Memphis TN, Tri-state area - North Mississippi - West Tennessee - East Arkansas

Jeffrey David Toony

JD started his career as a designer but now has over 29 years of professional development experience as well. In 2015, he worked his way into CERT and Emergency Communications with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES). In 2019, he started a PennState Graduate course to earn an iMPS Homeland Security: Public Health Preparedness. In 2022, he added a second master's program and three professional Intelligence and Geospatial Analysis certificates.

While at Penn State, his capstone project researched the gamification of Emergency Management training and the potential for developing virtual reality apps for that purpose. He discovered that having fun is the secret ingredient to the effective onboarding of skills and to increasing their long-term retention.

He has worked on large projects such as the Dallas Cowboys, Indiana Colts, & Minnesota Vikings stadiums, and large websites such as SPE.org, imaginecommunications.com, & waspbarcode.com, garnering multiple peer awards for outstanding performance.

JD has a task-oriented attitude that does not sacrifice quality and quickly learns new solutions to complex problems. His design expertise, strategic thinking, dedication to excellence, and ability to work with a full range of personalities in any environment give him depth in supporting the teams he is on. He excels at bringing calmness to those around him, even in the often tense development world. JD is also dedicated to continual self-improvement through his evident passion for lifelong learning and seeking an improved approach to everything he touches.


Professional Certificates
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - PSU/USGIF - May 2023
  • Geospatial Intelligence Applications (GEOAPP) - PSU/USGIF - May 2023
  • Geospatial Intelligence Analytics (GEOINT) - PSU/USGIF - May 2023

Latest Key Achievements
  • Developed a public health data dashboard scraping data from various points across the web.
  • Developed a 3D app that converts NEXRAD weather radar data into 3D representation of weather events.
  • Coordinated a large-scale upgrade from Google Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 between multiple companies and websites.
  • Became licensed to fly drones commercially.

Work History
June 2024 to Present
City of Memphis, TN Police Department
Memphis, TN
Police GIS Technical Coordinator
In charge of all Police GIS Enterprise Environments.
  • Coordinates the police ArcGIS Enterprise Environment, implementing GIS projects or services involving all Geographic Information System (GIS) systems and software dealing with mapping policing and crime activity events. Installs, reviews, and maintains desktop software and spatial database connections related to GIS in conjunction with the Police Information Systems (IS) division.
  • Maintains and develops the police GIS components in a law enforcement environment, by creating, maintaining, updating, and verifying all police geospatial data in the MPD enterprise geodatabases using thematic mapping techniques, geography, graphics, aerial and satellite data to correspond with the Police Records Management System (R.M.S.) and crime data while following governmental Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) standards, regulations, and security.
  • Receives and responds to requests for all police GIS technical support as needed.
  • Within the MPD enterprise geodatabases, he produces, develops, and maintains libraries of secure and accurate maps and collections of charts, models, and reports for the Crime Analysis Unit, investigative records, and Command presentations.
  • Analyzes, captures, edits, and converts police surveilance and investigative data into GIS formats to ensure metadata is compliant with all CJIS regulations and standards and can be accessed by necessary police personnel.
  • Creates live informational dashboards for all precincts and 911 dispatch, pulling current data from Police Record Management Systems (RMS) and Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) sytems.
  • Coordinates the collaboration of GIS data with all city GIS departments including Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management, CityIT, Records, Traffic Engineering, City Engineering, and Infrastructure. As well as setting up a GIS taskforce between all Shelby County Tennessee government GIS entities.
Work History
2015 to 2024
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Richardson, TX
Senior UI/UX Web Developer
Interactive Web User Experience Design and development in LAMP & Python/Django environments.
  • Coordinated the upgrade from Google Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 between multiple companies and websites.
  • Trained internal staff on GA4 use and best practices.
  • Coordinated the development of Internal & external websites for multiple company holdings totaling millions of hits per day.
  • Developed several large websites in Django & DjangoCMS in Python Environments.
  • Trained incoming staff on SPE's Python, Django, & JavaScript best practices.
  • Developed Python-based web scraping using Python libraries such as Scrapy & Selenium.
  • SQL Server Data management.
2014 to 2015
Informatics Inc. & WASP Barcode
Plano, TX
Designer/Developer
Interactive Web User Experience Design & Development.
  • Developed Internal & external websites for multiple company holdings.
  • responsive Bootstrap, Angular JS, JavaScript, & JQuery in .NET, IIS & SQL Server.
  • SiteCore CMS template programming.
  • SQL Server Data manipulation.
2011 to 2014
RAD (Response-Able Design
Dallas, TX
Wizard
Interactive Visualization, Computer Motion Graphics, 3D Animation & Visualization, Web Design & Development.
  • Gave courses to clients that gave a broad overview of web technologies to garner a shared language during our development processes.
  • Developed architectural 3D real-time walkthroughs, educational software, and large-scale web development projects.
  • Coordinated the design and the development teams as he could speak both languages.
2007 to 2011
SHW Group
Plano, TX
Visualization studio manager for 3D Interactive Visualization
Managed a 4 person team responsible for Motion Graphics, 3D Animation & Visualization, & Web Development
  • Responsible for a 4-person visualization studio, where he brought the studio from doing quick 3D stills to producing full 3D HD Animations.
  • Taught a series of weekly courses to incoming architects on 3DS Max and SketchUp.
  • Developed 3D real-time walkthroughs using game engine technologies and joined this with CMS-driven websites to deliver interactive content.
2005 to 2007
HKS, Inc.
Dallas, TX
Senior Project Coordinator / Web Developer
Motion Graphics, 3D Animation & Visualization, Web Development
  • Developed 3D Architectural Animation and Imagery.
  • Template design and coding for database-driven project websites in PHP, Flash, ActionScript, and ColdFusion.
2000 to 2005
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Dallas, TX
Web Developer, Computer Graphics
  • Designed various aspects of the look and feel of SPE.org & sub-sites.
  • Designed and coded for database-driven websites in ASP, JSP, and Vignette.

Education
Pennsylvania State University: 2 Master's Degrees.
  • 2023 Master of Professional Studies. Homeland Security: Public Health Preparedness
  • 2023 Master of Professional Studies. Homeland Security: Intelligence & Geospatial Analysis
Webster University
  • 1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts. Scenic & Lighting Design.
    Minor in Technical Direction.

Emergency Management & Response Training
  • EC-001 - ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service. Basic Emergency Communications
  • G-317 - Community Emergency Response Team Training
  • PER-211 - Medical Management of CBRNE Events
  • IS-100b - Introduction to Incident Command System
  • IS-200b - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incident
  • IS-700a - National Incident Management System Introduction (NIMS)
  • IS-800 - National Response Framework Intro
  • IS-100HC - Intro to the Incident Command System (ICS) for Healthcare/Hospitals
  • IS-200HCA - Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations
  • IS-5a - Intro to Hazardous Materials
  • IS-10a - Animals in Disasters Awareness & Preparedness
  • IS-11a - Animals in Disasters Community Planning
  • AWR-356 - Community Planning for Disaster Recovery
  • L0146 - Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)

Honors
  • Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Dean’s Award for Scholastic Achievement. 2023
  • Member Order of the Sword and Shield ΟΣΣ Honor Society. 2020
  • Member of Phi Kappa Phi ΦΚΦ Honor Society. 2020

Time Spent
Skills & Proficiency
Python
15+ yrs
Django
11+ yrs
GIS Technologies
6+ yrs
Data Science
6+ yrs
AI & LLM
3+ yrs
Javascript
15+ yrs
SASS/SCSS
15+ yrs
PHP
24+ yrs
SQL / Database Design
23+ yrs
WordPress
16+ yrs
Linux w/ Apache
15+ yrs
Google Analytics
5+ yrs
Docker / DEVOPS
7+ yrs
Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
27+ yrs
Adobe Premiere & After Effects
27+ yrs
3D Viz & Unity3D
30+ yrs
AutoCad & Revit
30+ yrs
Soft Skills
  • Communication
  • Active Listening
  • Project Management
  • Teamwork
  • Problem Solving
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Creative Thinking, (how we can do things better, cheaper, and easier with current assets)
Interests