Andrew Stauffer
Andrew “Andy” Stauffer is a geospatial information technology project manager with the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Geospatial Technical Operations Center in Denver. As Service Desk Lead for The National Map, he is developing a public-facing IT service management platform to improve responsiveness and transparency to technical customer inquiries.
Over more than a decade at USGS, Andy Stauffer has progressed from a Student Trainee in cartographic applied research for the US Topo program to roles in data modernization and operational leadership within the Science Systems Development Section. His work has supported multi-scale cartographic attribution in the National Hydrography Dataset, the development of automated production pipelines for geospatial data products, and the launch of topoBuilder, USGS’s on-demand topographic mapping application.
In his current role, Andy collaborates across program areas to address user inquiries, refine service-level processes, and strengthen data quality procedures for The National Map.
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