Alejandro Santana
GIS Professional
Pasadena,CA
Summary
Experienced with spatial data management and analysis. Utilizes GIS software to create and maintain comprehensive maps for diverse projects. Knowledge of spatial databases and effective team collaboration.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Geographic Information Systems Specialist
EDM Services, Inc.
Simi Valley, CA
10.2020 - 12.2025
- Integrity Management and Strategic Planning for Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas & Electric. Responsibilities included maintaining the pipeline GIS database, processing and projecting CSV datasets, appending data into the Master Geodatabase, and conducting quality control reviews of as-built sketches and field surveys. Work orders related to high-pressure services, regulatory stations, dig sites, deep well anodes, sense lines, coatings, repairs, reconfigurations, and abandonments were reviewed for completeness and compliance with Southern California Gas Company standards. Additionally, station requests were provided to clients to verify specific locations of pipelines or features. Oversaw more than 1,000 projects involving high-pressure gas pipelines and below-grade services over the years. Provided stationing requests for specific pipe features as needed.
GIS Field Technician
Utility Data Contractors
Burbank, CA
04.2018 - 12.2019
- GIS Field Surveyor for Southern California Edison. Implemented the use of several measuring tools, including a rangefinder and ESRI ArcGIS software, to survey utility poles. Performed field geocoding, field data classification, and geospatial analysis for pole load analysis. Assessed 80+ poles per week while interacting with homeowners and landowners in both urban and rural settings throughout Southern California.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Geography – Geographic Information Systems
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Pomona, CA06-2017
Skills
- ESRI Software: ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, ArcPad (7 years)
- Utility GIS Experience (7 years)
- Feature Classification: Gas Pipelines (5 years)
- Classification: Electrical Pole Assets (2 Year)
- As-Built review and QC (5 Years)
- Format, Project and append surveys booklets to Master Data Geodatabase for SoCalGas (4 Years)
- BlueBeam Revu (4 years)
- Python (2 years)
- Surveying (2 years)
- GPS Technologies, Rangefinder, Digital Camera (2 Years)
- Customer service (5 years)
- GIS database (7 years)
- Satellite imagery Aerial Imagery (1 year)
- ERDAS (Less than 1 year)
- Microsoft Office, CSV, Excel, Outlook (10 years)
Certification
Basics of Python for ArcGIS, Building Models for GIS Analysis using ArcGIS, Python Scripting for Map Automation, Python for Everyone, Address Geocoding with ArcGIS.
Timeline
Geographic Information Systems Specialist
EDM Services, Inc.
10.2020 - 12.2025
GIS Field Technician
Utility Data Contractors
04.2018 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Geography – Geographic Information Systems
California State Polytechnic University Pomona