Meet the Instructor, J. Kroon
Instructor: Jimmy Kroon
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Office hours: By appointment
I have worked for the Delaware Department of Agriculture for since 2003 as an Environmental Scientist, GIS Coordinator, and now as the agency's Chief Administrator. I have several rolls including managing the Delaware Agricultural Land Preservation Program [1] where we use GIS to track our farm easement assets, overseeing other agency techology projects and finding ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness, and supervising other program managers - many of which use GIS in their programs. My GIS specialties are relational geospatial data management, managing web services, and web & mobile applications hosted in ArcGIS Online. I have also volunteered as a Wildfire GIS Specialist, making myself available for temporary assignments at wildfires in the western US through the Delaware Forest Service.
I have worked for the Penn State's MGIS program since graduating from it in 2011. I am an instructor for GEOG 863 - Web Application Development for Geospatial Professionals and also a TA for GEOG 485 - Python, GEOG 489 - GIS Application Development, and GEOG 585 - Open Web Mapping.
In addition to an MGIS degree from Penn State, I have undergraduate degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of Maine at Machias.