ZEE MALAS

Graphic Designer & Cartographer

zmalas@asmaffiliates.com

EDUCATION

• 2002, Palomar College, California,
  Certificates in Digital Imaging, Internet Publishing and Electronic Publishing.
• 1985, Aurora Technical Center, Colorado,
  Certificate in AutoCAD Computer Drafting. 
• 1983, Aurora Technical Center, Colorado,
  Certificate in Civil Engineering Drafting.
• 1973, New York Institute of Photography.
  1972, Technical Center, Warsaw. Certificates
  in Scientific & Industrial Photography.
• 1968-1972, University of Warsaw, Dept. of Physics, Mathematics & Education.  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Zee Malas has 24 years of professional experience including his work as a professional draftsman for telecommunication and civil engineering companies in Colorado and California. Mr. Malas specializes in cartography, including analyzing data, drawing and editing final maps.
He has produced telecommunication maps, mapping for street improvement, sewer, drainage, and subdivision projects for Civil Engineering firms and in support of archaeological projects. Additionally, Mr. Malas has 12 years of experience with professional photography for the advertising, medical and scientific fields in Delaware, Ohio, Colorado, California, and Europe.

Zee serves as ASM’s Graphic Designer and Cartographer. He produces all graphic elements for ASM’s technical reports including project mapping, field and laboratory photography, soil profiles, and cover designs.

Mr. Malas has produced graphics for use in technical reports submitted to the Department of the Navy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USDI Bureau of Reclamation, USDI Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Caltrans, SDG&E, Imperial Irrigation District, and the Centre City Development Corporation, among others.
Zee also produces all of ASM’s marketing and advertising materials.

He has created educational videos and multimedia video presentations for ASM's web site.

ASM made his video animation of Ancient Lake Cahuilla available to an Environmental Studies group in Mexicali and Baja California Norte region. 
 
In 2007, the video presentation designed by Zee for SDG&E entitled, “Protecting Sensitive Cultural Resources”, received a Certificate of Merit from the Association of Environmental Professionals in the Outstanding Environmental Resource Document category.