Curtis Denton

ITS Director @ City of Bridgeport, Connecticut

About

Born and raised in Texas, Curtis came to Bridgeport via Peace Corps then graduate school at UConn. He has lived and worked in Downtown Bridgeport for 5 years for the City and is passionate about Bridgeport. He has spent more than a decade in the private and public sector using geospatial technologies to visualize and analyze data from global to localized geographies to improve decisions making and understanding on a diverse number of issues. He believes that technology and data can improve people’s lives by improving the understanding how different choices impact the individual and the community.

Country

United States

City

Bridgeport

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Public Speaking, Microsoft Office, Planning, Project Management, Economic Development, Data Visualization, Quantitative Analytics, ArcGIS Server, Health Geography, Enterprise Architecture, Geography, GIS, ArcGIS, Research, Nonprofits, Public Health, Data Analysis, Geomatics, Spatial Analysis, Web Mapping

Experience

ITS Director

City of Bridgeport, Connecticut

2019-7 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

GIS Administrator

City of Bridgeport, Connecticut

2014-7 - 2019-7 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Bridgeport, CT

•Manage, develop and maintain the Bridgeport Enterprise GIS. •Integrated GIS into a number of 3rd party applications to improve decision making and operations. Ex: Tyler Content Management, EnerGov, NexGen, PowerPhone, MS4, etc... •Project manager for a number of GIS & ITS related projects integral to the City. •Collaborate with local, regional, and state partners on various GIS projects and initiatives. Ensuring that Bridgeport is a leader in GIS and shaping GIS in the state. •Ensure that projects are needed, efficient, cost effective, meet the latest standards & guidelines, and expectations of the City and stakeholders are met. •Support the GIS needs of all departments and divisions in the city and support several ITS projects involving multiple departmental stakeholders. GIS

Research Assistant (GIS) - t-HUB: Connecticut Public Transport Data Hub

University of Connecticut

2012-8 - 2014-7 · 2 yrs

Storrs, CT

•Developed an interactive mapping interface that was instrumental in securing $300,000 grant from DOT. •Developed custom python scripts (GIS tools) to measure equity in a public transit system and automate data preprocessing. •Managed a geospatial database for a multidisciplinary/multidepartment team.

Graduate Assistant

University of Connecticut

2009-8 - 2014-6 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Storrs, CT

•Instructor for undergraduate courses in the Department of Geography. •Assistant in multiple human geography courses within the department

Project Leader and Course Designer - Online GIS Graduate Certificate

University of Connecticut

2011-10 - 2012-8 · 11 mos

Storrs, CT

•Coordinated a team of 2 graduate assistants and 6 faculty to develop, standardized and launch the departments Online Graduate GIS Certificate program. •Applied online and GIS pedagogy to course development.

Geospatial Analyst and Mapping Technician

University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC)

2010-6 - 2012-8 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Storrs, CT

•Developed web-based maps for the digital humanities using the Google Maps API. •GIS data assistance for the university and the wider community. •GIS Project Manager for 5 summer staff members on National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) grant.

Census & Geospatial Data Specialist

Connecticut State Data Center

2011-5 - 2011-10 · 6 mos

Storrs, CT

•Developed local and global interactive maps illustrating the changing demographics of the state •Data assistance for academic, governmental and general public GIS needs •Provided instruction on how to use U.S. Census Data •Invited to present at the Connecticut State House and local organizations on Census data

Peace Corps Volunteer: Community Health Educator

Peace Corps

2007-6 - 2009-7 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Eswatini

•Collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, World Heath Organization and the U.S. Government on incorporating geospatial techniques into health care accessibility and disease risk assessment. •Trained 12 staff at the Ministry on geospatial techniques and GIS database development. •Collaborated on multiple national and local projects using geospatial analysis.

GIS Analyst

City of Lewisville

2001-7 - 2007-5 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Lewisville, TX

•Supported the GIS needs of the various departments within the city. •Applied geospatial techniques on citywide problems. •Implementation, design, maintenance, and training of specialized GIS system throughout the organization. •Developed and maintained from the ground up cadastral, planimetric, and numerous other data layers. •Designed and managed the mapping needs of all city departments.

Teaching Assistant

University of North Texas

2003-8 - 2006-12 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Denton, Texas

Lead GIS Technician

GeoInfo Ltd. (Now OneMap Inc.)

1998-5 - 2001-7 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Tyler, TX

•Supervision and training of 35 GIS technicians. •Coordinated workflow, scheduling, and quality controls for numerous GIS projects. •Managed the development of base GIS data from cadastral to 911 data layers.