Matthew Gove Resume

After nearly 15 years in GIS creating powerful maps and stunning visual media built for today's media-rich platforms, I want to share my expertise with you and your audience through writing, photography, and video. As a blogger and professional writer since 2009, my technical experience in GIS and data science compliments my creative background in writing, photography, and video in a way that will fully immerse your viewers in vibrant content that doesn't just tell your story. It lets your audience experience it.

Professional Skills

2009 - Present

Writing and Blogging
  • Published over 250 blog posts on GIS, travel, photography, and more
  • Wrote website copy and implemented search engine optimization for several clients that increased website traffic by up to 700%
  • Clients include the California Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey

2009 - Present

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Wrote over 30 Python scripts that facilitated connections between databases, Python models, and GIS that improved process efficiencies by 8,000%
  • Compiled an analyzed a database of 223 cases of speed, wind, and pressure data of hurricanes and intense squall lines that impacted the US East Coast for a research project on meteotsunamis
  • Wrote a short Python script to consolidate over 50 two-dimensional maps into 4 three-dimensional animations, saving a client over $7,000
  • Routinely worked with databases containing over 500,000 records and several million data points of complex data
  • Clients include the State of California, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Government of Canada
  • I specialize in QGIS, ESRI ArcGIS Online, TerriaJS, Mapbox, and Google Maps

2006 - Present

Photography and Video
  • My weather photography has been recognized by Weather Underground and the Weather Channel
  • YouTube travel and tutorial videos have received more than 50,000 views each
  • FAA Part 107 Commercially Licensed Drone Pilot

Experience

Jan, 2016 – Present

GIS Specialist and Content Writer Matthew Gove Web Development, LLC   ·   Remote
  • Over $1 million in client savings since January, 2016
  • 100% On-Time Delivery Rate

Jun, 2013 – Jan, 2016

GIS Specialist and Writer Independent Contractor   ·   Remote

Oct, 2009 – Jul, 2011

GIS Analyst and Scientific Writer Jacobs Technology   ·   On-Site

Publications

The Open Water Mercury Technical and Modeling Workgroup. "Mercury Open Water Final Report for Compliance with the Delta Mercury Control Program." California Department of Water Resources (2020). Web. View Publication

Geist, Eric, ten Brink, Uri, and Gove, Matthew. "A Framework for the Probabilistic Analysis of Meteotsunamis." Natural Hazards Online First Articles (2014). SpringerLink.com. Web. View Publication

Robbins, L.L., Yates, K.K., Gove, M.D., Knorr, P.O., Wynn, Jonathan, Byrne, R.H., and Liu, Xuewu, 2013, USGS Arctic Ocean carbon cruise 2010: Field activity H-03-10-AR to collect carbon data in the Arctic Ocean, August - September 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 741, 1 CD. View Publication

Education

2005 - 2009

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Physics Eckerd College — St. Petersburg, Florida

2011 - 2013

Bachelor of Science, Meteorology University of Oklahoma — Norman, Oklahoma

2016 - 2018

Associates of Applied Science, Web Development Scottsdale Community College — Scottsdale, Arizona