Job Placement
Earning your MGIS degree from the University of Minnesota will benefit your career and give you the opportunity to make a real difference in your chosen field. Whether you use your GIS knowledge to empower communities, plan urban transportation systems, chart evaculation paths, help the environment, increase market share, or pioneer new software applications, as a MGIS graduate, you'll always be in the company of your field's brightest minds and top achievers.
We provide a complete listing of our graduates and their current positions on this page.
2020
| Student Name & Graduation Date | Current Position |
| Meric Birol February 2020 |
GIS Technician, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Zhuo Chen May 2020 |
Job search in progress |
| Anders Hopkins May 2020 |
Geospatial analyst and manager, U.S. Geological Survey, St.Paul, Minnesota |
| Sarah Jones January 2020 |
Administrative Manager, Energy Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Xiaoran Li May 2020 |
Job search in progress |
| Megan Luick May 2020 |
Job search in progress |
| Travis Ornsby May 2020 |
Geospatial instuctor, Esri, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Emily Ruetz May 2020 |
Job search in progress |
| Hannah White May 2020 |
Data management specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska |
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2019
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Alysha Alloway
December 2019Job search in progress Carly Anderson
May 2019Geospatial analyst and manager, Visible City, Minneapolis, Minnesota Han Bao
May 2019Doctoral candidate, Geoinformatics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Ryan Bowe
December 2019Quality Control Team Lead, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Discipline, Woolpert, Dayton, Ohio Whitney DeLong
May 2019Conservation Easement & Support Analyst, Lands and Minerals, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota Kathy Dooley
May 2019Educator, Destination SPACE (Satellite Program for Aerospace-Centered Education), Asheville, North Carolina Brynn Johnson
December 2019Job search in progress Jasper Johnson
May 2019Doctoral candidate, Geography, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul Alison Link
May 2019Data/Analytics Developer, Academic Support Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Anna McGraw
May 2019GIS Analyst, Navico, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota Hitomi Nakamura
May 2019Geospatial Specialist, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Denver, Colorado Venkateswara Navuri
May 2019GIS Solutions Engineer, 3-GIS, Decatur, Alabama Young Shin Park
December 2019Doctoral candidate, Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul Elise Rosengren
May 2019GIS Technician, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota Coleman Shepard
May 2019Safety Data Fellow, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. Galen Sjostrom
August 2019Transportation Program Specialist, Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota Nicholas Stoterau
May 2019GIS Analyst, Cushman and Wakefield, Minneapolis, Minnesota Lauren Strug
December 2019GIS Programmer, California Center for Sustainable Communities, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Erik Thorkelson
December 2019GIS Analyst, SRF Consulting Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota Michael Wethington
May 2019Doctoral candidate, Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York Jiateng Xu
May 2019Product Engineer, Research & Development Center, Esri, Beijing, China Zhiwei Yan
May 2019Master of Science candidate, Data Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul -
2018
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Jake Arndt
May 2018Geospatial Imagery Data Scientist, Geographic Data Science Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee Rebecca Barney
May 2018Cartographer, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. Kevin Ehrman-Solberg
June 2018Doctoral candidate, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Tobias Fimpel
May 2018GIS Analyst, Enterprise GIS, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Travis Fried
May 2018Research Analyst, World Research Institute, Washington, D.C. Jacob Hartle
May 2018Support Analyst, Educational Support Services Department, Esri, Redlands, California Lewei He
May 2018Geographer/GIS Professional, Kaart Group, San Francisco, California Nicole Helgeson
December 2018GIS Specialist II, City of Saint Paul, Minnesota Rachel Hoveland
May 2018Data Analyst, Pheasants Forever, St. Paul, Minnesota Melisa Larsen
December 2018Optional Practical Training Cara Leitheiser
July 2018GIS Associate Consultant, ERM: Environmental Resources Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota Chris Mavis
May 2018Hennepin County Surveyor, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota Dorothy Shreve
December 2018GIS Analyst, Lowe Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia Megan Sisko
December 2018GIS Technician, Minnesota Geospatial Information Office, MN.IT, St. Paul, Minnesota Frank Wagner
September 2018Cartographer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bloomington, MN Meng Wang
December 2018GIS Technician, Kaart @ Facebook, California Peter Wiringa
May 2018Computing Geospatial Analyst, U-Spatial, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Boxuan Xia
December 2018GIS Technician, Department of Real Estate & Housing, City of Wilmington, Delaware Josh Zoellmer
May 2018Geologist, Kraemer Mining and Materials, Burnsville, Minnesota -
2017
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Issa Al Hinai
December 2017GIS Deputy Manager, Muscat Municipality, Oman Grant Cooper
December 2017Geospatial Analyst, East View Geospatial, Minneapolis, Minnesota Fartun Dirie
May 2017GIS Analyst, GIS Office, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota Adam Gardner
June 2017GIS Analyst, Public Works Department, City of St. Paul, Minnesota Grace (Johnson) Cooper
August 2017Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Ethan Mooar
May 2017Realty Specialist, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bloomington, Minnesota Jeremy Moore
March 2017President and Owner, Elevate GIS Solutions, Minneapolis MN and Steamboat Springs, Colorado Jeff Reinhart
May 2017GIS Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Cooperative Forest Management Program, St. Paul, Minnesota Dylan Richardson
December 2017Data Engineer, C.H. Robinson, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Andrea (Samuelson) Borich
May 2017Groundwater Information Specialist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, Minnesota Mitchell Schaps
May 2017Paraprofessional, MNGEO, and GIS Coordinator, Catholic Charities, Minnesota Rachel (Stobb) Mitcavish
May 2017GIS Analyst/Developer, Historical Information Gatherers, Inc., Hopkins, Minnesota Julieann Swanson
June 2017Associate Transportation Planner, Public Works Department, City of Minneapolis, Minnesota -
2016
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Colleen Anderson
January 2016Engineering Technician, Volk Field, Air National Guard, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin Sara Austin
December 2016Project Manager and Visualization Coordinator, Antea Group, St. Paul, Minnesota Sarah Belcher
May 2016GIS Consultant, ERM: Environmental Resources Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota Robert Cahalan
December 2016GIS Manager, Midwest Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota Michael Clementz
May 2016Senior GIS Analyst, Ecolab, St. Paul, Minnesota Andrea Eglinton
May 2016GIS Specialist, Wright County, Minnesota Daniel Heins
May 2016UAS Coordinator, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Geovanna Hinojoza
May 2016Doctoral student, University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain Katrina (Marklevits) Stroud
May 2016Wildlife Biologist/GIS Specialist, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Stephen Peyton
May 2016Frontend Engineer, Arcadia Power, Washington, D.C. Devon Piernot
May 2016Platform Configuration Engineer, Esri, Eagan, Minnesota Carl Reim
December 2016Principal Transportation Planning Analyst, Hennepin County, Medina, MN Sharvari Sangle
December 2016Lead GIS Developer, SRF Consulting, Minneapolis, Minnesota Teran Smith
May 2016GIS Technician, US Fish and Wildlife Service, St. Paul, Minnesota Kent Treichel
December 2016Assistant Director, Tax Research, Minnesota Department of Revenue, St. Paul, Minnesota -
2015
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Christopher Anderson
May 2015Web Application Developer, RESPEC Consulting and Services, Roseville, Minnesota Christopher Brink
May 2015GIS Production Specialist/Journeyman Cartographer, East View Geospatial, Minneapolis, Minnesota Jason Dally
April 2015GIS Technician, CenterPoint Energy, Minneapolis, Minnesota Yiren Ding
August 2015Graduate Student, Computer Science, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts David Hill
August 2015Student Program Advisor, Student Unions & Activities, University of Minnesota Shoumith Jeyakumar
May 2015GIS Support Analyst, Esri, Redlands, California Thomas Krumel
May 2015Doctoral candidate in Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut M. Taylor Long
May 2015User Interface Designer, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York Ryan Mattke
May 2015Head of the John R. Borchert Map Library, University of Minnesota Maureen McFarlane
December 2015GIS Applications Specialist, Barr Engineering, Minneapolis, Minnesota Agata Miszczyk
May 2015Solution Engineer, Commercial - Logistics, Esri, St. Paul, Minnesota Joseph Mueller
May 2015GIS Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota Andrew Nelson
December 2015GIS Analyst, Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc., Hamel, Minnesota Joshua Orness
May 2015Independent GIS Consultant, Minneapolis, Minnesota Paul Paddock
December 2015GIS Technician II, Randstad Engineering, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Kathryn Purdham
May 2015GIS Coordinator, Nobles County, Minnesota Andrew Reicks
May 2015GIS Specialist 2, CDM Smith, Chicago, Illinois Jennifer Reinke
December 2015Developer, Carmichael Lynch, Minneapolis, Minnesota Kathryn Stinebaugh
May 2015Epidemiologist, Tuberculosis Control Unit, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota Andrew Walz
May 2015GIS and System Engineer, LuminFire, Minneapolis, Minnesota Kyle Wikstrom
May 2015GIS Solutions Engineer, Pro-West & Associates, Walker, Minnesota Yiqun Xie
September 2015Doctoral candidate in Computer Science, University of Minnesota -
2014
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Corey Betchwars
June 2014Geologic Information Specialist, Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota Ben Gosack
May 2014GIS Analyst, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN Tyler Kaebisch
December 2014Project Manager of Geospatial Services, Ayres Associates, Madison, Wisconsin Teresa Lewandowski
May 2014Web Application Developer, SetSight, Minneapolis, MN and LewiCool Consulting, LLC, St. Paul, Minnesota Yiwen Li
May 2014GIS Specialist, Montana Tech/Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Montana Yuanyuan Luo
December 2014Product Engineer, ESRI Software Products Division, Redlands, California Fukhrudin Maalim
May 2014Research Fellow, National Center for Food Protection and Defense, University of Minnesota Chris Martin
December 2014Esri Professional Services, Boston, Massachusetts Michael Moore
May 2014Web and GIS Engineer, LuminFire, Minneapolis, Minnesota Andrew Munsch
December 2014GIS Analyst, University Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Stephen Palka
May 2014Application Support Specialist, MN.IT/MnDOT, St. Paul, Minnesota Benjamin Post
June 2014Senior Software Engineer, Polaris Industries, Minnesota Jessica Sweet
May 2014GEOINT Analyst, Maritime Division, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC Molly McDonald
May 2014GIS Analyst, 106 Group, St. Paul, Minnesota -
2013
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Gayatri Alapati
December 2013GIS Developer, VNuIT, San Diego, California Joshua Dunsmoor
December 2013GIS Analyst, Steel Shire Design, Dundas, Minnesota Mark Ellefson
December 2013Channel Survey Specialist, Stream Habitat Program, Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota Stephen Gazdik
December 2013GIS Analyst, WSB, Minneapolis, Minnesota Kari Geurts
December 2013GIS and IT Specialist, Forestry Division, Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota Kris Johnson
December 2013Research Scientist, Natural Resources Research Institute, Duluth, Minnesota Brad Johnston
December 2013GIS Specialist, Carver County, Minnesota Patrick Liddle
June 2013GIS consultant, Durham, North Carolina Karen Majewicz
November 2013CIC Geospatial Project Metadata Coordinator, Borchert Map Library, University of Minnesota Chris Matthews
December 2013Director of International Market Analysis, Best Buy, Richfield, Minnesota James McLees
January 2013Principal GIS Analyst, Scott County, Minnesota Mike Mommsen
December 2013Backend Developer, Airbus Aerial, Atlanta, Georgia Jane Mueller
December 2013GIS Director and 911 Coordinator, Beltrami County, Minnesota Weber Pires de Sa Junior
December 2013CEO, SATMAP, Sao Paulo, Brazil Stephen Shurson
December 2013Landscape Architect, Three Rivers Park District, Plymouth, Minnesota Matthew Swanson
December 2013Retired Hydrogeologist/Imagery & Geospatial Analyst, Minnesota Matt Taraldsen
May 2013Spatial Data Manager, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency/MNIT, St. Paul, Minnesota Lucas Winzenburg
December 2013Editor-in-Chief, The Backpacking Journal, Berlin, Germany Qiushi Zhang
December 2013GIS Analyst, Wuhan City, China -
2012
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Jason Andersen
June 2012Web Developer, First Bank, Denver, Colorado Patrick Baldwin
December 2012GIS Specialist, Flat Rock Geographics, St. Paul, Minnesota Ben Butzow
May 2012GIS Application Developer, MnDOT Office of Transportation Management Systems, MnIT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul Tom Chambers
June 2012GIS Analyst, Optum Health, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Keith Erickson
January 2012Geospatial Software Engineer, Digital Globe, Golden, Colorado Craig Hanson
July 2012GIS Analyst, Data Transfer Solutions, Orlando, Florida Cole Kelleher
December 2012Cartographer and Support Coordinator, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Michael Lau
July 20123D Product Engineer, ESRI, Redlands, California Anthony Monsour
July 2012Principal GIS Analyst/GIS Developer, Scott County, Minnesota Alphonce Nicholaus
June 2012GIS Consultant, African Wildlife Foundation, Washington, D.C. Sean O'Brien
May 2012Business Operations Specialist, U.S. Bank, Twin Cities, Minnesota Jane Onorati
May 2012GIS Services Coordinator, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, Minnesota Youseng Park
June 2012Independent GIS Consultant, Seoul, Korea Chad Sigler
May 2012Investigator, Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (ATF), St. Paul, Minnesota Roscoe Sopiwnik
May 2012Senior Environmental Scientist/GIS Specialist, Leonard Rice Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota Daniel Sward
May 2012Facility Information Services Manager, University Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Zach Tagar
November 2012GIS Project Manager, Israeli Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel Zeb Thomas
August 2012GIS Data Systems Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota Norine Wilczek
December 2012GIS Specialist, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Roseville, Minnesota -
2011
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Justin Bakken
May 2011GIS Senior Consultant, Environmental Resource Management (ERM), Minneapolis, Minnesota Jessica Campbell
May 2011Cartographer, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Minnesota Kelly Carpenter
May 2011GIS Specialist, Barr Engineering, Minneapolis, Minnesota Cat Geason
May 2011Independent GIS consultant, Minnesota Tim Gladhill
December 2011Community Development Director, City of Ramsey, Minnesota Jason Gottfried
August 2011Senior Transportation Planner, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota Heather Hegi
May 2011GIS Technician, City of Golden Valley, Minnesota Daniel Hess
May 2011Independent GIS Consultant, Minnesota Nhu Hoang
May 2011E-4 Specialist, United States Army Thomas Juntunen
June 2011GIS Specialist, Polar Geospatial Center, Minneapolis, MN Don Kilberg
December 2011Senior State Program Administrator, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota Kathryn Klatt
June 2011Environmental Data Technician, de maximis Data Management Solutions, St. Paul, Minnesota John Koenigs
December 2011Help Desk Representative, Cityworks, Azteca Systems, West Bend, Wisconsin Vikrant Krishna
March 2011GIS Developer, WSB & Associates, Minnesota Neha Kulkarni
August 2011GIS/LiDAR Analyst, Geomatics Group, Tetra Tech Inc., Lafayette, CA Matthew Lindholm
December 2011City Planner, City of Isanti, Minnesota Molly Martin
May 2011GIS Principal, St. Louis County, Minnesota Bennett Morris
May 2011Senior Geospatial Analyst, Kohler Corporation, Kohler, Wisconsin Ashley Nepp
May 2011GIS Lab Instructor, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota Noel Peterson
May 2011Senior Analyst, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Claire Porter
April 2011Remote Sensing Specialist, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota Kerry Ritterbusch
May 2011Data Quality Assurance Analyst, Dohmen Life Science Services, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Prakash Singh
January 2011Lead Software Engineer Digital Catalyst, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco, California Kody Thurnau
December 2011Research Specialist/GIS Coordinator, Minnesota Housing, St. Paul, Minnesota Maggie Voth
May 2011Natural Resources GIS Specialist, Environmental Resources Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota -
2010
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Brian Behling
September 2010Senior Software Engineer, Trimble, Denver, Colorado Kyle Chester
December 2010Account Manager, Electric, Gas and Utilities, ESRI, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Brendan Dischinger
May 2010GIS Analyst, Vistronix Intelligence & Technology Solutions, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas Tony Drollinger
September 2010Commuter Programs Specialist, Metro Transit, Minnesota Alyssa Erickson
May 2010Senior Data Analyst, Portico Benefit Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota Michael Foster
December 2010Carto Curaton Manager, Apple, Cupertino, California Sara Franck
March 2010Doctoral Candidate , Anthropology, University of Minnesota Kami Gish
June 2010Business Analyst, Delta Airlines E-Commerce Team, Delta Global Staffing, Minnesota John Hackett
January 2010GIS Analyst, Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota Drew Hanson
May 2010Associate Planner/GIS Analyst, Puget Sound Regional Council, Seattle, Washington Eric Hanson
December 2010Senior IT Specialist-GIS, Hennepin County Brad Herried
December 2010Senior Cartographer, Apple Maps, Apple, Cupertino, California Yaling Huang
May 2010Independent GIS consultant, Minneapolis, MN Jenny Immich
May 2010GIS Analyst, City of Boulder, Colorado Tim Jacobson
December 2010Business Analyst, Frontier Communications, Burnsville, Minnesota Chiu-Yi Liu
August 2010Project Manager, Lidar Technology Co. Mark Magnuson
July 2010Doctoral candidate, Karlstads universitet, Sweden Erik Olson
March 2010Fish and Wildlife Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service Greg Schulz
December 2010GIS Developer, Target Corporation, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Brian Udell
January 2010Geospatial Technology Manager, Deloitte, Minneapolis, Minnesota David Zehavi
June 2010GIS Data Analyst, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota -
2009
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Nathan Aamot
May 2009Senior GIS Technical Lead, Optum Technology, Minneapolis, Minnesota Clay Austin
December 2009Senior Software Engineer, Innovate, Minneapolis, Minnesota Thomas Goerger
December 2009Product Engineer, TransUnion, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Chacko Jacob
December 2009Vice President of Global Technology and Business Development, Farmers Edge, Calgary, Canada Rachel Jordan
December 2009Independent GIS Analyst, Montana Michael Kasel
December 2009Senior GIS Analyst, AudaExplore, Eagan, Minnesota Len Kne
April 2009U-Spatial Associate Director, University of Minnesota -
2008
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position David Bryson
May 2008Senior Solutions Engineer, CartoDB, Denver, Colorado Elizabeth Fairley
May 2008Geospatial Data Seward & Metadata Custodian, Geospatial Agency, Washington DC Metro Area James Gonsoski
November 2008GIS Specialist, Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities, Minnesota Kim Gorman
December 2008Senior Project Manager/Operations Manager, TetraTech, Bloomington, Minnesota Justin Hansen
May 2008GIS Specialist, WSB & Associates, Minnesota Kevin Horne
December 2008GIS Analyst , Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota Erin Kees
April 2008Program Manager, Ancillary Programs Group, Xcel Energy, Minneapolis, Minnesota James Lind
May 2008GIS Specialist, Barr Engineering, Minneapolis, Minnesota Andrew Miller
December 2008Engineering Analyst, Dakota Electric Association, Farmington, Minnesota Anne Morris
January 2008Remediation GIS Analyst, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, Minnesota Andres Munoz
August 2008GIS Analyst, City of Hollywood, Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area, Florida Babajide Odulana
September 2008GIS Analyst, City of Memphis, TN Nicole Paripovich
June 2008GIS Manager, Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin Zhuo (Joe) Song
January 2008Solution Architect/Manager, Accenture, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Jason Thyen
August 2008GIS Coordinator , Maine Turnpike Authority, Portland, Maine Yongli Xu
August 2008Independent Consultant , West Lafayette, Indiana -
2007
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Sara (Dolan) Sanchez
December 2007Product Engineer, ESRI, Redlands, California Jacqueline Hamilton
January 2007Geologic Information Specialist, MN Geological Survey, Minnesota Ingibjorg Jakobsdottir
June 2007GIS Volunteer, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana Ryan Koehnen
December 2007Senior Software Engineer, de maximis Data Management Solutions, Inc., Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Tami Maddio
May 2007GIS Coordinator, IT Dept., City of Eagan, Minnesota Eric Marquardt
September 2007Senior GIS Consultant, Optum, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Jason Menard
March 2007GIS Data Analyst, Lake Superior Consulting, Bloomington, Minnesota Nishi Mishra
December 2007Technical Project Manager, Critigen, Seattle, Washington Lawrence Peters, Jr.
February 2007Pension Account Technician, Alews Retirement Solutions, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Jesse Reinhardt
December 2007GIS Manager, GIS Office, Hennepin County, Minnesota Ralph Rye
December 2007Computer Software Professional/Consultant, Duluth, Minnesota Damon Sather
July 2007Senior GIS Analyst, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Chicago, Illinois Lise Schmidt
April 2007Attorney, St. Paul, Minnesota Tom Swanson
December 2007Chief Enterprise Architect, Office of Innovation and Technology, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rebecca Vick
January 2007Healthcare Economics Consultant, United Health Group, Twin Cities, Minnesota Paul Wickman
December 2007Senior Director of Technology for Mining and Energy, RESPEC, Roseville, Minnesota -
2006
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Mark Andrle
January 2006GIS Specialist, City of New Brighton, New Brighton, Minnesota Sarun Apichontrakul
October 2006Researcher, Geo-Informatics Center for the Development of NE Thailand, Khon Kaen University, Thailand Julie Beitler
May 2006Engineering Coordinator, CenterPoint Energy, Minnesota Thomas Breed
January 2006Software Development Engineer, Amazon Corporation, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota Rebecca Colwell
May 2006GIS Manager, Will County, Joliet, Illinois Hugh Dittrich
June 2006Senior GIS Analyst, U.S. Navy, California Jessica Fendos
May 2006ArcGIS Server System Administrator, Ramsey County, Minnesota Karl Hillstrom
June 2006GIS Specialist, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Eric Myott
May 2006GIS Analyst, Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, University of Minnesota Vinay Nangia
October 2006Team Leader and Senior Hydrologist, International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat Prefecture, Morocco Ganapathy Narayanaraj
September 2006Visiting Scientist/Associate of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, MCZ Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Crystal Phillips-Mustain
February 2006GIS Manager, City of Palm Bay, Florida Jim Platt
January 2006Conservation Data Node Manager, The Nature Conservancy, Minnesota Chad Riley
June 2006IT Manager, GIS & Software, Carver Co., Minnesota Jake Schwietering
May 2006Engineering Coordinator, CenterPoint Energy, Minnesota Jeff Walsh
May 2006Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Whirrx, Cottage Grove, Minnesota -
2005
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Cheyee Chen
November 2005Senior GIS Analyst, City of Irvine, California Jon Michael Engels
June 2005Software Developer II, Explore Information, Eagan, Minnesota Peter Giencke
December 2005GIS Specialist, Google Inc., Mountain View, California John Mackiewicz
March 2005Senior GIS Project Manager, WSB & Associates, Minnesota Manjula Nandiraju
January 2005Business Intelligence Administrator, University of Maryland Community Medical Group, Baltimore, Maryland Bryan Pittman
December 2005GIS Specialist, WSB Engineering, Golden Valley, Minnesota Jindong Wu
October 2005Assistant Professor of Geography, California State University, Fullerton -
2004
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Andrea Bergman
May 2004GIS Specialist, MN Department of Natural Resources, Division of Waters, Minnesota Robert Bowen
June 2004Post-Doctoral Associate, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marcelle Caturia
July 2004Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center, Denver, Colorado Hsin-Fang Chang
August 2004GIS Analyst, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Jeffery Coate
April 2004GIS Administrator/Web Developer, 3M Transportation Safety Division, Minnesota Jessica Deegan
August 2004Director of Federal Affairs, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Stephan Dunning
February 2004Senior Program Director, Optum Labs, Minneapolis, Minnesota Richard Morey
October 2004Assistant Director (Retired), Surveying and Mapping Section, Office of Land Management, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation Brian Mueller
September 2004GIS Analyst, Bureau of Land Management, Montana Viju Thomas
September 2004Project Manager, AGCO Corporation, Newton, Kansas Matthew Vavra
August 2004GIS/Natural Resources Specialist, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Colorado -
2003
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Geoffrey Holden
December 2003Forest GIS Coordinator and Resource Information Manager, USDA Forest Service, New Mexico Shane Pittman
September 2003Supervisor, Spatial Data, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, British Columbia Michael Plante
September 2003Lead Hydrogeologist, Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota Sanjay Rane
August 2003Information Management & GIS Officer, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Nairobi, Kenya Xiaoting Sun
October 2003Independent GIS Consultant, Minnesota Suteera Wiseskul
February 2003GIS Specialist, National Pollution Control Agency of Thailand Fei Yuan
July 2003Associate Professor of Geography, Mankato State University, Minnesota -
2002
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Nathan Heinert
December 2002Senior Forecaster/Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Bismarck, North Dakota Wesley Hellevik
February 2002Technology Coordinator, City of Waseca, Minnesota Fuad Hudali
December 2002Head of Information and Operations Services Unit, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Regional Office for the Syria Crisis, Jordan Amy Jeu
September 2002GeoScience College Laboratory Technician & Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, Hunter College, New York Vijay Nangia
July 2002Senior Director, Advanced Analytics and Supply Chain Monitoring, Indigo, Minneapolis, Minnesota Joel Nelson
June 2002Information Technology Specialist – GIS, Soil and Landscape Analysis Lab, Dept. of Soil, Water, & Climate, University of Minnesota Karin van Ewijk
December 2002Data Scientist, Lim Geomatics Inc., Ottawa, Canada -
2001
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Dax Bennett
February 2001Ryan Media, Minnesota Jay Bennett
July 2001GIS Programmer/Analyst, Center Point Energy Minnegasco, Minnesota Brian Fischer
May 2001Vice President and Senior GIS Project Manager, Houston Engineering, Minnesota Wei-Hsin Fu
June 2001GIS Specialist/Lab Instructor, Carleton College, Minnesota Blaine Hackett
June 2001Director of GIS Business Development, RESPEC Consulting, Roseville, Minnesota Andrea Swansby
August 2001Director of Information, Financial planning firm, Wisconsin Nancy Wiens
May 2001GIS Specialist, Center Point Energy Minnegasco, Minnesota -
2000
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Victor Barnett
May 2000GIS Specialist for Computer Aided Dispatch & NG 9-1-1 Data, Ramsey County, Minnesota Shandy Bittle
May 2000State GIS Specialist, USDA/NRCS, Nebraska Todd Brenningmeyer
May 2000Professor, Design & Visual Art Program, Art History, Maryville University, St. Louis, Missouri Aimee Donahue
June 2000Independent GIS Consultant, North Branch, Minnesota Peter Henschel
May 2000GIS Supervisor, Carver County, Minnesota Daphne Karypis
June 2000Impact & Communications Technology Manager, American Refugee Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota Jeffrey Matson
June 2000GIS Project Coordinator, Minneapolis Neighborhood Information System, Minnesota Sandra Paddock
June 2000Information Technology Consultant, Pearson VUE, Minneapolis, Minnesota Jason Seifert
August 2000GIS Coordinator, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Juneau, Alaska Brian Sorbel
June 2000GIS Specialist, National Park Service, Alaska Sathyan Srinivasan
January 2000Senior Program Manager, Intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona -
1999
Student Name & Graduation Date Current Position Sonja Johnson
December 1999Web Analyst/Project Manager, US Bank Corporation, Minnesota Aaron Timbo
December 1999Senior Cloud Engineer, Smart Things, Minneapolis, Minnesota