MICHAEL TEMCHINE, CSM
202.744.8447 (mobile) • michael@temchine.com • temchine.com
EXPERIENCE
HEALTH SOLUTIONS RESEARCH, INC. (HSR.health) | 2021 - 2024 | Rockville, MD
Director of Geospatial Analytics & Strategy
Python Developer | Data Scientist | Data Visualization
• Created and lead the Clinical Care Desert model that proved instrumental in determining at-risk populations at any administrative level by determining access to clinical care.
• Facilitated meetings and work-groups with developers and clients to plan, innovate, and execute product backlog.
• Produced national, multi-level administrative area, analyses transforming raw data into decision ready indicators.
• Developed and placed the first products on the Esri and AWS marketplaces.
• Served as a critical interpreter between the technical staff and non-geospatial persons enabling a greater understanding of a client’s needs and how to create analyses that exceed those expectations.
• Collaborated with stakeholders and development team to produce analyses and products relevant to stakeholder’s needs.
• Designed and developed compelling and informative graphics to educate and promote products, analyses in both digital and print formats.
• Facilitated trainings for clients in the use of custom web apps and analyses by developing online tutorials and virtual meetings.
• Wrote Python scripts to ensure the replicability of all analyses and streamline the creation of custom web apps. Integrating Python with HTML, Arcade, JavaScript, JSON, and Shiny languages. Within the Esri system these would include: StoryMaps, Experiences, Dashboards, and Insight. Outside of Esri, primarily Shiny for Python with Leaflet dashboards.
• Created, and maintained, analysis ready data via conversion, geocoding, georeferencing, extraction, data creation and validation in formats understood by machine and human. Including real-time data sources into existing infrastructure, integration of imagery and vector datasets.
• Represented the company at conferences and expos. Including booths where I presented the company’s products and capabilities.
• Presented works in progress and finished products to clients.
• Supported disaster resiliency work in conjunction with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Natural Resources Canada, NASA, FEMA, and other disaster assistance agencies, both private and public.
• Work independently and with little supervision.
14 North Strategies | 2021| Dakar, Senegal (remote)
Cartographer/GIS Consultant
Responsible for creating maps of the Sahel in Africa to illustrate intelligence reports covering topics such as industry (oil, gas, mining), terrorism, and other relevant geopolitical issues.
• Found relevant geospatial datasets to support intelligence analyst reports.
• Developed cartographic outputs through the integration of QGIS and Adobe Illustrator.
• Enhanced reports with open-source data
• Geolocated positions based upon written reports.
• Created compelling maps and visuals to aid in the understanding of complex conflict zones.
• Complemented researcher’s data with data from the ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project) API to increase insight and knowledge of an issue.
Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School| 2018-2019| Pikesville, MD
History & Photography Teacher
Middle and High School photography courses and senior level class on history through the lens of photojournalism, including the history of journalism, ethics, and visual literacy.
• Managed class plans and grading criteria for students from 6th to 12th grades.
• Presented ideas and concepts and led class discussions with the purpose of increasing viewpoint awareness.
• Assigned projects and provided feedback in a constructive manner based upon unique attributes of the student.
• Instructed students in the concepts of color theory and composition.
BUSINESS OWNER | 1999-2022 | Washington D.C.
Business Owner. Award winning editorial, photojournalism, corporate and event photography coverage.
• Worked alongside a variety of professionals, subjects and vendors including reporters, editors, event coordinators, public relations teams, and executives to ensure coordination and optimal outcomes. Comfortable in ambiguous, unscripted environments – often of great import. Accustomed to working under tight deadlines.
• Covered White House, US Congress, social issues, as well as major political events.
• Coordinated with senior staff, including political, editorial, and corporate.
• Managed budget and expenses ensuring profits through recessions.
• Worked on multiple assignments with differing deadlines and needs within multiple time frames.
• Exceeded client expectations in an environment where delivery of goods was necessary under every condition.
Select clients include; The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Australian, The Financial Times, Times of London, Marriott Corporation, American Jewish Committee (AJC), Campaign for America’s Future, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Franklin Forum
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Esri Suite: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, StoryMaps, Dashboards, Experience Builder, Hub, Portal for ArcGIS, Notebook, ArcGIS API for Python
Open-Source: Jupyter Notebooks, QGIS, GeoDa, Google Earth Engine, Sagemaker, STAC, Shiny, Leaflet, Felt
Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, ArcGIS for Creative Cloud integration for cartographic products as well as graphic design
Database management and development
Remote sensing
Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Power Point
Mac and PC
Languages: Python, Arcade, SQL, HTML, JSON, JavaScript, CSS
Expert in all professional camera systems in both controlled/uncontrolled environments.
Coaching and Facilitation
Agile business practices
Certified Scrum Master
Facilitation
EDUCATION & PERSONAL
University of Maryland | College Park, MD | Graduate Certificate, Geospatial Information Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) | Rochester, NY | BFA, Professional Photographic Illustration, minor in Spanish
Clergy Hiring Committee | Baltimore, MD | Summer 2022 to present
Cubmaster & Den Leader | Baltimore, MD | September 2018 to 2021
Eagle Scout | Columbia, MD | November, 1994
Interests include hiking, bicycling, cinema, reading, road trips, soccer, cooking, and family. My volunteer efforts have been working on a clergy hiring committee as one of twelve other diverse community members where we created a vision for the role to be filled, conducted job search, and interviewed candidates in a collaborative and consensus-building environment, and as a Cubmaster/Den leader in Pack 221 in Baltimore, MD, where with co-leaders I taught age-appropriate life skills to elementary age children with a focus on team building..