Multnomah County Health Department
Community Health Services
426 SW Stark St
8th Floor
Portland,
OR
USA
97204
Email:
shawn.messick@co.multnomah.or.us
Biographical Sketch:
1985-1992 US Army various planning and operations: USA, Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq.
1992-1994 Disaster Operations Officer, USAID, Washington DC
1994 Assistant for Humanitarian Assistance, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
1994-2008 Principle, ESS, Inc. International disaster operations, planning and informatics consulting services
1996-1998 Field Coordinator, UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Office, Monrovia, Liberia
1998-2000 Adjunct Research Associate, Institute for Defense Analysis, Arlington, VA
1999-2001 Mine Action Information Advisor, Global Landmine Survey, Survey Action Center, Washington, DC
2001-2007 Technical Director/Senior Analyst, Information Management & Mine Action Programs (iMMAP), Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, Washington, DC
2007-2008 Technical Director/Chief Knowledge Management, IMMAP, Inc, Washington, DC
2008- Public Health Informatics Manager, Multnomah County Health Department, Portland, OR
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1991-1992 Civil Affairs Officer, Military Coordination Committee, Operation Provide Comfort, USEUCOM, Iraq
1992 Deputy Team Leader, USAID/ECHO/ODA Joint Donor Assessment Mission, Northern Iraq
1992-1998 Civil Affairs Planning Officer, USAR, Philadelphia, PA
1996-1997 Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration Program Manager, UNHACO, Liberia
1999 Geographic Information Officer, USAID/OFDA Disaster Assistance Response Team Kosovo
1999-2000 Mine Action Information Coordinator, UN Mine Action Coordination Center, Kosovo
2000 United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (delegate)
2000-2001 Senior Informatics Advisor, UN Mine Action Service, New York, NY & Geneva, Switzerland.
2000-2008 Board member, United Nations Geographic Information Support Team.
2002 Presenter/Panelist, United Nations International Symposium on Best Practices in Humanitarian Information Exchange, Geneva, Switzerland.
2002 Founding Technical Manager, Afghanistan Information Management Service, Kabul, Afghanistan
2003 Technical Manager, UN Humanitarian Information Center Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
2003-2008 Project Manager, Refugee Health Information System, US CDC/DHHS
2005 Regional GIS Manager, UN Joint Logistics Center, Indian Ocean Tsunami Response
2006 Deputy Team Leader/Information Manager, UN Joint Logistics Center, Lebanon Crisis
2006 Panelist, National Academy of Sciences, Workshop on the use of Sub-national Population and Geographic Data”, Washington, DC, March 2006.
2007 Presenter/Participant, Workshop on Healing the Wounds: Rebuilding Health Systems in Post Conflict Societies, Center for Reconstruction and Stabilization Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
2008 Lecturer, Graduate level pilot program in Humanitarian Affairs, Monterey Institute for International Studies, Monterey, CA
2008 Senior SDI Specialist, Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure Project, GPCI, UAE