Item talk:Q47468

USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Chief of Staff with the Natural Hazards Mission Area
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   abstract: Gary Latzke is the Chief of Staff for the USGS Natural Hazard Mission
     Area, where he provides leadership and oversight on a wide range of issues of
     strategic importance.
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   abstract: As Chief of Staff, Gary provides authoritative consultation on program
     and operational strategies that substantively impact program direction. As a
     Mission Area senior staff member, Gary provides advanced technical guidance
     and information to USGS top-level officials and other federal agencies, partners,
     and stakeholders. Gary serves as the Mission Area subject matter expert on the
     planning and execution of human capital requirements and actions.Gary's interests
     include cartographic communication, information management, information delivery
     systems, high-performing team building, and human capital management. Gary established
     the Web Informatics and Mapping program, which develops web-based tools that
     support USGS science and other federal science initiatives and served as Program
     Manager for the Geospatial Platform Cloud Services Program, which supports cloud
     hosting infrastructures for all federal state and local government for GIS application,
     data, and services.
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 email: gdlatzke@usgs.gov
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   name: B.S. 1984 Cartography, Northern Illinois University
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     name: Natural Hazards Mission Area
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/natural-hazards
   roleName: Chief of Staff
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   name: Chief of Staff, USGS, Natural Hazards Mission Area January 2022 - Present
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   name: Emergency Management Data Coordinator, USGS, Natural Hazards Mission Area,
     October 2020 - January 2022
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Deputy Director of Operations, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, USGS,
     December 2019 - September 2020
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Science Coordinator, Office of the Regional Director, USGS, Mid Continent
     Region April 2019 - December 2019
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   name: Geographic Information Officer, USGS, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
     2017 to 2019
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: DOI Geoplatform Cloud Services Manager 2012 to 2018
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Created and managed Web Informatics and Mapping Team, (WIM), USGS 2009 to
     2019
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Supervisory Cartographer 1994 to 2008
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   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: Cartographer USGS 1989 to 1994
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
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   startDate: '2024-05-12T15:26:56.874792'
 name: Gary D Latzke
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/gary-d-latzke