WilsonMiller Project Manager, Lauren B. Shapiro, Earns GISP Certification
Friday October 26th 2007
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PROJECT MANAGER EARNS GISP CERTIFICATION
Tampa, Fla./Oct. 26, 2007 – Lauren B. Shapiro, a Geographic Information System (GIS) Project Manager based in WilsonMiller’s Tampa office, has earned the Certified GIS Professional (GISP) designation from the GIS Certification Institute. To obtain her certification, Shapiro demonstrated advanced education in GIS-related coursework and training, experience in GIS applications, contributions to industry associations, and high professional standards of ethics.
Shapiro is the fifth WilsonMiller professional to receive GISP certification. She is among only 190 Certified GIS Professionals in Florida and only 1,769 worldwide through September of this year.
GIS technology is used at WilsonMiller to design, model, develop, integrate, manage, analyze, and present spatial data and applications using specialized computer hardware and software to solve complex spatial problems and support better decision-making. GIS is used to help public and private sector clients provide facilities management, asset management, and emergency response for local communities.
Shapiro’s academic and professional credentials include an advanced degree in geography as well as nine years of GIS experience. She has created and organized several spatial databases over her career, as well as applied GIS to support projects such as environmental permitting, jurisdictional wetland delineation, environmental assessments, site selection and feasibility studies, development constraints analysis, and risk assessments.
Experienced in spatial analysis, thematic mapping, GPS (Global Positioning System) to GIS conversion, address matching, database design and implementation, and project management, she is knowledgeable in a wide variety of GIS-related software applications.
ABOUT WILSONMILLER: WilsonMiller, Inc. is a multidisciplinary planning, design, engineering, and surveying firm with a history of more than 50 years in professional consulting. With strategically located offices throughout Florida, the firm offers a single source of high-level, diverse services for land management, infrastructure, transportation, and environmental projects to public and private clients in Florida and beyond. WilsonMiller ranks among the top 150 design firms in the United States, according to Engineering News-Record’s 2007 list. The Tampa office is located at 2205 North 20th St.
For more information, call (800) 649-4336, or visit WilsonMiller’s Web site, www.wilsonmiller.com.
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