Ramon Gallegos (ragalleg@aol.com) is a part time instructor at Rio Hondo. He received a Masters in Geography with an emphasis in Environmental Analysis from California State University Fullerton. Currently, he is a GIS/IT Supervisor for an environmental firm in the private sector. Ramon has been the chief GIS analyst for this firm for the past 5 years.
Ramon has worked on many GIS projects including point source investigations, mapping invasive species, mapping underground contamination, and has managed several agency wide sewer atlas projects. Between GIS classes taken at CSUF and working in the GIS field, Ramon has over a decade of GIS experience.
CAD Full Time Faculty
Jay Sunyogh (jsunyogh@riohondo.edu) is Professor of Architectural and Engineering Design Drawing and CADD in the Technology Department.
Gary Halvorson ( ghalvorson@riohondo.edu) is a Professor of Engineering Design Drawing, CADD and Architecture.
Edward Gonzalez (egonzalez@riohondo.edu) is a full time Civil and Architectural Drafting and Design Instructor.
GIS Faculty
Warren Roberts (gisteacher@gmail.com) is a full time GIS faculty at Rio Hondo. Warren has degrees in Landscape Architecture / Landscape Planning with emphasis in GIS technology from the University of Oregon (MLA 98) and Cal Poly Pomona (BSLA 90). Warren has been teaching for several years at California State Polytechnic University, Department of Landscape Architecture, and in the CSUP GIS Certificate Program.
He also manages the GIS throughout the 5 Claremont Colleges on a variety of projects locally and other parts of the world.
He has over ten years of professional and academic experience in both CAD and GIS. GIS projects include storm water modeling, mapping Coastal Marinas and local watersheds and mapping contamination from Chernobyl with recommended land uses changes, and Campus GIS mapping. Current research and interests include modeling development impacts on watershed, and CAD/GIS integration applications in facilities management with ArcIMS (Internet GIS).
Warren teaches Introduction and Intermediate GIS and GPS. GIS training / custom workshops He also supports several city and county organizations & universities / colleges. He has certificates in GIS teaching in Crime Analysis Mapping and Incident (Fire) Command Mapping ( GIST).
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