ROB CAHALAN

Rob is currently working as a GIS Consultant for Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rob began working in the environmental consulting field in 2012 as a field biologist with Midwest Natural Resources (MNR). While working for MNR, Rob worked on a number of projects including wetland delineations, rare flora surveys, avian surveys, and invasive species surveys spanning across multiple states. Rob completed a masters degree in Geographic Information Science from the University of Minnesota in December of 2016... After high school, Rob joined the Marine Corps, where he served eight years as an infantryman. While in the Marines Rob was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Okinawa, Japan, Stuttgart, Germany, 29 Palms, California and had two tours to Iraq. Rob's first introduction to GIS came while serving in the Marines where the HMMWV's were equipped with the Blue Force Tracking system.