The Goodwin Team - Geomatics
Kevin F. May, M.A., M.P.S., GISP, CMS - GIS Supervisor - East Region
Mr. Kevin May has over 15 years of experience in applying the field of geomatics to cultural resource management. Mr. May received his B.A. in Ancient History from Ohio State University, his M.A. in Preservation Studies from Boston University, and his M.P.S. in Geographic Information Technology from Northeastern University. Additionally, he received a Certificate in GIS from Columbus State Community College and a Graduate Certificate in Remote Sensing from Northeastern University. Mr. May is a certified GIS professional (GISP), a certified mapping scientist (CMS), and a certified remote sensing technologist. He is knowledgeable and experienced in utilizing a wide range of geographic information system (GIS), global positioning system (GPS), and remote sensing software for processing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data. He is proficient in the processing and analysis of airborne and spaceborne imagery, including multispectral, hyperspectral, lidar, and radar data. Prior to joining the Goodwin team, Mr. May developed and lectures a graduate course, ‘Remote Sensing for Archaeology,’ for Northeastern University’s remote sensing program. He has worked under a contract with the Space Archaeology Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and also in various capacities for the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, assisting in implementing that agency’s GIS, developing a plan for an underwater archeological preserve, and authoring a maritime history resource guide.
Barry Warthen, A.A. - Technical Illustration and Imagery Specialist - East Region
Mr. Barry Warthen has 20 years of technical illustration experience in the fields of architecture, mechanical engineering, and surveying. He has been a member of the Goodwin team for 14 years. Mr. Warthen has helped the company develop a diverse array of graphics capabilities and specialized graphics products. In addition to supervising the creation of map sets and analytical graphics to support our project teams, Mr. Warthen has over a decade of experience with the exacting documentation standards of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and the Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS). He has led the Goodwin team in delineating such historic structures as the 18th-century Sebastian Derr House in Frederick County, Maryland, and the 1950s-era Phillis Wheatley Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Formally trained in computer-aided, three-dimensional (3D) design and visualization, Mr. Warthen worked with the Nautical Archeology Team to reconstruct and develop 3D animation of the Steamboat Kentucky, a 19th-century western rivers cargo vessel lost in the Red River in 1865.
Alan R. Potter, M.A. - GIS Coordinator - Central Region
Mr. Alan Potter received the Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Kansas and his Master of Arts in Anthropology from Wichita State University. Mr. Potter’s graduate work involved the application of advanced spatial and statistical analysis techniques to interpretation of patterning and distribution of prehistoric chipped stone artifacts from sites discovered during the Overland Pass Pipeline project in western Kansas. He has been a member of the Goodwin team for five years. Mr. Potter has provided services for many federal agencies, including the United States Army, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the United State Forest Service, in addition to various state and local agencies and private-sector clients. Mr. Potter has worked extensively throughout the Great Plains, Midwest, and Rocky Mountains, including Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
David Stitcher, B.A. - GIS and Graphics Department Supervisor - South Central Region
Mr. David Stitcher received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology with a concentration in Archeology and a minor in Geology from Appalachian State University. He has been a member of the New Orleans Goodwin team for 14 years. As a field archeologist with R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., he previously worked throughout the Southeastern and Midwestern states. Mr. Stitcher currently serves as Graphics and GIS Supervisor in our New Orleans office. He has special skills in GIS and Trimble Technology, as well as in ESRI ArcGIS 10.3 (and the ESRI extension Spatial Analysis), Pathfinder, MicroStation, AutoCAD, Surfer, Google Earth, and Adobe Photoshop. Mr. Stitcher’s responsibilities include the production of maps on both U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) quadrangles and modern aerial photography; uploading and downloading Trimbles for field crews; creating and manipulating GIS vector (point, line, and polygon data and associated databases) and raster data (digital elevation models, USGS quadrangles, grid data, etc.); creating site plan views (based on field maps, Trimble data, and modern aerial photography) and excavation profiles (shovel test, test unit, and trench profiles); development of historical map and historical aerial photography overlays; archeological predictive modeling; and the creation of cartographic products.
Craig Matthews, B.A. - Graphics and GIS Specialist - South Central Region
Mr. Craig Matthews received his Bachelor of Arts in Geography with a concentration in Historical Geography and an emphasis on Anthropology from the University of New Orleans. After graduation, Mr. Matthews created Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Maps and worked as a contractor to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the lead GIS Analyst for a statewide Louisiana environmental mitigation project. He also interned with the NASA DEVELOP Program. A member of the GIS Department in our New Orleans headquarters, Mr. Matthews is skilled in the use of GIS and related computer platforms such as ESRI ArcGIS 10.3 (including multiple extensions and past distributions), GRASS GIS and GeoMedia Pro, Remote Sensing (ERDAS Imagine 8.7), and Computer Aided Drafting (MicroStation and AutoCAD 3D). Mr. Matthews’ responsibilities include the production of maps; creating Trimble data; creating and maintaining Geodatabases; creating and manipulating GIS vector and raster data; and creating cartographic deliverables.
Nathan S. Workman, B.A., CPGIS – Archeologist and Geomatics Specialist – Southwest Region
Mr. Nathan Workman has over 10 years of experience in cultural resource management serving as total station/GPS operator, project archeologist, GIS analyst, and an office manager. Mr. Workman received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from Pennsylvania State University in 1997 and returned to PSU in 2008 to complete a Post-baccalaureate Certificate in GIS. As a GIS analyst, he employs ESRI’s ArcGIS 10 (Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, and XTools extensions), Refractions’ uDig, and Google Earth Pro to query, store, visualize, create, and analyze geospatially linked data. At R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., Mr. Workman implemented modern land surveying and geodetic measurement approaches to mapping archeological sites by establishing grid networks that directly reference high-precision coordinate systems such as UTM and U.S. State Plane. By undertaking static GPS observations, which measure the L1/L2 carrier phase signal, project benchmarks can be real-world positioned to within 1-2 centimeter accuracy. Mr. Workman post-processes the field-collected total station and GPS-derived locations in Trimble’s Office Pathfinder and Tripod Data Systems’ Foresight DXM or Survey Pro. He also has designed and edited project-specific Trimble data dictionaries for recent survey efforts for the U.S. Army in New Mexico and for pipeline projects in New Mexico and Texas. At present, Mr. Workman is developing a customized PostgreSQL 9.x-based object-relational database system to integrate GIS and laboratory provenience information via the PostGIS spatial extension.