Mr. Gertz is a multi-faceted consulting professional with substantial experience and training in data analysis, multiple styles of professional writing, economic analysis, and, foreign and international affairs analysis, project management, emergency management planning, GIS software, and is technologically proficient across multiple software platforms.
Mr. Gertz has managed projects worth up to $285,000. His grant applications have yielded net awards in excess of $4,500,000 with a range of $30,000 to $900,000.
GIS Specific:
Three years of professional consulting experience developing GIS driven risk assessments for local and state governments including: counties, school districts, states, and universities. These risk assessments are developed using ESRI’s ArcGIS 10 software platform including the supplementary software: FEMA’s HAZUS-MH, NRCS Soil Data Viewer, and ESRI’s Spatial Analyst. Additionally, these analyses draw from the synthesis of a variety of local, state, federal, and private data sources including the US Census, FEMA, NOAA, NWS, USDA, and the USGS.