Geographic Information Services Staff

The City of Bakersfield's GIS Department maintains and distributes geographic information, analysis tools, and mapping products for use by the City's staff in their daily operations.
Data maintained by the GIS Department includes political boundaries, land parcel information, infrastructure systems (street network, water systems, sewer systems), emergency response facilities, recreational facilities, and other associated data pertaining to city operations.

The GIS staff also develop and maintain GIS databases and applications, provide technical and operational support for GIS-related hardware and software, and offer GIS training for city staff, as well as providing maps to the citizens of Bakersfield.

Matthew Cieri, GISP
GIS Supervisor
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Matt attended the State University of New York, Albany where he earned a B.A in Geography / Urban Studies and Planning (Double Major) in 2000; then went on to earn his Masters of Information System Management at Keller Graduate School of Management.  He joined the City of Bakersfield in January 2006, moving to Bakersfield from Kissimmee, FL where he spent 5 years working for the City of Kissimmee. He is responsible for all aspects of the city's GIS, from staff appointments and management to data/mapping, programming and database administration. His more than 8 years of experience has made him effective in moving the city's GIS Department forward.

Olivia Diaz
GIS Analyst

Olivia's responsibilities include assisting in the development, operation, and maintenance of the City's GIS system. Her primary duties include high level data and spatial analysis and QA/QC of new data. Olivia writes macros and high-level language routines to enable access to GIS data and associated databases.  She also performs background research, process model building and mapping.  Olivia started working at the City of Bakersfield in 2001. She received her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics as well as an A.A. in mathematics and an A.S. in computer science.

Katie Reed
GIS Analyst

Katie has used GIS in a broad range of disciplines including agriculture, land planning and resource management. She came to the City of Bakersfield in April 2007, after 7 years at Tejon Ranch. Her responsibilities include internal and public map requests, assisting in the development and maintenance of the city's GIS Layers and updating the GIS Department Website. She also handles the city's mobile GPS units, including equipment maintenance and application development.

David Quimby
GIS Technician

David has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography from the University of California at Berkeley and completed coursework requirements for a Master of Science degree in Geology at California State University, Hayward, where he also served 7 academic quarters as a graduate student lecturer in Geology. He also earned his GIS certification from CSUB. He has 15 years of diversified technical experience with two oil companies and as a staff geologist with a soil and foundation engineering consulting firm. Prior to working at the city, he worked for five years with Occidental Petroleum on their international exploration GIS database. He came to the city in January 2001 as an intern and was hired for a permanent position in June of the same year. He maintains and updates information into specific layers of the City's GIS system; performs document research in preparation for data entry using Coordinate Geometry (COGO); enters data through the use of COGO, digitizing or other data conversion methods; enters attribute data using database tools, and internal and outside map requests.

Tiffany Horton
GIS Technician

Tiffany earned her B.A. in Geography with an emphasis in Methods of Geographical Analysis from San Diego State University. She has 10 years experience in GIS and her resume includes the U.S. Census Bureau, Thomas Bros. Maps/Rand McNally, and most recently Michael Brandman Associates working on environmental planning issues. She came to the City of Bakersfield in April 2007 where her responsibilities include maintaining and updating information into specific layers of the Citys GIS system; performs document research in preparation for data entry using Coordinate Geometry (COGO); enters data through the use of COGO, digitizing or other data conversion methods; enters attribute data using database tools, and internal and outside map requests.