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Mr. Martin Wills

 Education

Experience

iNet Administrator

    University of Missouri, Columbia
    Geographic Resources Center
    16 Stewart Hall
    Columbia, MO 65211-6170
    Dates Employed: 11/1999-Present
    Grade Level: Specialist
    Hours per Week: 40

    Design and  maintain websites using advanced HTML, including forms to e-mail and JavaScript form validation, JavaScript for mouseovers, dropdown menus and other functionality.  Extensive use of Adobe Photoshop to create buttons and web compatible images.  Good experience of Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks. Setting up and administration of Apache webserver and SSL on win32 operating systems. Examples of my work as follows:  ASPRS (American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing),  MSDIS (Missouri Spatial Data Information Service), MSDIS-Mapper (Internet Map Server utilizing ESRI's ArcIMS Software), GRC (Geographic Resources Center), University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Geography and Southwest Swimming Association.

Engineering Planner Coordinator
    AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
    Mereside Engineering Services
    Alderley Park
    Macclesfield, SK10-4TG
    United Kingdom
    Dates Employed: 07/1998-11/1998
    Hours per Week: 37.5

    Developed planned maintenance procedures for critical items of engineering plant including air handling systems, animal drinking water systems, laboratory gas supply systems and portable electrical appliances. Liaised with departmental and laboratory managers to schedule plant shutdowns for essential maintenance. Responded to plant and equipment breakdowns and organized rapid repair or replacement. Organized removal and disposal of redundant plant and equipment with due respect to hazardous materials including radioactive contaminants. Prioritized daily workload and managed overtime working for team of twelve maintenance technicians. (Supervisor's Name: Mr N Furmston. Phone: +1 44 1625 516095.)

Technical Clerk
    AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
    Hurdsfield Industrial Estate
    Macclesfield, SK10-2NA
    United Kingdom
    Dates Employed: 11/1997-07/1998
    Hours per Week: 37.5

    Developed planned maintenance procedures for new tablet manufacturing facility.  Identified critical spares for new plant and created on-line spares catalog. Ordered spares inventory. Developed procedures for calibration and performance monitoring for critical instrumentation. Responded to plant breakdowns, organized speedy repair operations with due respect to health, safety and environment. (Supervisor's Name: Mr Clive Callister. Phone: +1 44 1625 513739.)

Amphibian Team Leader
    Hyder Environmental
    Howard Court
    Manor Park
    Runcorn, WA7-1SJ
    United Kingdom
    Dates Employed: 06/1997-11/1997
    Hours per Week: 40

    Lead small field teams trapping and translocating protected amphibian species as part of environmental impact mitigation prior to airport construction. Created new habitat for translocated animals. Conducted macro invertebrate sampling of ponds affected by construction project to check for protected species. (Supervisor's Name: Ms Emma Steven. Phone: +1 44 1928 579955.)

Laboratory Technician
    University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
    Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering
    Sackville St.
    Manchester, M60-1QD
    United Kingdom
    Dates Employed: 02/1994-09/1994
    Hours per Week: 37.5

    Conducted laboratory and on site testing of structural cast iron beams. Assembled, commissioned and modified test laboratory and on site test rigs. Installed all instrumentation for tests, recorded all test data using computerised data acquisition equipment. Organized all equipment and transport for site tests and completed tests on time and within budget. (Supervisor's Name: Mr T. Swailes. Phone: +1 44 161 236 3311.)

Plant Engineer
    GEC Alstom Turbine Generators
    Barton Aerodynamics Laboratory
    Mercury Way
    Manchester, M31-2LD
    United Kingdom
    Dates Employed: 01/1987-02/1994
    Hours per Week: 37.5

    Implemented repairs and maintenance and modifications of plant, test rigs and buildings. Produced specifications and budgets for projects. Supervised contractors undertaking project work on site. Visited contractors to solve manufacturing problems. Setup safety test procedures for portable electrical equipment and residual current circuit breakers to comply with legislation. Reorganized and operated site purchasing system, negotiated prices with suppliers. (Supervisor's Name: Mr John Ringrose ret.)

Production Engineer
    GEC Alstom Turbine Generators
    Trafford Park Works
    Westinghouse Road
    Manchester, M60-1AE
    United Kingdom
    Dates Employed: 11/1982-01/1987
    Hours per Week: 39.5

    Procured materials for manufacture of large steam turbine components from internal and external sources. Compiled and checked inspection records for finished goods prior to shipment. Assisted in the introduction of a computerised workshop scheduling system. (Supervisor's Name: Mr Andrew Towers.)

Job-related skills & training
    Building a Distributed GIS Using ESRI's ArcIMS Software, Pre-conference Seminar, San Diego, CA - June 2000
    WWWPlannerTM. Planning for website design.  Memberware Technologies, Bethesda, Maryland; Dec 1999
    Introductory training for volunteer water quality monitors; 1999
    Introduction to HTML & website design; 1999;
    SAP R3; 1998
    Microsoft Windows '95, NT4, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Exchange; 1998
Conferences & Seminars

Presentation Given

  • Getting GIS Data from MSDIS, Missouri Mappers Association Conference, Columbia, MO - November 2001
  • MSDIS Mapper - Publishing GIS Data using ArcIMS, Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO - March 2001
  • MSDIS - Navigating the MSDIS Website, Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO - March 2001

Conferences Attended

  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Fall Specialty Conference, Charleston, SC - October 2003
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Anchorage, AK - May 2003
  • Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO - March 2003
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Fall PECORA Specialty Conference, Denver, CO - November 2002
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Washington DC - May 2002
  • MidAmerica GIS Conference, Kansas City, MO - April 2002
  • Missouri Mappers Association Conference, Columbia, MO - November 2001
  • ESRI 2001 International User Conference, San Diego,CA - July 2001
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO - May 2001
  • Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO - March 2001
  • ESRI 2000 International User Conference, San Diego,CA - June 2000
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Washington DC - May 2000
  • Mid America GIS Symposium, Lake of the Ozarks, MO - May 2000.
Publications
    Wills, M. and K.N. Irvine (1996) Application of the National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index in the Cazenovia Creek, NY, Pilot Watershed Management Project. Middle States Geographer, 29:95-104
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