONS

Date Organization Position

5/2005 – Present Maritime Geocachers Association member

5/2000 - Present APEGNB Professional Engineer / member

6/2004 - Present Canadian Institute of Geomatics member

9/2001 – 5/2004 Boy Scouts of Canada Beaver leader