Dedicated Geospatial Engineer with 18 years of experience acquiring, analyzing, compiling, evaluating and revising geospatial datasets, creating professional finished cartographic products to diverse audiences, applying cartographic design principles, map projections, topographic and reference mapping. Strong expertise in Geographic Information Systems and extensive knowledge in geodesy, remote sensing data acquisition and processing geospatial data.
Highly experienced on energy projects with PMP and Agile methodologies: renewable energy as wind power, solar cell fields and carbon sequestration, as well as oil and gas exploration techniques like seismic acquisition data. Being proficient in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, ESRI Suite, Global Mapper, Trimble Business Center, MESA Professional, MS Office, SQL, Python allows me helping clients to minimize their risk in acquisition, management and analysis of geographical data.
Work History
2022-02 - to date Geospatial & GIS Senior Specialist, Actus Veritas & U3 Explore, Houston TX.
Design, implementation and maintenance of GIS Online System as solution for sharing geographic information and operation input, ESRI based solution. Use of applicable software: ESRI products, Blue Marble Geographic, Autodesk, Trimble ,etc., to create, translate and integrate GIS data layers.
2021-08 -2022 -12 Geospatial Specialist, Cordillera Geo-Services& Round Rock Geophysics, Austin, TX.
Geophysical & Geospatial field data acquisition and spatial analysis/interpretation using Shallow Electromagnetic Induction(EMI), Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI), Ground Penetration Radar (GPC) and Thermal Resistivity methods for environmental researches and natural resource exploration applications.
2020 -10-2021-04 Assistant Project Manager and GIS Specialist
Responsible Energy Services International, Bismarck, ND. Geophysical & Geospatial field data acquisition, logistics, geospatial analysis and cartography production for the data of North Dakota Carbon SAFE project – “Demonstrating the potential for permanently storing CO2 using deep geophysical methods: Magneto telluric (MT) and controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM)”.
2018-09-2020-10 Geographic Information Systems Specialist, Axxis Geo Solutions, Houston, TX.
Design, implementation and maintenance of GIS Online as solution for sharing geographic information and operation input, ESRI based solution. Use of applicable software: ESRI products, Blue Marble Geographic, Autodesk, Trimble, etc., to create, translate and integrate GIS data layers.
2006-05-2018-05 Chief Surveyor– Field Coordinator – Data Manager, Geokinetics, Houston, TX.
Relocated to Houston to manage and support domestic and international multi-client field crews on hydrocarbon exploration projects critical to Geokinetics’ business lines: Seismic data acquisition, processing and interpretation. Implementation and maintenance of interactive on-line maps to serve sensitive information inside the company (licenses, permits, contracts)for sale team.
Coordination of logistics for s seismic data acquisition of field crew activities; processing QA/QC for geographical data on projects worldwide using local projected reference systems and geodetic datums for projects in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Bolivia, Tanzania, Suriname, Brunei, India and USA.
Education
2018 Houston Community College Geographic Information Science Technician
2000-01-2005-04 Universidad Distrital Francisco José DeCaldas – Bogotá, Colombia
Engineering Topography and Land Surveying. Thesis: Design and implementation of a geographic database for control of National Airspace.
Professional Development
2020 Mine Safety and Health Administration. 5000-23 certification. Houston
2018 PMP & Agile Training. St Michael’sLearning Academy. 35 h. Houston
2016 DefensiveDriving. EYE ON. J. J. Keller. Online
2014 MESA update course. Mesa V 13ION. Houston
2013 GPSeismic UpdateCourse. DynamicSurvey Solutions. Bogota, Colombia