Item talk:Q47468

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.