David Moss

GIS Programmer

Office of Emergency Management
City of Fort Worth, Texas

A native Louisianan, born in Baton Rouge and raised in Alexandria, LA, David moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000 to pursue a degree in Computer Engineering at UNLV. While attending the university he worked as research assistance for the Transportation Research Center performing GIS and IT projects in conjunction with Clark County.

In 2003 he was hired as an Engineering Technician whose primary duties involved linking GIS with traffic engineering and maintaining GIS data for the Public Works department.

He accepted a position as the lead GIS technician for Stanley Consultants Las Vegas office in 2005. He also preformed IT related duties for an office of 80 for 3 months.

He then moved to Fort Worth, TX in 2006 to become the lead GIS/IT technician for the Office of Emergency Management. His primary duty is to shorten the gab between emergency management and GIS with projects such as the Special Needs Assistance Program, hazard analysis modeling, Emergency Operations Center enhancement, along with converting and adding emergency management data into GIS.