Garth Brown

Background

About Garth Brown

Prior to assuming responsibility as my father's attorney-in-fact and primary caregiver, I worked in a number of fields in the Environmental Services profession. From 2003 to 2009 I worked for Kenney Aerial Mapping as an aerial photographer/orthophoto imaging technician/AutoCAD editor. I created procedures manuals for each of those duty areas. Prior to that I worked for Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) as a geographical information systems (GIS) Temp. I first became interested in GIS and remote sensing (RS) while working at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) as a Technical Writer. I became enamored with GIS/RS and, when the opportunity arose for me to get educated in these fields, I seized it. Following a voluntary reduction-in-force at the NTS, I enrolled in the College of Southern Nevada's GIS/RS program and have aggressively pursued both education and experience in these fields since. My career at NTS included positions as a Technical Writer, Senior Technical Writer, and Senior Staff Assistant. As a Technical Writer I edited reports, scientific publications, as well as policy and procedures manuals. Assignments included supporting the REECo Environment and Health Division, Industrial Hygiene Department, Defense Waste Management Department, Environmental Compliance Office, and the Basic Environmental Compliance and Monitoring Project (BECAMP). As a Senior Staff Assistant, sixty percent of my time was spent compiling budget data into reports; the remainder of my time was spent attending to personnel, inventory, and other administrative tasks. I wrote procedures manuals for every duty in this position. Specialties: caregiving, aerial photography, orthophoto production, AutoCAD drawing, AutoCAD editing, GIS map making, GIS analysis, programming, technical writing, budget analysis, budget reporting, and terrestrial photography