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Department of Geography
College of Arts and Science
8 Stewart Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-6170

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Martin WillsMartin Wills
INet Administrator
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office:16 Stewart Hall
phone: 573-884-6959

Education

  • Manchester Metropolitan University
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
    B.S., 1997
    120 Semester Hours
    Major: Environmental Science
    Minor: Earth Science
    GPA: 4.0 out of 4.00
  • Oldham College of Technology
    Oldham, OL9 6AA
    United Kingdom
    BTEC Higher National Cert, 1993
    60 Semester Hours
    Major: Electrical Power Engineering
  • Oldham College of Technology
    Oldham, OL9 6AA
    United Kingdom
    BTEC Higher National Diploma, 1982
    60 Semester Hours
    Major: Mechanical Engineering
    Minor: Production Engineering

Experience

  • iNet Administrator
    Dates Employed: 11/1999 - present

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.

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

  • 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 contaminents. Prioritized daily workload and managed overtime working for team of twelve maintenance technicians.

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

  • Developed planned maintenance procedures for new tablet manufacturing facility.  Identified critcal 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

  • 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.)

  • Intern
    County of Erie
    Dept of Planning and Environment
    95 Franklin St.
    Buffalo, NY 14202
    Dates Employed: 05/1996-07/1996
  • Assistant on pilot watershed management project. Delineated watershed boundary using ArcInfo GIS software to create watershed map. Took part in field collection of water quality samples. Collated data from sampling effort and carried out statistical analysis of data using Excel and SPSS software. Applied water quality index to data to enable dissemination of complex water quality data to the watershed residents. Main author of scientific paper presenting the findings of the study. (Supervisor's Name: Mr Spencer P. Schofield. Phone: (716) 858 6926.)

  • 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
  • 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 aquisition 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
  • 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 ciruit 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
  • 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 Distibuted 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
  • UK Health and Safety Legislation for Engineers; 1997
  • Safe slinging and use of lifting equipment; 1994

Presentations and Publications

  • 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
  • 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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