Personal portfolio and resume site for Chris Lyons, showcasing GIS development expertise, spatial automation projects, and professional experience.
🌐 Live Site: chrislyonsKY.github.io
This repository hosts a GitHub Pages site serving as my professional portfolio and resume. The site emphasizes my work in enterprise GIS development, environmental regulatory workflows, and the practical application of AI in geospatial contexts.
- Enterprise GIS Development: Production-ready ArcPy scripting and ArcGIS Pro SDK development
- Spatial Automation: Modernizing legacy workflows and building scalable geodatabase solutions
- GeoAI Exploration: Practical integration of AI tools in GIS workflows (not hype-driven)
- Technical Communication: Publisher of "Null Island Dispatch" newsletter
The portfolio is built as a single-page resume site with the following sections:
- Professional Summary: Overview of expertise and current role
- Professional Experience: Detailed work history with Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet
- Technical Skills: Comprehensive listing of platforms, languages, databases, and specializations
- Featured Projects: Highlighted work including:
- Null Island Dispatch newsletter
- Automated geospatial workflows
- Meridian news synthesis platform
- Lost Signal web based FPS
- Education & Certifications: Academic background
- Hosting: GitHub Pages
- Framework: Static HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- Styling: Custom CSS with responsive design
- Deployment: Automatic via GitHub Pages on push to
mainbranch
To run this site locally:
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/chrislyonsKY/chrislyonsKY.github.io.git
cd chrislyonsKY.github.io
# Serve locally (requires Python)
python -m http.server 8000
# Or use any static file server
# View at http://localhost:8000The main content is in index.html. To update:
- Edit the relevant sections in
index.html - Test locally before committing
- Commit and push to
mainbranch - GitHub Pages will automatically rebuild (typically within 1-2 minutes)
Featured projects are stored in the "Featured Projects" section. To add a new project:
- Locate the
<section id="projects">inindex.html - Add a new project card following the existing structure
- Include: project title, description, and relevant technology tags
This portfolio prioritizes:
- Clarity over Flash: Clean, readable design that emphasizes content
- Technical Credibility: Focuses on production work, not demos or prototypes
- Practical AI: Positions AI as an amplifier of expertise, not a replacement
- Professional Context: Highlights enterprise-scale work in regulatory environments
- Email: lyonsw08@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yourprofile
- GitHub: @chrislyonsKY
- Location: Waddy, Kentucky
Weekly newsletter exploring GeoAI and LLM applications in geospatial workflows. Focuses on cutting through hype to identify genuinely useful AI tools for GIS professionals.
Production-ready suite of ArcPy scripts for spatial data processing, geodatabase management, and FGDC-compliant metadata generation used in Kentucky's environmental regulatory workflows.
The Meridian is a public-facing news platform that ingests articles from across the political spectrum, clusters them by story using AI, and produces neutral, fact-first summaries — showing where sources agree and where they diverge.
Browser-playable atmospheric sci-fi FPS built with Three.js, React, and authentic Half-Life 1 audio.
This repository is actively maintained. Updates reflect:
- Current professional role and responsibilities
- New featured projects and technical work
- Evolving technical skills and certifications
- Updated contact information and professional links
All content © 2026 Chris Lyons. Resume content is provided for informational purposes. Please contact me for permission before reproducing portfolio content.
Built with care for the spatial web. Special thanks to the Kentucky GIS community and the broader open-source geospatial ecosystem.
Last Updated: February 2026