Thank you everyone for attending! Here's the recording of the latest MeetUp
In this presentation we’ll hear about the largest County in Alabama, and how their Tax Assessor’s office completely modernized updated their tax system using ArcGIS. This involved the adoption of the ArcGIS Parcel Fabric, as well as a County-wide remap of all 320,000 parcels . The end result of the project was a vast improvement on the quality of tax information made available to the public, as well as data sharing with the County’s largest cities.
Speaker Bio's
Lisa Myhand -- IT Project Manager
Lisa holds a computer science degree and a master’s in business administration from the University of Alabama Birmingham as well as a certification in Project Management (PMP).
She has over 25 years’ experience working in the Information Technology field with the last 15 years in Tax Assessment and Collections for Alabama’s largest county, Jefferson.
Lisa recently led the successful Tax Maps Conversion project to redraw the County’s over 1 million parcel lines and convert to ESRI’s parcel fabric.
Joshua Chris -- GISP
Josh is the Enterprise GIS Manager for the Jefferson County Commission in Birmingham, AL. In this role Joshua is responsible for managing the GIS infrastructure including servers, licensing, web mapping applications, critical application integration, and managing GIS projects. Additionally, Joshua serves as the executive director for the Jefferson County GIS Consortium which a partnership comprised of thirteen organizations across Jefferson County that collaborate to collect and share data and costs for data collection including annual acquisition of high resolution orthophotography. Joshua also currently serves as President of the GIS Association of Alabama, a non-profit committed to promoting GIS and geography education throughout the state.
Prior to this role Joshua served as the Director of Engineering Services and Project Management for 3-GIS in Decatur, AL. Previously worked as a GIS Project Manager for KAYA Associates, Inc. in Huntsville, AL.
Gaynell Hendricks -- Tax Assessor
In 2008, Gaynell Hendricks was elected the first African American and Woman Tax Assessor of Jefferson County where she serves to date. In this role, Hendricks has been credited with automating processes, streamlining procedures, and educating citizens on benefits and legislative change. Most recently, Ms. Hendricks led a mapping project for Jefferson County, the largest of its kind in the United States. Deeply involved in her community, Hendricks on various boards and agencies throughout the state, including the Birmingham Zoo, Alys Stephens Center, and The Birmingham International Airport Board where she notably chaired the Board during a transformative $300 million terminal modernization.
Van O’Brien -- Sidwell
Senior GIS Analyst and chief parcel fabric guru, who worked with Jefferson County throughout this project.
