Enhancing Safety with Business Intelligence
Wednesday, April 22 | 2:45pm - 4:00pm
Session Description: Learn how Metro Parks Tacoma is creating a safer work environment and more efficient safety reporting for staff and management using ESRI GIS technology. Like many other agencies, MPT struggled to effectively report employee injuries and incidents in a simple and user-friendly way. The add-hoc system was paper based, time-intensive, and redundant, resulting in a process that was burdensome on the organization. This discussion will go over what specific pain points existed and demo the technology that is helping improve the process.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how simple ESRI GIS technology can be applied to improve paper-based process – without extensive licensing or technical training.
- Learn why location, and timely-response times are critical to ensuring the safety of all employees.
- Learn how MPT will adapt and evolve the employee accident reporting platform in the future as well as other related process which mirror a similar workflow using GIS and Data Analytics (Busies Intelligence) software.
Speakers: John Laughery and Richard Madison
About the Speakers: John has been the GIS Program Supervisor at Metro Parks Tacoma since April 2013. He has been a GIS professional since 2009. Prior to John’s entry into Parks and Recreation, he worked on a wide range of projects related to GIS, Data Analytics, Civil Engineering, and Urban Planning. He is deeply passionate about the Tacoma community and supporting his local Alma Mater UW Tacoma where he regularly speaks at and has taught masters level GIS courses. He currently lives in the Hilltop Neighborhood with his wife, daughter, and soon to be son.
Richard has been with Metro Tacoma for 10 years and serves as Community Outreach and Special Projects Coordinator for the Chip-In program, along with currently serving as safety committee chair. He attended Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma and Dixie State University in Southern Utah. A father of three, he enjoys camping and boating with his wife and family.
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