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I am a cartographer by trade, and I am always interested in maps - seeing them, creating them, etc. If anyone ever needs assistance in creating or locating a map, simply send me an email via Wiki (or leave a note on the discussion page) and I will be more than willing to help. I currently work as a GIS Manager for an international telecommunications company. In addition, I am also a volunteer GIS Technician for the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group, focusing on editing the Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB) for various parts of the world.
I received an award of "Best Cartographic Product" for a map at the 1998 Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Conference in San Francisco, California. I also received an award of 2nd Place at the 2002 MapInfo MapWorld Conference in San Diego, California, and one of my maps was featured as "Map of the Week" for Directions Magazine in April, 2003.