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About

jalondon628 (Joel London) is a level 5 editor from Seagoville, TX and has been editing since March 2017. He serves as a multi-state manager for all of US South Central region, covering Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. Much of his concentration is in the Dallas-Fort Worth area where he lives and works. He also serves as an area manager in the Central Valley of California, southeast Florida, eastern New Mexico, and parts of Iowa, Nebraska, and North Dakota.

Milestones

  • Joined Waze - March 2017
  • North Texas area manager - November 2017
  • SCR closures team - January 2018
  • North Dakota area manager - February 2018
  • Waze app beta tester - October 2018
  • Promotion to R4 - January 2019
  • WME Beta tester - March 2019
  • Florida area manager - May 2019
  • Waze formal mentor - August 2019
  • Promotion to R5 - March 2020
  • Promotion to Texas State Manager - July 2020
  • Central California area manager - July 2022
  • New Mexico area manager - July 2022

Notable projects

  • VEOC participant - Hurricane Harvey (2017), Hurricane Gordon (2018), Hurricane Florence (2018), Hurricane Ida (2021), Hurricane Ian (2022)
  • US Falcon implementation
  • Waze Apple CarPlay Alpha tester
  • Developed apartment complex standard implemented in SCR
  • State Fair of Texas coordination (2022) - worked with staff to set and monitor closures around the fairgrounds and consolidate traffic flow to designated ingress/egress points
  • Added shields and lane guidance to parts of Texas seldom touched by editors (in progress)
  • Contributed to various national place harmonization campaigns
  • Formally mentored two editors; one inactive, actively mentoring DaCMitch

Meetup Attendance

  • 2018 SCR Regional meetup - Dallas, TX
  • 2019 SCR Regional meetup - Grapevine, TX; presented on place harmonization
  • 2020 SCR Regional virtual meetup; presented on place harmonization
  • 2021 SCR Regional virtual meetup; presented on place harmonization
  • 2022 SCR Regional meetup - Austin, TX; presented on place addressing and routing
  • 2022 NA Mega Meetup - San Francisco, CA

MapRaid Participation

  • Russia - February 2018
  • South Carolina - April 2018
  • West Virginia - May 2018
  • Texas - October 2018
  • Kansas/Missouri - August 2019
  • Florida/Alabama - October 2019 (assistant group leader)
  • US Falcon - November 2020
  • Iowa/Nebraska - August 2021 (group leader)

Personal life

Following high school, Joel attended the University of Florida and met his wife, Sara. He later enlisted in the United States Air Force as a civil engineering craftsman. Through eleven years (2003-2014), they were stationed at Beale AFB, CA, JBER, AK, and Minot AFB, ND. Joel deployed in 2005 to Iraq support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and to Afghanistan in 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Following military life, Joel, Sara and their five children relocated to Dallas. Joel currently works as a senior survey technician and surveyor-in-training (SIT) at an engineering consulting firm in Frisco, TX. He is actively pursuing a license as a registered professional land surveyor in Texas.

Joel has been married to his wife, Sara, for over 20 years and they have five children together. They homeschool their children and are active in teaching at a homeschool co-op in their area. Joel is an avid sports fan and enjoys cheering for the Atlanta Braves, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Stars, and Florida Gators.