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Candidate for Board - Michael Lovett, GISP

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Candidate for Board
Michael W. Lovett, GISP

Professional Experience:

  • 1989 to Present - Senior Project Manager, CDM, Maitland, Florida

  • 1983 to 1988 - Senior Project Manager, Mid States Engineering, Inc., Tampa, Florida

  • 1980 to 1983 - Project Manager, Chicago Aerial Survey, Des Plaines, Illinois

  • 1979 to 1980 - Engineering Designer, Berns, Clancy and Associates, Urbana, Illinois

  • 1976 to 1979 - Quality Assurance Manager, Chicago Aerial Survey, Des Plaines, Illinois

  • 1972 to 1967 - Field Supervisor/Photogrammetric Technician, Harry S. Johnson Companies, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • 1968 to 1972 - Engineering/Surveying/Mapping Technician, Charles S. Danner, Consulting Engineers

Education:

  • Certified GIS Professional, 2007

  • CDMU, Continuing Educational and Professional Development courses, Orlando, Florida, 1996 - Present

  • International Institute for Learning, Inc., Project Management for Information Technology Professionals, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999

  • Hillsborough Community College, Computer Science (various courses), Tampa, Florida, 1986-1988

  • Midwest Industrial Management Association, Masters Certificate Supervision Development, Chicago, Illinois 1978-1982

  • William Rainey Harper College, Business Management (various courses), Chicago, Illinois, 1977-1978

  • Parkland College, Construction Technology (various courses), Urbana, Illinois, 1970-1971

URISA Activities:

  • 2008: URISA Annual Conference Program Chair

  • 2008: URISA Workshop Development Committee Co-Chair

  • 2007: URISA Annual Conference Program Junior Chair

  • 2007 – 2008: URISA Leadership Academy Session 1 Instructor

  • 2007 – 2008: URISA Leadership Academy Session 1 Co-Author

  • 2007 – 2008: URISA Leadership Academy Committee Member

  • 2007 Recipient of the URISA Service Award

  • 2005: URISA Chapter Relations Committee Member

  • 2005 – Present: URISA Annual Conference Committee

  • 2005 – 2007: URISA Workshop Development Committee Chair

  • 2004: URISA Workshop Development Committee Co-chair

  • 2003 – Present: Workshop Development Committee Member

  • 2004 – Present: URISA Certified Workshop Instructor

  • 2000 – Present: URISA Member

Florida Chapter of URISA Activities

  • 2007 – Present: Florida Chapter of URISA Past-President

  • 2005 – 2007: Florida Chapter of URISA President

  • 2003 – 2005: Florida Chapter of URISA Secretary

  • 2002 – 2003: Florida Chapter of URISA Vice-President

  • 1999 – 2002: Florida Chapter of URISA Suncoast Region Director

  • 1998 – Present: Florida Chapter of URISA Member

Other Professional Activities:

• Past Member ASPRS
• Past Member GITA (previously known as AM/FM International)
• Past Member American Society For Quality Control

Statement of Membership:

I have been in the geospatial profession for a very long time and have a desire and drive to continue to give back to this great profession. Being a part of URISA over the years has strengthened my desire to further progress our profession both on a local and international level. I have had the honor to sit in on a number of the Board meetings over the past few years and firmly believe that I can contribute in a number a ways to help the organization continue going in the direction that our past and present leaders have set.

Some highlights on the organization’s direction I see our leaders on the Board addressing in the coming years include:

• Growth - Increased individual memberships

  • Increase services
  • Increase exposure internationally
  • Explore joint association memberships
  • Explore providing specialized facilitation/coordination/management services to help build the geospatial industry

• Sponsorships - Increase corporate memberships

  • Increase services and exposure to the geospatial industry

  • Develop external URISA implementation teams

  • Explore agency (City, County, State, and Government) memberships

• Education - Increased knowledge transfer out to our membership

  • Increase workshop offers (2-hour, 4-hour and 1 day) either web-based or instructor-led.

  • Develop structured mentoring program for URISA’s emerging professionals

  • Adjust URISA’s educational workshop offer process to increase the participation on a more local level.

• Cooperation - Increased cooperation between geospatial organizations

  • Legal issues

  • Conferences

  • Membership

The skills and talent that I bring along with many years of experience in the industry include leadership, mentoring, team building, facilitation and conflict avoidance/management, along with a desire to balance the cost of providing services with the actual available funding sources.

I greatly appreciate this nomination to further provide service to URISA on the Board of Directors and ask for your support.

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