usgs_staff_profile:
meta: url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/gary-d-latzke timestamp: '2024-01-30T16:27:29.217940' status_code: 200 profile: name: Gary D Latzke name_qualifier: null titles: - Chief of Staff organizations: - !!python/tuple - Natural Hazards Mission Area - https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/natural-hazards email: gdlatzke@usgs.gov orcid: null intro_statements: - 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. expertise_terms: - cartography - cloud infrastructure - geographic information systems (GIS) - web application design professional_experience: - Chief of Staff, USGS, Natural Hazards Mission Area January 2022 - Present - Emergency Management Data Coordinator, USGS, Natural Hazards Mission Area, October 2020 - January 2022 - Deputy Director of Operations, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, USGS, December 2019 - September 2020 - Science Coordinator, Office of the Regional Director, USGS, Mid Continent Region April 2019 - December 2019 - Geographic Information Officer, USGS, Upper Midwest Water Science Center 2017 to 2019 - DOI Geoplatform Cloud Services Manager 2012 to 2018 - Created and managed Web Informatics and Mapping Team, (WIM), USGS 2009 to 2019 - Supervisory Cartographer 1994 to 2008 - Cartographer USGS 1989 to 1994 education: - B.S. 1984 Cartography, Northern Illinois University affiliations: [] honors: [] abstracts: [] personal_statement: 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.