Jeff Karmazin

Professional Experience

Lead GIS responsibilities for local, county, and state hazard mitigation plans
Perform vulnerability analyses and risk modelling to determine risk to critical facilities, structures, and populations
Lead advanced analysis in FEMA’s HAZUS for flood, earthquake, and hurricane models
Coordinate with clients on data and product delivery
Perform GIS tasks for the National Flood Insurance Program and other floodplain mapping clients
Provide meeting materials for flood risk review meetings as part of FEMA’s RiskMAP
Create graphics for public meetings and perform other planning related tasks
Technical writing and outreach materials for FEMA Natural Hazard Risk Assessment Program; Hazus and National Risk Index
Work closely with FEMA Region 3 Service Center lead to create model directories while performing QC for existing county DFIRMS for state of Virginia
Utilize ESRI apps for field work data collection; Survey123 and Field Maps

Perform market analysis, site suitability analysis, and demographic analysis to help clients reach their commercial real estate needs
Perform spatial analysis and create high quality cartographic materials through ArcGIS Desktop, Business Analyst, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Maintain ArcGIS Online maps, feature classes, and dashboards
Create and update datasets, maintain and clean current databases, edit spatial features
Market research and customer foot traffic analysis in Placer.ai
Work on multiple projects at a time, manage deadlines, ensure accuracy and efficiency

Assist in the data collection, analysis, and reporting on an environmental research study in Philadelphia regarding litter accumulation and habits
Collect data weekly in inclement weather and report observations
Update datasets, update GIS maps, and perform analysis
Regularly create presentations and report findings to a panel of city agencies and NGOs including the Philadelphia Water Department, Tacony Tookany-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Streets Department, SEPTA, and more
Create blog weekly blog posts, monthly and quarterly reports
Train new staff members on procedures
Engage with community members and answer their questions

Focus on development of GIS Programming Languages including R, SQL, and Python
Utilize ESRI products and Open Source products such as ArcGIS, QGIS, InkScape, and PostGIS
Development cartographic techniques
Active member within the Temple GIS Community

Focus on Urban Planning, Green Infrastructure, and Geographic Information Systems
Obtained undergraduate certificate in GIS
Student Speaker at GIS day, Active member of Environmental Club
Tiny Sustainable House Design finalist
Graduated with honors