On this page, you will find some kind words that people I have had the pleasure of working with have for me.

“[Brandon’s] critical thinking skills, technical skills, and incredible attention to detail meant that whatever task we assigned to him would get done correctly, and in a timely manner. [His] exceptional performance and dependability meant that we often assigned him as project technical lead and had him help develop documentation and assist in supervising less experienced research assistants. He constantly exceeded our expectations, and has been a pleasure to work with.”

Danielle Bram
Director, Center for Geospatial Science and Technology (via LinkedIn)

“Brandon has demonstrated exceptional technical skills and remarkable attention to detail pertaining to data management, data validation and editing, quality control, and working with relational databases. He has also demonstrated a solid ability to work with complex data as well as bringing his excellent organizational skills into his work. [Brandon] has clearly stood out amongst his peers.”

Joel Osuna-Williams
Senior Project Manager, Center for Geospatial Science and Technology (via LinkedIn and recommendation letter)

“I had the pleasure of working with Brandon on a spatial data attribution project for the US Forest Service [where] I relied on [him] to help manage the research assistant and provide technical expertise […].  Brandon is an ideal team member – he is inquisitive, has good communication skills, and is reliable.”

Ben Chou
Project Manager, Center for Geospatial Science and Technology (via LinkedIn)

“Brandon brought a rich knowledge of geographic concepts and a strong GIS background to the [CSUN irrigation] project. [His] background made it possible for the projects to begin immediately and yielded reliable results. Beyond his GIS skills, Brandon left a mark with his responsibility and friendly nature.”

Laura Yetter
GIS Coordinator, CSUN Facilities Planning, Design & Construction (via recommendation letter)

“Brandon was one of the key analysts for GIS projects I managed for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [He] was very detail oriented, and his finalized products were of excellent quality. When there were challenges, he came up with efficient solutions. Brandon was [also] very easy to work with [as well as] very effective in presenting project results in various formats including ArcGIS Online and PowerPoint.”

Frank Pendleton
GIS Specialist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (via LinkedIn)

“I worked with Brandon on 2 projects while he was at the Center for Geospatial Science and Technology at [CSUN]. [The first] project [Los Angeles Urban Forests] was attributing […] site data to some permanent urban forest monitoring plots in Los Angeles. For the second project [PurpleAir Air Quality] he performed source data cleaning […]. Brandon did such good work on the first project that we used him for the second. He was always on time, communicated well and frequently with us, and I would definitely work with him again.”

Francisco J Escobedo
Research Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service (via LinkedIn)