Jared T. Smith

I currently administer the Fort Carson, Colorado Installation Geospatial Information System (IGIS) to provide the installation with credible, complete and comprehensive geospatial data. The comprehensive geospatial, attribute-based data allows garrison senior leaders and other installation customers to make well informed critical mission decisions.
As Technical Contractor Officer Representative (TCOR), I guide a team of contractors in successfully fulfilling the contractor's responsibilities to support the IGIS program and the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) customer base. Pending full COR responsibilities in the near future.
As IGIS Manager, I am responsible for overseeing the GIS personnel and survey crew along with integrating the quality of a diverse set of geospatial data ranging from Fort Carson's infrastructure, including pavements, utilities and facilities to environmental features ranging from surface waters, protection plans and wildlife. Develop GIS applications and promote new GIS and survey applications and equipment. Additional features include force protection, fire protection and installation security plans. The data set addresses all features commonly present in medium sized cities. These data are frequently used for future planning, efficient use of installation's assets and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) geospatial support. These responsibilities include the full range of data aquisition, data population, data management and data distribution.
After assuming this position, I oversaw the migration of local file geodatabase to an Army Installation ESRI Enterprise site. This task requires user administration, site configuration, publishing new data to an ESRI Spatial Database Engine (SDE) and integrating aerial imagery. Currently tasked with migrating the initial Army ESRI Portal to a more advanced ESRI Experience Builder.

Recent accomplishments include implementing mobile data collection tools using ESRI Field Maps installed on government phones. This tool empowers DP staff to both collect their own data and also provide geospatial mapping capabilities in the field. This has improved efficiencies that save hundreds of hours of data transformation, reduces the requirement of paper maps, and provides real-time geospatial situational awareness in the field. Other accomplishments include implementation of ESRI portal across the installation providing geospatial tools to staff further enhancing situational awareness. Another accomplishment is expanding the Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment base to expand Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), sub-centimeter data collection across multiple installation sites.

Promoted to GIS Manager at a critical transition time from one contractor staff to incoming staff. I interviewed and hired new staff, then guided them to quickly become productive staff that were familiar with a broad Department of Defense data set.

Avoided a break in geospatial services to DPW and insured compliance with the contractual requirements. Specific focus on Emergency Operations Center (EOC) capabilities, as required by the contract. I was quickly hired by the DPW to join the government staff to continue these immediate successes and to ensure continuity of operations.

Began this position as a GIS Coordinator and was quickly promoted to GIS Analyst.

Initial tasks were to automate processes using Python programming tools to enhance efficiencies, ensure data quality and to reduce efforts needed to distribute data. This resulted in a weekly production of over 1800 files in both PDF and Keyhole Markup Language file formats. This empowered DPW staff to receive GIS data in formats that did not require costly GIS software. Additionally, this enabled GIS staff to broaden their data acquisition efforts and to explore further automation projects. During the COVID pandemic, I led the team to acquire, normalize and input communication network systems data into GIS automated map products. This leveraged thousands of manhours that would otherwise been dormant due to the lapse of GIS service requirements during this period.

Other accomplishments were fielding Trimble tablet computers to provide government employees and contractors with GPS based field data collection capabilities. Worked with my colleagues to field other devices, such as iPad based mapping and redline systems to field with utility systems crews. This provided up-to-date mapping of utility systems and also provided the ability to update utility information for use in the GIS. This resulted in a win-win for both the GIS and utility service teams.

Quickly integrated into the GIS team. Recognized the requirement for Python programming to automate processes and provide data integrity checking. Utilized these skills to automate processes to capture GPS data and process data into GIS consumable format. Quickly recognized as a valued team member and was promoted into more responsible positions.

During my three years of residency at UCCS I focused on Geography integration to GIS and Programming for GIS.

I created my own website for my assignments in Internet GIS class along with using API’s and links to more than one page.

At PPCC I learned how to become a professional team player and to collaborate in order to accomplish group projects and disseminate information through presentations.

I minored in Geology and received an Associates of Science degree.

Field trips for Geology classes gave me experience in the field with types of soils and rocks.

The soils and rocks tell the past and present, which in turn will allow for a prediction into the future of the soil geomorphology.