Elizabeth K. O'Dea gisliz<at>hotmail.com Http://www.oocities.org/gisliz2002/

Overview

Liz recently returned to the Pacific Northwest after over 5 years working for the Coastal and Marine Resources Centre (CMRC) at University College Cork in Ireland. She co-designed, co-developed and later managed the Marine Irish Digital Atlas (http://mida.ucc.ie), which contributed significantly to her skills in web design; web GIS; database management systems; metadata and technology standards; and geospatial data creation and collection. Liz’s other GIS projects include mapping Orange Roughy habitat in Irish waters and compiling data for a web GIS as part of the HERMES (Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas) project. She has coordinated international workshops and conferences (including a Trans-Atlantic workshop on Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases), regularly guest lectured on Web GIS for postgraduate courses and has extensive experience in layout design of newsletter publications (CMRC and IRLOGI).

Before working in Ireland, Liz obtained a Masters in Geography from Oregon State University, where she gained experience in teaching and performing GIS research. While there she used ArcIMS to develop the web GIS for the Virtual Research Vessel, which brought together scientific data from a segment of the East Pacific Rise sea floor spreading ridge. Her thesis involved working with secondary science teachers to develop the Tahoma Virtual Atlas, a community atlas which enabled teachers to easily integrate GIS into their science courses.

Liz served with AmeriCorps for two years in Portland at the Northwest Service Academy immediately after university. This led to a two year position as a cartographic technician for Mt. Hood National Forest, where she developed her core GIS skills and experience in using GIS for the management of the natural environment. Her positive experience in this position led her to pursue a Masters in Geography.

Skills

• GIS: 12 years' experience in GIS (ESRI ArcInfo); 7 years' with web GIS (ArcIMS, MapServer); data collection, creation, analysis and cartography; projects related to terrestrial, coastal and marine environment.
• Technology: Web programming (HTML, CSS, XML); familiarity with metadata (including ISO 19115 and FGDC) and technology standards (including Open Geospatial Consortium); database management systems.
• Science: 11 years' experience working in environmental science and applied GIS related to forestry, coastal and marine environments; 2 years of terrestrial fieldwork experience.
• Education: 2 years' experience teaching GIS and cartography practicals; individual and group training of GIS; web GIS guest lectures for UCC postgraduate courses; developing products for secondary education.
• Visual Design: Web site design, promotional material and newsletter development; Experience in industry-standard design packages such as QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop.

Education

Master of Science. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Sep 1999 – Jul 2002
Major: Geographic Techniques      Minor: Physical Geography
Thesis: Integrating GIS and Community Mapping into Secondary Science Education: A Web GIS Approach

Bachelor of Arts. Willamette University, Salem, OR, Aug 1991 - May 1995
Major: Environmental Science
Overseas Study: University College Galway, Galway, Ireland, Jan – Jul 1994