Austine Martin Okanga

** *** *** **, **** Burnie, MD 21061

Cell: 410-***-**** • Email: adta8y@r.postjobfree.com

GIS PROFFESSIONAL/SPECIALIST

Solutions-focused professional with proven success in GIS, digital cartography, Geospatial Data Management, Analysis and database management. Adept at reading spreadsheets and proactively identifying and resolving errors in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments. Calm demeanor in the face of difficulties; ability to quickly master new roles and responsibilities. Reputation for integrity, perseverance, and work ethic. Continuously pursues opportunities to maintain up to date on current industry practices and takes on challenges for further professional growth. Fluent in English.

Core Competencies and Areas of Expertise (Duration)

Cartographic / Database Management. Digital Geospatial Databases. Visual GIS Simulations. Technology• Proactive Problem Solving. Relationship Building. Communication. Cadastral Information System • Map Compilation • Image Interpretations. Milestones. Geocoding. GIS Analysis ESRI Suite. Enterprise GIS.

Data Governance, Processing, Publishing and Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Digitizers; Workstations and desktop Computers; Plotters (A1&A0); Printers; GPS/Total stations

ESRI Suite : ArcGIS, ArcMap, Arc Catalog, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst; Arc GIS, Arc Info, MapInfo, ERDAS, R2V, Demeter GIS, AutoCAD, MicroStation, Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Office, RDMS: Oracle Access; Servers: ArcSDE, MySQL, Oracle, Windows, Unix & Linux, Sun, IDB2 Python, HTML5, ArcGIS Platform: ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS for Server, Arc Desktop 10xx, ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Pro., Data Governance, Data Management.

KEY AWARDS & ACCOLADES

IGN_France/SOK Award Suitability Maps: Waterwells Distribution in Arid & Semi-Arid Lands in Kenya: (A research Assignment) by BECOM(France)

Ministerial Recognition for Design of the Topographic and Cadastral Information Systems (GIS) /CIS/LIS

World Bank: Study of Transport and Related Factors. Database Development

Departmental award: 200 Miles Coastal Strip Map of Kenya_ UN Series. Visual and analytical Spatial data.

ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

With Koskai Kogyo-Japan, developed city of Nairobi’s infrastructure database, 2003.

For the World Agroforestry Center, generated digital elevation models for agricultural policy decisions, 2003.

Fronted the building/generation of the cadastral information system (CIS)/GIS in Kenya (Survey of Kenya), 2002.

Successfully converted Kenya's Basic/Topo maps to digital formats building Topo Databases, 2001.

Established Own Geospatial Company: Earth Sceneries and continuously acted as a Mapping consultant to a number of Geodetic and Mapping Companies: Geometer, Mount Kenya Sundries and Tourist Maps (Africa).

Published Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro Climbing Guides, Nairobi City Guide, Kenya Physical& General others.

Frequently participated in requirements specifications.

Developed, managed and supervised Google fiber project Data Using ESRI Desktop environment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/RESPONSIBILITIES

Senior Spatial Data Manager/Senior Cartographer 2021- 2022.

Supports Department of Homeland Security (DHS), DC, US.

Successfully maximizes performance in consistently completing GIS projects in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment requiring superior strategic planning, organization, and leadership skills. Performs a broad spectrum of duties, including conducting geospatial data compilation and image processing, as well as delivering quality assurance for geospatial data issues. Creates and executes key mapping products to facilitate information exchange.

Demonstrates strong GIS software proficiency in manipulating data in a vector and Rasta base geospatial environment.

Successfully executes Geospatial data attribution and editing in a geodatabase.

Utilizes several tools in industry standard applications like ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, AGOL in Geoprocessing Data sets.

Effectively analyzes internal processes to define inefficiencies and provided expert recommendations to boost productivity and streamline workflow. Supports Geospatial Management Office, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), HIFLD Project on Managing, Governance and Processing data including Publishing Datasets on both open and Secure Portals.

BGE/Exelon: Business/GIS Technologist 2019- 2020.

Played a key role in in day-to-day completion of field tickets status on small world Utility Management Platform.

Proactively supported the GIS Users and needs, further illustrating exceptional communication skills. Used Tools in Small World GIS Software in Monitoring and managing Gas Distribution Data and Databases. Continuously updated Gas tickets for customers in surveyed Areas covered by BGE in Maryland, US.

USDA/Forest Services (Atlanta, GA). 2017-2017.

Uses the Forest eGIS/enterprise databases for creation forest related deliverables data.

Manages and delivers varied deliverables (Maps/GIS Deliverables). QA/QC.

Reviews forestry data, Creates reviewed deliverables. Capturing and preparing requirements, analysis, data inventory and assessment, application design, and assisting the data development team with the application physical design. Create, analyze, and maintain maps, data, and reports; Develop, plan, and implement complex GIS applications software for the system users and operators. Systems Architecture Design, including Hardware, software, and data, specification, acquisition and management.

Corporate Environmental Risk Management (C.E.R.M) 2016-2017

GIS Specialist:

Employs latest GIS Technologies in data capture, generation, processing, display, retrieval, analysis and storage of data. Perform complex cadastral and GIS data maintenance, manipulation, analysis, extraction and generation data. Perform data research, investigation and verification. Code, digitize maps and geographic data into various layers and databases. Respond to emergency mapping and information requests. Perform complex cadastral and GIS data maintenance, manipulation, analysis, extraction and generation. Perform data research, investigation and verification. Code and digitize maps and geographic feature data into various layers and databases. Closely work with consumers, other GIS staff to identify GIS requirements, technical issues, and training needs, analyze and recommend needs of the organization. Prepares, plans, produces, maintains and updates a variety of maps, drawings, plans and other graphic representations and other Geospatial deliverables. Develops and maintains data layers and relational databases using GIS tools, analyzes requests for a variety of new applications, programs and modifications to existing GIS programs. Work with other GIS and IT staff to develop and present proposals for new approaches and options to meet end users’ requirements. Develops customized web applications, web services, mobile, and enterprise solutions. Develops geoprocessing and GIS web services. Develops GIS web editing/mapping applications. Conducts performance, unit, system, integration, and quality assurance testing of applications Provides end user support and creates support documentation. Works closely with other developers and architects.

Bechtel Power Infrastructure Corporation. 2015 –2016

Updates Complex Infrastructure Databases. Database reorganization, Web GIS, Enterprise GIS. Management. Leads on Google Fiber Project Poles Data Generation, Editing and data querying. Creates Maps for Completed huts and leads the Team of GIS Analysts and Technicians on data generation. Trouble Shooting. Maintains Hut databases. Responds to Requests from field crews. Data mining and query, Data interoperability, Web Map Services. Custom workflows, Geocollaboration. Oracle tables Queries, 3GIS. Live Maps: Bing, Google, ESRI ArcGIS online, and Open Geospatial Data. Provide customer support via email, telephone or through one-on-one interactions with our clients.

GIS concepts and analytical techniques, including computerized mapping and digital data conversion, manipulation and analysis. Maintain extensive Metadata catalog. Participates in continued trainings Work with complex and advanced geospatial analysis methods Work with GIS tool suites, including ESRI, QGIS and Google Earth.

Designs, develops both desktop and Web-based interfaces and tools to support discovery, query, and downloads data; map-based spatial data query and visualization tools; and innovative, Web-based data visualization techniques and tools to present OCS information in user-friendly manner.

Providing expertise in testing and debugging desktop and Web-based GIS applications, and their supporting databases.

Creating, editing, and managing databases of complex spatial data associated with engineering data.

Provides data transformation and load services into databases.

Anne Arundel County: Parks & Recreation. 2013-2013

GIS/Mapping Analyst

Uses Existing Map and New Field data. Builds Park Databases and Produces High Quality Cartographic and GIS Products. Web Mapping, Uses and analyzes (GIS) data to identify spatial relationships or display results of analyses, using maps, graphs, or tabular data. Maintain or modifies existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases. Generates spatial and aspatial databases by digitization of maps, scanning, importation or export digital data from existing databases. Review existing or incoming data for accuracy, usefulness, quality, or completeness of documentation. Create maps. Collects and generates data from Field Survey/GPS. Builds Topologies, Does QC, Converts Data Formats. Updates Recreational Parks. Database design, Trouble shooting, Networking. Metadata workflows, imagery use.

Citizens Planning and Housing Association - Baltimore, MD, USA.

GIS /Mapping Analyst: 2009-2012

Uses Existing Data for Spatial Data Analysis, Control, and GIS Map deliverables, Spatial Database Management and Training, Servers, Web Maps, Geodatabases. Mentoring, Quality Control, Trouble shooting, GIS concepts Analysis:

Program modifications, Web and ESRI servers, GPS, GIS Data bases, Cartographic representation.

Earth Sceneries

Consultancy/Training (Remote) 2007-2013

Executes Recommendations and Sourcing. Research on emerging trends is Geospatial field and recommend the relevant changes to the organization. Databases, Tourist Maps, Geometer Surveys. Research/Consultancy in Geospatial Requirements: Cartography, GIS, Photogrammetric, Programming and change implementation. Web Mapping. Servers. Enterprise Geodatabases.

Survey of Kenya

Acting Chief Cartographer/GIS Technologist 2000 - 2007

Played a key role in training and mentoring new GIS team members and tracking subsections in the Geomatics Department, including Photogrammetry, Cartography, and Geodesy. Exhibited critical thinking skills and sharp attention to detail in conducting data outsourcing and approval, data management and security, and project management (SILK Process). Ensured timely and accurate validation and maintenance of the GIS data and map, retrieval, analysis.

Proactively supported the GIS Users and needs, further illustrating exceptional communication skills. Supported Survey of Kenya Hydrographic Surveys Division responsible for planning and management of hydrographic surveys, reviewing and accepting survey data, processing survey data for application to affected bathymetric charts, and channeling geospatial products to end users and storage.

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Senior GIS Technologist/Geospatial Analyst 1995-2000

Successfully maximized performance in consistently completing GIS projects in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment requiring superior strategic planning, organization, and leadership skills. Performed a broad spectrum of duties, including conducting geospatial data compilation and image processing, as well as delivering quality assurance for geospatial data issues. Created and executed key mapping products to facilitate information exchange.

Demonstrated strong GIS software proficiency in manipulating data in a vector and Rasta base geospatial environment.

Proactively transitioned data types and formats into geodatabase feature classes and supported project managers with project status reports. Successfully executed Geospatial data attribution and editing in a geodatabase.

Utilized several tools in industry standard applications like Arc View in Geoprocessing New Data sets.

Strategically prioritized and directed GIS projects to ensure on-time, requirements-compliant completion. Effectively analyzed internal processes to define inefficiencies and provided expert recommendations to boost productivity and streamline workflow. Stayed abreast of Survey of Kenya projects by editing Cartographic information, and general land layers, shape files, and overlays. Conducted detailed map creation, geo-referencing, data gridding, and contouring, further demonstrating strong industry expertise. Executed all facets of data analysis and interpretation as required for specific projects, as well as facilitating archival, retrieval, and management of both hard and softcopy. Applied proficiency in AutoCAD and micro station in the production of CAD features and updating Aeronautical and Bathymetric Charts.

Researched and prepared a diverse range of graphics, and diligently maintained hard and soft copies, files, target folders, film files, collateral files, and other publications to optimize accuracy and productivity.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Masters Geospatial Information Sciences; American Sentinel University, CO, USA

B.Sc. (Cartography) - Kenya Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Nairobi, Kenya

AAS Degree –Associate of Applied Science (Database Management); Anne Arundel Community College, Maryland USA.

Associate of Applied Science Degree (Programming/Analysis Option); Anne Arundel Community College (US).

Diploma in Cartography and Air Survey - Kenya Polytechnic University College, Kenya

Post Diploma in Cartography: Survey of Kenya Training School/Japanese International Cooperation Agency.

Advanced UNIX Operation Systems & Demeter Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - IGN, France

GIS Capacity Building - African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD) / Jomo Kenyatta Univ. of Agriculture.

ESRI Certificates/Training (2014/15); Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Python, Modeler, RDMS, Workflow Manager, Web Geodatabases

Visa Status: Citizen

AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Kenya Cartographers Association; Kenya National Spatial Data Infrastructure. (KNSDI)

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