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Updated 2020 PSC Election Candidates (markdown)

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I’ve been using QGIS since 0.6 ‘Simon’ and teaching it since 1.0 ‘Kore’. In 2014 co-authored the GeoAcademy curriculum. Since I have authored/co-authored six QGIS books. The most recent being **Discover QGIS 3.x** and **QGIS for Hydrological Applications** with Locate Press. QGIS is my day to day tool for spatial analyses and cartography. I regularly teach everything from conference workshops to full semester courses (at my local colleges and universities). In 2015 I was part of the GeoAcademy team awarded the **GeoForAll Educator of the Year** award. I am an **Osgeo Charter Member**, a GeoForAll lab and GeoAmbassador. I recently helped revive the QGIS-US user group. I help manage the QGIS Certification Program. I’ve been using QGIS since 0.6 ‘Simon’ and teaching it since 1.0 ‘Kore’. In 2014 co-authored the GeoAcademy curriculum. Since I have authored/co-authored six QGIS books. The most recent being **Discover QGIS 3.x** and **QGIS for Hydrological Applications** with Locate Press. QGIS is my day to day tool for spatial analyses and cartography. I regularly teach everything from conference workshops to full semester courses (at my local colleges and universities). In 2015 I was part of the GeoAcademy team awarded the **GeoForAll Educator of the Year** award. I am an **Osgeo Charter Member**, a GeoForAll lab and GeoAmbassador. I recently helped revive the QGIS-US user group. I help manage the QGIS Certification Program.
**Motivation:** First I’d like to say it is a great honor to be nominated. I feel the community is what makes QGIS such a special project. For me it has always been a welcoming collaborative and supportive environment and it has given me so much. I would love to give back and be of service at this level. I am not a developer, rather a power user and educator/trainer. I run a small business offering QGIS services but not directly developing QGIS. I am based in the southwestern U.S. For these reasons, I feel I will bring a unique perspective to the PSC. I am interested in facilitating the ongoing adoption of QGIS in more and more sectors and improving the Certification program. **Motivation:** To begin, it is a great honor to be nominated. I feel the community is what makes QGIS such a special project and I’ve always experienced it as a welcoming, collaborative and supportive environment. I would love to give back and be of service at this level. I am a strong believer in the democratization of technology and data. I feel I can bring a unique perspective to the PSC for several reasons: A) I am a power user and educator/trainer, B) I run a small business based on offering FOSS4G & QGIS services in a region dominated by proprietary software, C) I am based in the southwestern U.S. I am interested in facilitating the ongoing adoption of QGIS in new sectors and improving the Certification program.
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