Darren Murphy703-622-2448 * darren.murphy.a@gmail.com * www.linkedin.com/in/darrenmurphyxdrafter

SUMMARY

Career transitioning from the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) field into the Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) field with approximately two and half years of college-level educational courses in architectural drafting, building construction design-methods, and mathematics at Montgomery College, with a special focus on incorporating the principles of Building Information Modeling (BIM) within the building design industry, seeking an entry-level position with room to grow professionally.

EDUCATION

Computer-Aided Drafting for the Building Professional Certificate, Dean's List; GPA: 3.6Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 2015

Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Sciences George Mason University, Fairfax VA 2011

Master of Arts, Urban and Regional Planning University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2002

Bachelors of Arts, Biology; Bachelors of Science, Environmental Science and Policy

University of South Florida 1997

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

Autodesk's Revit 2016 – Architecture module; Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) module Autodesk's AutoCAD 2016 ESRI’s ArcGIS for Desktop, ver. 10.0 Microsoft’s Office 2010 - Access, Excel, Word, and Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Map Specialist Level III, Collins Consulting, Inc. 04/2012 – 03/2013Alexandria, VA

Supported the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Map Information eXchange (FMIX) by providing both general and technical guidance to the general public regarding FEMA’s complex regulatory Letter of Map Amendment application (LOMA) and Letter of Map Revision-Based on Fill (LOMR-F) processes.

Disseminated information by phone and email in accordance to FEMA's legally approved guidelines. Processed approximately 40-50 daily inbound calls in accordance to the company’s procedures and

metrics. Responded, in accordance to FEMA – approved language, to 10-12 e-mails within a daily 1-hour time

frame per the company’s established metrics. Resolved disputes between two or more parties pertaining to the NFIP’s flood insurance requirements. Acted as a liaison for FMIX-related problems as reported by the public, such as a mission-critical website

that was experiencing technical issues.

GIS Analyst II, District of Columbia Government 01/2010 – 04/2012Washington, DC

Assisted with the management of District of Columbia Government, Geographic Information System’s Master Address Repository, a complex geospatial database of building addresses, intersections, city blocks, residential units, and other location identifiers within Washington, DC.

Created automated geoprocessing models to run routine updates to specific, mission critical geospatial datasets that resulted in approximately 60% reduction in the amount of time.

Edited, updated and/or created geospatial data sets that were in accordance to DC GIS’s standards Respond to user-reported discrepancies, researched owner information, and relayed important changes to

public/private entities, such as the U.S. National Park Service and Google. Assisted in an annual project with the United States Postal Service to ensure address accuracy of

Washington, DC’s primary and secondary addresses, which resulted in a 4% match rate increase from 2010 to 2011 with an overall match rate of 95%.

Provided technical writing and editing support for the GIS Task Lead in publishing MAR-related online documentation and publications.

GIS Associate I, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. 05/2006 – 06/2009Alexandria, VA

Provided technical and administrative support, as part of FEMA’s Flood Map Modernization program, to process Letters of Map Revision (LOMR) - MT-2 applications.

Processed LOMR - MT-2 applications, using ESRI’s Production Line Tool Set for ArcGIS 9.2. Completed 6 - 8 LOMR - MT-2 applications per month in accordance to my company’s set metrics Reconciled and posted database updates to FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer geospatial database. Acted as a liaison between the Lead Engineer, the Quality Control Analyst and the FEMA official, who

issued the final approval.

OTHER RELEATED EXPERIENCES

Urban and Regional Planner/Project Manager, Loudon County Government 08/2005 – 02/2006Leesburg, VA

Coordinated federal, state, and local agency referral comments and applicant responses under specified County and State statutory timelines; Presided in pre-application meetings for the purpose of providing guidance to an applicant about the allowable density/intensity in accordance to the County’s Growth Management Plan and Zoning regulations; Negotiated proffers (cash contributions from the applicant) with rezoning applications and wrote conditions of approval for special exception applications; Prepared various land use applications (rezonings, zoning ordinance modifications, special exceptions and commission permits) pursuant to either the County’s GMP and/or Zoning Regulations for official public hearings.

HONOR SOCIETY

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society member (Montgomery College, Rockville, MD)

AWARDS

Michael Baker Jr., Inc. - Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of contributions to FEMA’s Map Modernization Program - National Flood Hazard Layer 03/2009

PUBLICATIONS“Takin' It to the Streets - Updating Washington, DC's City Blocks,” (http://arcg.is/1PKehcw), ArcNews, Spring 2012: 14-15. Print