Data Entry Specialist - GIS & Risk Analyst
Resume:
OLAMIDE CHRISTOPHER OLANIYAN
Address: Santa Maria, Camobi, Univerisidade Federal Do Santa Maria
E-mail: ****************@*****.***, phone number: +234 803-***-****
EDUCATION
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil 2026 - Present Master’s Degree, Architecture and Landscape Urbanism Dissertation: Green-Blue Infrastructure (GBI) Planning for Flood Mitigation in Lagos, Nigeria Supervised by Prof. Dr. Guilherme Pippi Aita.
Federal polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun state, Nigeria Dec. 2014- 2019 Bachelor’s Degree, Surveying and Geoinformatics
GPA- 3.34/4, 3.52/4 (WES EVALUATION)
Undergraduate Thesis:
FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT: I analyzed and assessed areas which are vulnerable to flooding within the given project site. Remote sensing and GIS technology were adopted in order to achieve the aim of the project.
ACADEMIC/RESEARCH INTEREST:
Remote-sensing/GIS
Climate Change
Urban and regional planning
Flooding Risk Assessment/Flood mapping`
Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA).
WORK, TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Environmental and Risk Management District Surveyor/Geospatial Analyst Consultant Feb 2021-Till date
Conduct surveys, determine the boundaries of new bank locations, and assess property.
Geospatial data management, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information on addresses, properties, or other location-related data.
Create maps, charts, or other visual representations of geographic data in other to communication geographical data and help the management comprehend.
Work directly with internal teams to give geospatial insights and support decision-making, such as loan departments, risk management, or marketing.
Collaborating with clients or stakeholders to understand their geospatial needs and developing customized solutions.
Bureau Lands and Survey Jan 2020- Feb 2021
Geospatial Technician
Carried out cadastral surveys making extensive use of the requisite Survey Instrument.
Successfully carried out Cadastral and Engineering surveys making extensive use of requisite survey instruments, prepared survey plan to fit the need using the appropriate scale of measurements
Also analyzed data using plans, maps, charts, and software such as AutoCAD and GIS (Geographic Information systems).
Prepared survey plans to fit the need using the appropriate scale of Measurement
Successfully Charted land coordinates to determine if such land is free, belongs to another personnel or within government acquisition.
Government secondary school- GSS Jan 2019-Dec 2020 Teaching Assistantship (Geography)
Successfully prepared from scratch and delivered lesson notes to classes of different ages and abilities.
Accessed students, gave appropriate feed backs, and maintain record of student’s progress and development.
Adequately managed student’s behavior in the classroom and within the school’s premises.
Served as the sport and quiz competition coordinator for both junior and secondary school. Bunmi Odunuga & Co. (BOAC) – Industrial Trainee Aug 2015- July 2016 Registered Surveyors.
Assisting in conducting field surveys using surveying equipment such as GPS receivers, total stations, and laser scanners.
Assisting in the documentation and report preparation of surveys.
Assisting in processing and managing geospatial data collected during surveys. Sofwares such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD civil 3D, ESRI ArcGIS, LAND DEV, etc. VOLUNTEER/LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Humanitarian surveyor (Volunteer Community Surveyor Program) Jan 2023 - 2024
Medical outreach and environmental sanitation exercise in conjunction with National Youth Service Corps. 2020
State Zonal Coordinator, Nigerian Christian Corper’s fellowship (NCCF), Sokoto state 2020 Undergraduate Research Assistant 2019
I assisted my course mates in carrying out Topographical survey project within the school premises,
Using advance surveying instruments such as Total station and GPS devices, I carried out the field
Measurements and gathered Topographical data. Upon the data collection, Geospatial software such as AutoCAD and GIS were used to process and analyze the data. Undergraduate Teaching Assistant 2018
I volunteered as a final-year undergraduate student to teach 200-level urban and regional planning students the fundamentals of surveying and leveling computation.
Voluntary blood donor: Ajebo Camp Ground 2015
CERTIFICATIONS
WEkEO for Climate Change - Copernicus & Mercator Ocean International 2025
Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics - Esri (MOOC, 6 weeks), 2023
Fundamentals of GIS, University of California, Davis. (Cousera) 2023
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Olaniyan, O., Ipede, O., Feyisetan, M., & Oladunjoye, E. (2025). Spatiotemporal Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem: Integrating Terrain and Population Dynamics for Sustainable Planning. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation, 6(3), 722–730. https://doi.org/10.54660/IJMRGE.2025.6.3.722-730
SKILLS AND INTEREST
Technical skills: Data Visualization, database management, proficient in AutoCAD, ArcGIS and QGIS, excellent skill in writing and editing, teamwork and attention to details.
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