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Mohamed Baher Ibrahim Fouad

GIS & Geomatics Manager & PMP Certified

GIS & Geomatics Technical Manager

Address: Elmokattam, Cairo, Egypt, and currently in Riyadh / Saudi Arabia, Tel: 002/ 010********, +966*********,

E-mail address: adtvt9@r.postjobfree.com

Career objective:

Developing my professional career as senior GIS/Geomatics/ land surveying and remote sensing Summary:

Expert in all GIS strategic planning, systems reference & detailed systems architectures, building spatial data infrastructures, planning for initiatives and projects and gap analysis

Extensive experience in GIS including all surveying/mapping disciplines, geospatial data analysis, data management, geospatial data analysis, 3d data analysis and visualization and applying different cartographic standards. Expert in land surveying as a user for all types of total stations and GPS, as an instructor and as a manager for field surveying teams, using all relevant softwares and producing all types of products.

Expert in dealing with and merging all types and formats of spatial data captured from various surveying techniques in a single geodatabase GIS system. Able to start a GIS comprehensive project passing through validation and verification phases and performing different GIS geospatial analysis requirements with prompt responses for adhoc requests. Highly technical supervision and verification through adopted cartographic standards and guarantee on final products to end users.

International education and experience in GIS and geomatics performing different geospatial analysis techniques and applying different cartographic standards and great knowledge with QC/QA issues.

Highly skilled in remote sensing tools and integrating between all spatial data types in a geodatabase using Erdas Imagine, Arcinfo, Envi, AutoCAD and all land surveying softwares.

Great experience in land surveying using various types of total stations, digital levels and GPS, in small and large scale projects producing topographic, cadastral and touristic maps.

Great management skills due to project management professional certification as well as deep career experience besides technical knowledge from education and experience, and working on self- technical development through PHD currently handling. Education:

Advanced education-

Working on PHD in GIS/GEOMATICS

AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY/FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Masters in Geographic Information Systems

Cranfield University - United Kingdom

(Land Surveying – Reference Systems – Imagery – IT – Information Systems – Photogrammetry – Remote Sensing – Geographic Information Systems – Cartography) College-

Military Technical College 1993 – Civil Engineering Department (Construction)

GIS/Remote Sensing Consultant: from the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate 2011-2012. Courses-

Basic AutoCAD: 1999-2000 Advanced AutoCAD: 1999-2000 Erdas Imagine: 2002-2003 ESRI ArcGIS I: 2003-2004

ESRI ArcGIS II: 2003-2004 Advanced Remote Sensing NARS: 2009-2010 Project management professional: 2011-2012,

Membership

SIM group (Sudan Interagency Mapping Group)

UNGIWG (United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Membership) 2

Languages-

Language: Arabic English French

Level: Excellent Excellent Fair

Computer skills-

General IT- Windows + Microsoft Office + Adobe Photoshop + Java Applets Programming Language. Special IT- (Surveying)

Erdas Imagine + Apollo + ArcGIS 10 and Extensions + ArcGIS Enterprise (portal & server) + ArcSDE + Arc Object + Micro-station + MAPINFO + ENVI 4.7 + open source solutions + AutoCAD 2011 + LISCAD for Leica equipments + SDR for Sokkia equipment + Google Earth PRO/PLUS, MS SQL + all GIS spatial analysis softwares and geodesy transformation techniques. Surveying Equipments-

Total Stations: All models of (Leica + sokkia + Topcon + Trimble) Global Positioning Systems: (Standalone models + differential models + RTK) Digital Levels: all types.

Summary of Relevant Work Experience:

GIS Technical Manager& Consultant Feb 2021 – Now

PROGER Consultancy / Riyadh – Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-Art Program / RCRC (Royal Commission for Riyadh City) RC

Producing a strategic plan for the GIS unit in the artwork program including the strategic targets that will be realized from utilizing the GIS technology in this program and defining the tools that needs to be included to end up with the client requested outputs

Defining all the GIS technical processes throughout the whole programs and the quality standards measures that need to be implemented to ensure the GIS output satisfactory

Building all GIS infrastructure, designing and developing the hardware topology that can support any rigid highly available GIS product, and also including team resources, systems, infrastructure and operational procedures and standards,

Managing the geodatabase scheme design after well studying the client business requirements and the requested GIS functionalities with the available spatial data status and ending up with a comprehensive artwork geodatabase that fits well on all geodatabase technology platforms

Data capturing, dealing and merging of all types of spatial data coming from various surveying techniques in a single enterprise GIS geodatabase

Managing the integration between GIS platform and the CAD technology as the CAD format is one of the required outputs and confirming the consistency of spatial reference that can fit with the client final output specifications

Managing a surveying and GIS technical team and forming the integration between various technical capabilities to cover the whole drawings and maps production identified mapping processes

Performing a deep QC/QA process through the whole map production process starting from the data capture and passing through the geodatabase with the attributes and ending up with the cartographic standards applied on all maps produced formats

Continuous processes performance measurements and confirming the client (RCRC) satisfaction over the programs produced outputs and ensuring the outputs coverage for the artists’ work

supporting the upper management with presentations and elevations profiles including 3d models and DEM’s in addition to fly through movies to support the decision making for the best art-work location selections (visibility analysis) and the feasibility of introducing new site locations 3

GIS Technical Manager& Consultant Feb 2020 – Jan 2021 Ministry of Tourism / Riyadh-Saudi Arabia,

Tourism Map Geoportal,

Building all GIS infrastructure, designing and developing the hardware topology that can support any rigid highly available GIS product, and also including team resources, systems, infrastructure and operational procedures and standards,

Working on all types of data sources and formats from internal and external partners and managing the data processing and migration from multi-format to a single format with standards geospatial data specs in a unified data repository

Managing the geodatabase scheme design after well studying the client business requirements and the requested GIS functionalities with the available spatial data status and ending up with a comprehensive tourism geodatabase that fits well on all geodatabase technology platforms

Putting all the technical specifications for creating a comprehensive base map for Tourism starting from the data layers overlaying passing through applying the optimum cartographic standards for map creation ending with QC/QA standards.

Reviewing the project request for proposal before bidding and considering all the technical conditions for building the base map until linking the map data layers to the governmental GIS services and the suggested geodatabase architecture.

Setting the best technical integration workflow for the internal and external GIS services integrations through enterprise service bus (ETL tools) or through database synchronization taking into consideration quality and security parameters and ending up with a live integrating GIS environment with backup plan for downtimes and high availability

Working as GIS enterprise architecture in designing the whole system methodology and the main geodatabase servers’ locations in addition to the data security measures within the data recovery data center and the geodatabase links between the spatial data and the governmental services taking into consideration the interoperability capabilities and the interactivity flexibility.

Creating the GIS master strategic plan for the long term for the IT department in compliance with Tourism GIS planned applications, new technologies and stakeholders' requirements as well as moving towards the automation e-services environment. And managing the full stack development operations GIS & Geomatics Manager (20 persons team) Feb 2013 – Feb 2020 Ministry of Municipality & Rural Affairs (Momra) / Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, Baladi Project for Base Map Creation & Building Governmental GIS Infrastructure,

Building MOMRA GIS infrastructure, including team resources, systems, infrastructure and operational procedures and standards, MOMRA SDI framework,

Working in all types of GIS application including standalone and GIS integrated systems.

Working on the municipal data infrastructure project including geodatabase schemes, standards, reference and detailed systems architectures and building the country municipal basemap

Putting all the technical specifications for creating a comprehensive base map for the municipalities starting from the data capture issues passing through data processing and cartographic standards for map creation ending with QC/QA standards.

Reviewing the project request for proposal before bidding and considering all the technical conditions for building the base map until linking the map data layers to the governmental GIS services and the suggested geodatabase architecture.

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Setting the standard methodology for current data features capture and database update in the future using Esri mobile GIS systems with high accuracy standards through the usage of virtual reference GPS stations.

Working as GIS enterprise architecture in designing the whole system methodology and the main geodatabase servers’ locations in addition to the data security measures within the data recovery data center and the geodatabase links between the geodata and the governmental services taking into consideration the interoperability capabilities and the interactivity flexibity.

Creating the GIS master strategic plan for the long term for the IT department in compliance with MOMRA GIS planned applications, new technologies and stakeholders' requirements as well as moving towards the automation e-services environment. And managing the full stack development operations

Supporting the IT applications in all projects integrated with spatial services and having a major role in the enterprise architecture design for all these applications to create the link between IT & GIS.

Producing a series of satellite image maps and fly through for the country and all municipalities to support the managers in decision making as well as presentations, besides, showing different IT situations and creating multi-criteria analysis.

Implementing All project management related activities starting from project charter & scope & projects plans and working on stakeholders requirements and business requirements and projects documentations and bidding procedures with SOW’s and RFP’s and passing through all execution phases like quality management and control and closing projects details and resources management and procurements with time and cost plans

GIS & Geomatics Consultant June 2012 – Jan 2013

Military Surveying Department (temporary post)

Supporting and preparing the field work management plan for all land surveying projects supporting all engineering disciplines including construction, infrastructure and land information system data acquisition.

Working with the geomatics teams in creating a data acquisition system (images interpretation + features extraction) using aerial and satellite imagery and producing a geodatabase designed according to the military oriented data scheme as well as working on the interoperability concept of merging different data formats in a single GIS system.

Supporting in different GIS analysis adhoc requests including multi-criteria analysis, site selection, network analysis and other tasking starting from the data collection phase and ending up with the map or chart production and its QC/QA measures and standards.

Working with the topographic map production and the image map production units by training the teams and setting the methodology for each as well as putting the cartographic standards and designing the approved templates and the symbology libraries fitting different scales for each type. GIS & Geomatics Manager Jan 2012 – May 2012

Parsons Brinkerhoff International– Qatar/Doha

Working as a GIS manager supervising the integration of different GIS data coming from five general engineering consultancy companies covering the all construction development projects around the whole country.

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Merging these different types and formats of data (AutoCAD, MapInfo,…) and creating a single features geodatabase for the whole 300 projects with an oriented data scheme matching the projects activities.

Data management is fulfilled and passed through a number of validation phases with topology checks and field visits checking in addition to saving the data in KMLER format to be added to Google earth for management criteria and analysis for setting priority within projects.

Creating a standard symbology with coding and map template for the company and starting the map production workflow either for presentation to the government or for decision making.

Trying to collect different types of data from external sources in the country and successfully bringing them in the adopted standard GIS format.

Conducting some data exchange agreements with some national agencies to promote the data sharing concept as well as setting the data interoperability standards for direct usage of data and merging with already built geodatabase.

Processing of different spatial resolution satellite imagery covering the area of interest, either to be used as base maps or for features identification and data verification.

Creating digital elevation models for different areas around the country as well fly through movies representing the terrain in comparison to the ground water table to support representations.

Putting the basis for spatial general and utilities data collection and using of interoperability tools for integrating the captured data with current geodatabase for standardizing the format and the coding system and using the data reviewer for data validation and topology rules set up. Head of the Geospatial Analysis, Remote Sensing & Image Map Production Military Surveying Department - Geomatics Section Mar 2007 – Jan 2012

Initiating the structure for the image map production unit according to the unit tasking as well as the spatial commitment and the available human resource besides the current technical capabilities for the staff.

Designing the appropriate production system and passing the system through the validation and verification channels while measuring the performance by benchmarking.

Integrating all surveying techniques with imagery exploitation for the formation of a comprehensive geomatics discipline while checking the process flow as well as the utilized tools validation.

Integrating all spatial data formats from different data collection sources (land surveying, image feature extraction, data exchange agreements, aerial photogrammetry) promoting the interoperability concept and forming a well-defined geospatial database.

Starting the software shift from Microstation to ARCGIS 9.x and Erdas Imagine as a new production system implementation and the accompanied training packages required for the imagery staff.

Building production system foundation components (standards) like symbology library, image maps templates for all requested production dimensions and scales.

Building a complete raster and vector geodatabase and starting a complete process of vector data validation using topology checks, data cleaning and building the geodatabase relationships.

Working in a landuse / landcover classification process for the whole country using different classification decisions on Landsat imagery and pre-identified training samples for the operations exploitation.

Production of a number of image maps through Google Earth Pro subscription for some special requirements as well as creating DEM’s and some visualization using flu through’s for some other situations.

Managing the whole team and controlling day to day tasking as well as preparing reports and presentations showing the section regular performance, successes and the difficulties. 6

Preparing a number of presentations for the unit production system as well as the prospected output rate and the development perspective.

Performing some satellite imagery atmospheric correction and temperature modeling on captured raw data using Landsat ETM+ and ENVI software.

Setting up the ArcGIS server and ArcSDE middle tier geodatabase architecture with Microsoft SQL server to host all the spatial vector, raster, general land surveying data and the set up behaviors

(topology rules).

Working with the private sector in utilities surveying operations (water & electricity),starting from the land surveying using cable locators with mobile GIS systems and setting up a static GPS network for connections, and data validation and management and setting up a coding system for the captured data in the enterprise geodatabase.

GIS / Remote Sensing / Land Surveying/Geomatics Consultant Quality Standard Information Technology March 2007 - Jan 2009 ESRI North East Africa Agent

Planning for all geospatial solutions supporting presales and planning for various GIS packages solving different spatial data analysis problems.

Supporting data collection, preparation and analysis teams during GIS and data processing projects.

Conducting defense and business geospatial solutions presentations for marketing awareness and re- orientation for company pre-sales strategies.

Contributing in ESRI basic and advanced training courses and preparing advertisement presentations showing training courses details for marketing.

Putting detailed field surveying plans taking into account the relation between accuracy specs, equipments to be used, and human resource as well as surveying techniques in relation to projects timeframe.

Presenting the current field surveying unit technical and human resource situation, together with budget planning for short and long term technical requirements.

Preparing detailed budget demand including technicians training requirements, tools to be acquired, software and hardware plans and ready processed data if needed. Remote Sensing & GIS Specialist

Chief GIS, Geomatics & Cartographic Section May 2005 – March 2007 United Nations mission in Sudan (UNMIS)

Development of cartographic based products, particularly using remote sensing methods. Geometric corrections and radiometric enhancements of satellite imagery: Quickbird, Ikonos, Spot, Landsat……

Organization and data acquisition\evaluation: geographic database building and update by field data collection using GPS equipments (GIS infrastructure mapping)

Tasking and supervision over all GIS and remote sensing mission requirements and planning and putting mid and long term plans for the execution.

Integrating all data acquisition techniques including data exchange agreements to form an interoperability foundation for a comprehensive map production unit in addition to performing some GIS analysis to give prompt response for adhoc situations.

Production of all types of maps starting from the jet navigation charts and ending with city image maps

(different scales with different exploitations).

Leading teams for field data collection using GPS RTK techniques as well as integrating the data within the used GIS system.

Designing a city map production system to collect spatial data (buildings, road networks, utilities) for all areas of interest using mobile GIS systems and very high resolution satellite imagery feature extractions and passing the data through validation and verification phases until reaching the final map production cartographic standards and QC/QA final step. Leader for a Land Surveying Company

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Egyptian Military Surveying Department Jan 2003 – April 2005

All land surveying techniques including: surveying + leveling + setting out + point positioning.

Using collected data to compile maps with various scales using different cartographic standards (e.g. generalization level according to required scale).

Performing QC/QA steps during data processing and on produced final products using field visits and collecting random samples and via ground truth for old map for the area with considerable scales and well known metadata files.

Working within a team starting the foundation for a GIS system building as well as involving imagery processing inside the system. (private sector part time job)

Training new staffs on the designed production system as well as the adopted data capture techniques and the available softwares and passing through all system phases ending up with a comprehensive geomatics integration system with well-trained team players ready for normal and adhoc requests in maps and charts production.

Construction Consultant Jan 1997 – Dec 2001

Egyptian Military Projects Department

Supervision on the main contractor for 12 resident buildings at nasr city including all construction procedures starting from surveying the main piece of land using land surveying techniques until the handing over of the buildings to the assigned committee.

Supervision over the construction of a big conference hall at sidi barani west Egypt.

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