Geospatial Analyst · Part 107 Drone Pilot · Brighton, Colorado

Matthew Gissentanna

Geospatial analysis, drone mapping, and AI-augmented tooling.

FAA Part 107 pilot running the full geospatial stack: RTK drone capture, Pix4D, and ArcGIS Pro, plus AI-augmented geospatial tooling built with Claude Code. 18+ years leading data pipelines and large-scale QA at Amazon and Rubrik. An active overlander mapping trail networks and public-lands access (BLM/USFS) across the western US. Currently studying GIS & UAS at the University of Denver.

BasedBrighton, Colorado Cert.FAA Part 107 · PMP · CSM StackMatrice 4E · PIX4Dmatic · ArcGIS Pro · Python · Claude Code DomainOff-road / overland · Public lands

Work

953 Calvary Church Road Aerial Mapping: First end-to-end RTK photogrammetric deliverable for a 67.26-acre rural property in Orangeburg County, SC. Includes orthomosaic, DSM, DTM, classified point cloud, and 5-ft contours packaged into a 26-page Delivery Report.

Crash Scene Reconstruction: Aerial scene capture of a staged two-vehicle collision, processed into a survey-grade orthomosaic and 3D model for measurable forensic documentation.

ECSC Service Road Orthomosaic: Multi-temporal feature extraction across two captures of the same service road. 36 features identified in 2023 vs 32 in 2019, with detailed analysis of detection conditions.

Tioga Community Hall Subproject Alignment: Comparison of manual and automatic subproject alignment in PIX4Dmatic, with guidance on when each method holds up against accuracy-defensible deliverables.

Crested Butte Avalanche Zone Mapping: Slope-aspect avalanche hazard mapping for Crested Butte, separating spring and fall risk zones across northeast- and southeast-facing slopes.

Tongass Timber Stand Valuation: Valuation map of timber stands offered for sale in Tongass National Forest: 2,187 acres across four value tiers, $109.83M total.

Poway Fire Station Siting Analysis: Multi-criteria suitability analysis identifying candidate parcels for a new fire station in Poway. Funnels 113 → 79 → 35 → 29 parcels as criteria tighten.

Birthplaces of Foundational Black American Innovators: Thematic map of the birthplaces of Foundational Black American Innovators (1755–1902), classified by contribution type: health and science, computing and telecom, infrastructure, and everyday innovation.

Great Basin National Park Reference Map: NPS-brochure-style reference map of Great Basin National Park, with hypsometric relief, trails, and visitor facilities styled after the National Park Service map standard.

Washington D.C. Burglary Mapping: Choropleth of 2019 residential burglaries by Metropolitan Police district, overlaid with station, substation, and community-liaison locations.

Denver Block-Group Demographic Atlas: A block-group choropleth atlas of Denver covering population density, age, ethnicity, gender, and housing, all sharing one classification and layout system across the series.

Lower 48 Temperature Isotherms (1991–2020): Three-panel isarithmic map of 1991–2020 U.S. temperature normals (30-year mean, January, and July) at a 5°C isotherm interval.

GyattChores: A full-stack progressive web app that turns family chores into a points-based game. Kids log chores, parents approve them, and points convert to real money on a tiered monthly payout. Built with React, Supabase, and PostgreSQL.

Recuter: An AI agent that auto-applies to GIS job postings within seconds of publication, beating applicant caps. The public landing page and waitlist are live; the agent itself is in active development.

Get in touch

Available for drone mapping, aerial photogrammetry, and GIS work. Open to geospatial roles. Based in Brighton, Colorado.

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