Contact Information

Brett Ketter
Senior Information Processing Consultant
Department of Geosciences
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Lapham Hall 350
3209 N. Maryland Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Tel: (414) 229-6171
email: bketter@uwm.edu

EDUCATION

2014 Certificate (renewed 2019), Certified Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Professional (GISP)

2000 Certificate, Microsoft Certified Professional, Tech Skills, Brookfield, WI.

1999  M.S., Geophysics, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.

1996  B.S., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

2020 ESRI, Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics MOOC

2019 GIS Certified Professional Certificate Renewal (GISP; Certificate #68720) Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Getting Started with ARCGIS Pro

2018 2-day Lidar workshop sponsored by the Wisconsin State Cartographers office ESRI, The Location Advantage MOOC

ESRI, Earth Imagery at Work MOOC

2017  ESRI, Basics of JavaScript Web Apps

ESRI, Integrating R Scripts into ArcGIS Geoprocessing Tools ESRI, Getting Started with Geodatabase Topology

ESRI, Change Detection Using Imagery ESRI, Preparing for Network Analysis ESRI, Using the R-ArcGIS Bridge

Lynda.com, Excel Statistics Essential Training: 2 (2016) Lynda.com, Excel Statistics Essential Training: 1 (2016) Lynda.com, R Statistics Essential Training

Lynda.com, Excel 2016: Introduction to Formulas and Functions Lynda.com, Logistic Regression in R and Excel

Lynda.com, Excel 2016: Pivot Tables in Depth Lynda.com, PowerPoint 2010 Essential Training

2016 ESRI, Creating Prediction Surfaces in ArcGIS Lynda.com, Excel 2010: Charts

Lynda.com, Illustrator CC 2015 Essential Training 2015  ESRI, Creating and Sharing Map Packages in ArcGIS

ESRI, Managing Lidar Data Using LAS Datasets ESRI, Managing Lidar Data Using Terrain Datasets ESRI, Regression Analysis Using ArcGIS

2014 GIS Certified Professional Certificate (GISP; Certificate #68720) ESRI, Building Models for GIS Analysis Using ArcGIS

ESRI, Deriving Rasters for Terrain Analysis Using ArcGIS ESRI, Managing Parcel Data Using ArcGIS Desktop 10

ESRI, Introduction to Editing Parcels Using ArcGIS Desktop 10 2013  ESRI, Working with Coordinate Systems in ArcGIS

ESRI, Managing Lidar Data in ArcGIS 10

ESRI, Python Scripting for Geoprocessing Workflows ESRI, Getting Started with Cartographic Representations ESRI, Organizing Raster Data Using ArcGIS

ESRI, Network Analysis Using ArcGIS ESRI, Using Raster Data for Site Selection

2012  ESRI, Getting Started with Linear Referencing

ESRI, Introduction to Surface Modeling Using ArcGIS ESRI, Displaying Raster Data Using ArcGIS

ESRI, Distance Analysis Using ArcGIS

ESRI, Exploring Spatial Patterns in Your Data Using ArcGIS ESRI, Performing Spatial Interpolation Using ArcGIS

GeoSpatial Training Services, GIS Programming 201 for ArcGIS 10: Mastering Python GeoSpatial Training Services, GIS Programming 101 for ArcGIS 10: Mastering Python

2011 ESRI, Working with Geodatabase Domains and Subtypes in ArcGIS ESRI, 3D Visualization Techniques Using ArcGIS

ESRI, 3D Analysis of Surfaces and Features Using ArcGIS ESRI, Using Lidar Data in ArcGIS 10

ESRI, Processing Raster Data Using ArcGIS ESRI, Python Scripting for Map Automation ESRI, Basics of Python (for ArcGIS 10)

ESRI, Linear Referencing with ArcGIS Desktop

2009 ESRI, Intro to Using HAZUS-MH for Earthquake Loss Estimation (for ArcGIS 9.2/MR3) ESRI, Geoprocessing with ArcGIS Desktop

ESRI, Creating and Editing Geodatabase Topology with ArcGIS Desktop 2007  ESRI, Creating and Maintaining Metadata Using ArcGIS Desktop

ESRI, Creating and Editing Geodatabase Features with ArcGIS 9.0-9.1 ESRI, Georeferencing Rasters in ArcGIS

2006 ESRI, Creating and Integrating Data for Natural Resource Applications for ArcGIS ESRI, Turning Data into Information Using ArcGIS 9

ESRI, Introduction to Visual Basic 6

2005 ESRI, The 15-Minute Map: Creating a Basic Map in ArcMap ESRI, Understanding Map Projections and Coordinate Systems ESRI, Understanding Branching and Looping in VBA

ESRI, Creating, Editing, and Managing Geodatabases for ArcGIS 8.2 ESRI, Working With Rasters in ArcGIS 8

2004 ESRI, Learning ArcGIS 8 3D Analyst ESRI, Learning ArcGIS 8 Spatial Analyst

ESRI, Spatial Analysis of Geohazards Using ArcGIS 8 2003  ESRI, Learning ArcGIS 8, Part II

ESRI, Learning ArcGIS 8, Part I

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-present Senior Information Processing Consultant, Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2001-2006      Information Processing Consultant, Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2004-Present    UWM GIS Council/GIS Day Planning Committee, helped organize annual GIS Day event including procuring computer labs for workshops, lunch activities and marketing of the event.

2005-2006        UWM Academic Staff Category A Subcommittee, co-chair helped organized several workshops that pertain to self-evaluations for Category employees.

Procured a $1000 grant for a future supervisor workshop (to be held in February 2007).

2006-2010        L&S IT Council, involved in discussions concerning the direction of information technology (IT) in the College of Letters and Sciences including dynamic website content.

2005                  Nominations Committee, helped take nominations from the floor at the spring General meeting and organized the nomination ballots.

2003-2004          Ad Hoc IT Council, Worked with College of Letters and Science Dean Richard Meadows to establish the newly formed L&S IT Office to better meet the needs of L&S computing needs.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2009-present     Educator, GIS Day event University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2009-present     Presenter, GIS Day event University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2004-2009- present    Coordinator, GIS Day event University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

PUBLICATIONS

B.I. Cameron, B. Ketter, and S. Karakis, Defining an expressive terroir for wines from Nova Scotia, Canada; insight from GIS and soil studies, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America 46.6: 464, 2014.

Ketter and B.I. Cameron, Preliminary GIS study of the terroir of the Wisconsin Ledge American Viticultural Area, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America 46.6: 464, 2014.

Cameron, S. Karakis, and Ketter, An emerging wine region in Nova Scotia, Canada: terroir trials and tribulations. Proceedings of the 10th International Terroir Congress, 7-10 July, 2014, Tokaj, Hungary. Vol. 2, 2014.

B.I. Cameron, B.S. Ketter, and S. Karakis, An emerging wine region in Nova Scotia, Canada: Terroir trials and tribulations, Abstract H53F-1590 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 December, 2012.

Ketter, B. S., A. A. Velasco, C. J. Ammon, and G. E. Randall, Path-specific velocity structure of western China from surface-wave dispersion, Pure and Appl. Geophys., 163, 1235-1255, doi:10.1007/s00024-006-0071-9, 2006.