STEPHEN M.

GAZDIK

4880 Robinhood Circle

Shoreview, MN 55126
(218) 340-9003
stephengazdik@gmail.com

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota-Duluth

Bachelor of Liberal Arts: May 2008

Majors: Geography & Environmental Studies (Concentration in GIS/Cartography)

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Master of Geographic Information Science: Expected December 2013

EXPERIENCE

Bay West Inc.

GIS Technician St. Paul, MN August 2012-Present

Provide troubleshooting assistance to field staff for Trimble GeoXH GNSS units & GPS
Pathfinder Office

Create maps & figures for federal/state proposals and reports using ArcMap 10.1/10.2,
AutoCad, Surfer and Gint

Effectively run the department since supervisor left the company (April 2013)

Collaborated with coworkers on a multi-million dollar project that included an interactive

website, SDE database creation/management, and maps/figures for annual reports

Educate and train staff on GIS related issues and topics ranging from database creation to
shapefile editing

Extensively research GIS literature to assist with GIS department development

East View Cartographic
Senior GIS Cartographer Minnetonka, MN March 2010-August 2012

Extensive use of ESRI ArcGIS 9.3.1 & ArcGIS 10.0 software for cartographic representation of
topographic maps

Responsible for quality control for source, intermediate, and output data

Managed numerous projects with tight deadlines

Used PLTS and Representation editing extensions to create 50K topographical maps

Georeferenced maps using Terrago and Adobe Acrobat Professional

Successfully directed 6 Journeyman GIS Cartographers

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Assistant Manager Duluth, MN July 2008 March 2010

Supervised a 70+ part-time employees on a daily basis

Directed employees successfully to adhere to company policies and standards

Worked well with a vast amount of diversity

Met strict deadlines to properly operate the business

Offered Store Manager position after 1 year

University of Minnesota Duluths Geography Department

GIS Intern & Lab Technician Duluth, MN January 2008 May 2008

Aided in the creation of interactive website for the Hartley Nature Center, Duluth, Mn

Created datasets and feature classes to accurately portray what a user would use the map for

Worked effectively with team members throughout the completion of the project

Prepared the data to be put into ArcServer by setting symbolization and updating attribution

Geocoded specific pharmacies nationwide to aid in local project

Created brochure for the GIS Lab to be used at conferences.

Formulated model within model builder to locate towns with one pharmacy to be overlaid with
demographic data

Heads up digitized locations without any geographic location data associated with it

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Additional computer experience includes web page design, map design, interactive mapping,
Adobe software, Macromedia software, and Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and
Access)
Additional GIS experience includes ArcMap, ArcEditor, ArcView, ArcToolbox, ArcCatalog,
ArcScan, ArcScene, ArcServer, Geodatabase Creation & Management (SDE), Geocoding,
Geoprocessing, Topology, Network Analyst, Spatial Analyst, 3d Analyst, Gint, Surfer, Python,
IDRISI, AutoCad, EQuIS
Running / biking enthusiast
Avid golfer