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Web Development
RRCC // In progress
Master's Eng-GIS
UCD // 2012
IT Professional - GIS
CPW // 2006 - present
IT Professional - GIS
CDPHE // 2003 - 2006
Senior HRIS Analyst
Qwest // 1999 - 2003
GIS Certificate
DU // 2001
Network Systems
DTC // 2000
Forest Technician
USDA // 1998 - 1999
Research Asst
UM // 1995 - 1998
Bachelor's - Wildlife Biology
UM // 1997
Associate's - Biology
NCC // 1994
Skills
LEARNING | INTERMEDIATE | ADVANCED | EXPERT |
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ArcGIS | |||
MS SQL Server | |||
ArcSDE | |||
ArcServer | |||
JavaScript API | |||
HTML/CSS/JS | |||
ArcObjects C# | |||
Python | |||
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Work Experience
IT Professional / GIS Database Specialist
Colorado Parks and Wildlife // April 2006 - present
- GIS Database Administrator for state-wide MS SQL Server...
- Develop Python and T-SQL scripts to automate routine...
- Proposed and developed a GIS Unit intranet presence...
- GIS Server Adminstrator for agency internal ArcGIS for...
- Develop and maintain Flex and JavaScript API web map...
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IT Professional / GIS Database Specialist
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment // January 2003 - April 2006
- Responsible for designing, developing, and managing...
- Develop applications, database tools, and GIS products to...
- Use SQL and VBA programming languages to write...
- Develop models using ArcGIS Modelbuilder and edit Python...
- Responsible for the development of a training curriculum...
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Senior HRIS Analyst
US West / Qwest Communications // August 1999 - January 2003
- Implemented a GIS plan to integrate company personnel...
- Design, implement and administer department MS...
- Develop FOCUS/SQL database query language programs in...
- Responsible for the conversion of various data types for...
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Forest Service Technician
U.S. Department of Agriculture // September 1998 - June 1999
- Conducted field research on the ecology and habitat use of...
- Trapped and handled lynx to collect physiological data and...
- Designed and implemented MS Access databases to...
- Uploaded data from GPS units into PCs; used base station...
- Managed GPS and GIS files that represented the ground...
- Used Trimble and Rockwell GPS units and radio-telemetry...
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Research Assistant
University of Montana Division of Biological Science // January 1995 - September 1998
- Assisted with the management of a relational database of...
- Used GIS applications with data collected from the field...
- Conducted field mapping surveys of plant distributions on...
- Gave presentations to natural resource managers in...
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Education
Web Development Certificate
Red Rocks Community College // In progress
Master of Engineering in GIS
University of Colorado Denver // May 2012
GPA 3.95 / 4.0
Advanced Certificate in GIS
University of Denver // November 2001
GPA 3.88 / 4.0
Advanced Certificate in Network Systems Administration
Denver Technical College // March 2000
GPA 4.0 / 4.0
Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology
University of Montana // May 1997
GPA 3.91 / 4.0 with Honors
Associate of Science in Biology
Nassau Community College // June 1994
GPA 3.88 / 4.0 Magna Cum Laude
Publications
- Sacco, Robert. Important Habitat Areas of High Species Diversity in Colorado. Esri Map Book, Volume 35 (ISBN 13: 978-1589485860; ISBN 10: 1589485866), edited by Esri, Esri Press, 2020.
- Sacco, R. 2012. Application of MEng-GIS Coursework To Several Projects For Improving The Administration Of A Colorado State Agency Enterprise GIS. MEng-GIS Capstone Report. University of Colorado, Denver.
- Neubaum, D. J., and K. Aagaard. 2022. Use of predictive distribution models to describe habitat selection by bats in Colorado, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22178 (Cited in Acknowledgments for GIS data management support for this project).
- Odell, E.A., F.M. Pusateri, and G.C. White. 2008. Estimation of Occupied and Unoccupied Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Colony Acreage in Colorado. Journal of Wildlife Management. 72(6):1311–1317. (Cited in Acknowledgments for GIS & GPS data management support for this project).
- GIS in the Rockies 2004 Presenter of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment implementation of ArcSDE Geodatabase and Web Application.
- Rice, P.M., J.C. Toney, R. Sacco, and D. Cooksey. 1997. Climatic correlations and predicted potential ranges of species in the Montana Weed Seed Free Forage Program: First approximations. Final Report, Coop. Agric. Pest Survey, Dept. Plant and Soil Sci., Montana State Univ., Bozeman. 156 pp.
- Rice, P.M., J.C. Toney, and R. Sacco. 1997. Potential exotic plant species invading the Blackfoot drainage. Bureau of Land Management, Garnett Resource Area, Montana. 89 pp.
Professional Affiliations
- GIS Colorado (GISCO) - 2 years