MUHAMMAD KAMRAN
Islamabad, Pakistan
Email: *******@****.***
Cell: +966-*********
Objectives
To be the best among my peers utilizing my maximum capabilities and potential in a dynamic and fast growing enterprise environment. I am seeking new challenges and opportunities to broaden my areas of expertise and to use my skills to the best of my ability in a team-oriented workplace.
Qualifications (18 years of education) ________________
MS Computer Sc. University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore Pakistan
1st Div. (UET) Lahore (2 years program)
Majors: Computer Science and Engineering
Thesis Hydrological Modelling and Analysis using GIS
B.Sc Computer Sc. University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore Pakistan
1st Div. (UET) Lahore (4 years program)
Majors: Software Engineering
GIS Certifications ____
• ESRI Certifications ESRI-UAE
o Developing Applications with ArcGIS Server using .NET Platform, ESRI
o Developing Applications with ArcGIS Server using JAVA Platform, ESRI
o ArcGIS Server Enterprise configuration and tuning for Oracle 10g, ESRI
o Developing Applications with ArcGIS Engine, ESRI
• Safe Software’s FME Training
o FME Universal Viewer, FME Universal Translator, FME Workbench
Work Experience A total experience of more than 7 (seven) years______________
• DarGeomatics, Saudi Arabia (July 2010 till now)
o Working as GIS Solution Designer.
• LMK Resources (Oil n Gas Services Company) (May 2009 to July 2010)
o Worked as GIS Consultant
• NDC (July 2005 to April 2009 )
o Worked as Assistant Manager (GIS)
My responsibilities included;
Requirements gathering from user and feasibility study.
Prepare technical proposals, SRS, SDS and DDS documents with client’s collaboration.
To interact with client to analyze, plan and design GIS solutions as per requirements.
Identify key data sources, prepare spatial data and perform QC operations
Spatial Data Modelling, migration and integration into legacy systems.
Identifying suitable DBMS and preparing and implementing database design.
Implementing and integrate the software design using .NET languages (ArcObjects) with ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Server.
Using and managing Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS).
Using HP Quality Centre for reporting and dagnosing bugs and software problems.
Deploying software and configuring it according to client’s environment/needs.
Implementing GIS security measures on data, application and web services levels.
Administering User Acceptance Test (UAT) and sign off activities.
• Corvit Technologies Lahore (January 2004 to June 2005)
o Worked as Software Engineer
Major GIS Projects
• Geographic Information Centre for Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Saudi Arabia
o MOMRA is the supervising ministry for all municipalities around the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Currently design, development and implementation of a centralized GI Centre is in progress as per best practices of SDI around the world. Study of the current system is in progress which will follow the actual development of the system.
• GIS for Land Permits, Cadastral System and Landuse Planning, Al Fawwarah Municipality, Al Qassim Saudi Arabia
o Design, development and inception of business workflows automation in terms of GISystems is the core of this project. Located in Al Qassim region Fawwarah Municipality consists of more than 18 villages/towns and has more than 12 internal departments. A comprehensive central GIS is being designed and developed for this municipality which will be a role model for other municipalities around the Kingdom.
• Land Management and Urban Development System (Capital Development Authority)
o Analyzed, surveyed, digitized, prepared and processed Land Management and housing parcel data for GIS based cadastral system. Performed data QC, loading and configuration activities into Geodatabases. Designed and published land management maps for analysis and visualization purposes. Data included parcels, water bodies, utility networks, vegetation, services, roads and other urban facilities. Capabilities like Waste management, Road maintenance, land registration/transfer, parks maintenance and tax assessments are vital parts of the system.
• Population Census Organization (Government of Pakistan)
o PCO is a central body responsible for collecting, managing and holding all demographic data for population on household basis in Pakistan at national scale. I am involved in preparation of its planning maps for data collection, automated information registration to parcel data for a particular household and preparing thematic maps for different public and private bodies to help them in planning their operations.
• Economic Development Mapping (Planning Commission of Pakistan)
o Designed and developed GIS web portal for economic development in 5 backward districts of Pakistan. Designed and published demographic maps with a wide range of interactive analytical tools. It mainly focuses on Health and Educational aspect of the households and their comparative average income.
• Empower Pakistan: Performance (A USAID Project)
o Was involved in designing and developing GIS operational tools for EPP, a USAID project. It will help planning crop production, their transportation, cold storage and consumption in industries and local markets. The idea is to identify key areas for fruits and crops production and their optimized reach to corresponding market thus helping local farmer and overall economy at national level.
• Wi-tribe (A Qatar Telecom Company)
o Designed and developed GIS based RF Planning Tool to meet operational needs of the Broadband Service Provider Company. This tool helps in planning new locations for BTS installations, site selection for new Sales/Customer Care offices and supports daily sails activity. Map thematics help user view Uplink and Downlink traffic from user level to region level. It also helps in determining workload for any given BTS when selling a new connection in that area.
• IMSI GIS Tool (Mobilink Telecom Pakistan, ORASCOM Telecom Algeria)
o Designed and developed a GIS tool to locate a mobile subscriber using different triangulation techniques based on standard propagation models. It helps find cellular modes of a given subscriber, monitor downlink/uplink traffic and its viewing on Google Earth.
• Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
o Worked on integration of Telecom infrastructural tool, Telcordia Network Engineer (NE) with legacy systems of Business and Customer Care (BNCC) and Computerized Fault Management System (CFMS) modules. Also done extensive spatial data QC and coordinated with Survey teams and headed digitization process.
• Nestle Pakistan Ltd.
o Involved in requirement gathering, data preparation and designing of a GIS based Milk Collection System. It involved optimized routing of vehicles from Milk Collection Centres (MCC) to main chillers and then production factory. It helps identify key milk production regions and supports operational activities and strategic planning. Daily data collection regarding collected milk, its quantity, quality against registered farmers is also an integral part of this system.
Other Software Projects
• Development of payroll system for Parks and Horticulture Authority Lahore.
• ERP solution for Mustajab Industries, Lahore.
• Accounts system for Klass textiles.
• Inventory and daily transaction system for SOS Security services and H.A. Bilal Lahore.
• I have also acted as external supervisor for the final projects/thesis for BS and MS students from GCU, Iqra University and ILM Lahore.
GIS Analytical and Software Development Expertise
• Involved in R&D in diverse dimensions of technical work ranging from basic GIS analysis to design and development of GIS applications, customization and integration.
• Connecting, configuring and generating geodatabases.
• GIS data management using ArcCatalog and FME.
• Loading, configuring and performing spatial analysis in PostgreSQL/PostGIS.
• Image rectification, ortho-rectification, interpretation and enhancement operations using IDRISI and ERDAS IMAGINE
• Customization and capability-enhancement of ArcMap using .NET, VBA and VB 6.0
• Route planning and optimization using ArcGIS Network Analyst.
• Desktop standalone application development using ArcGIS Engine with .NET
• Extensive experience with development of ArcObjects, studying OMDs and EDN developer resources.
• Web application development using ArcGIS Server (Enterprise ADF) with both .NET and JAVA
• Building AJAX enabled custom Server Controls for ArcGIS Server based applications
• ArcGIS Server Configuration using ArcSDE with ORACLE 10g.
• Optimizing Geodatabases, defining attribute domains and subtypes
• Implementing Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) by offering specialized web services to be consumed by a wide variety of client-side applications from different platforms.
• Developing geoprocessing tools using ModelBuilder and their distribution via ArcGIS Server.
• Creating 3D animations using Animation Manager in ArcMap and ArcScene.
• 3D Modelling in SketchUp and importing models in ESRI ArcGIS.
• Transforming many data formats using FME and building pipelines in FME Workbench.
• Field survey (Ground-truthing) and image interpretation related to Remote Sensing.
• Criteria-based Report generation for GIS applications using Seagate Crystal Reports.
• Georeferencing of aerial photographs and topographic sheets.
• Design and development of Databases and their integration with different front-end softwares.
• Developed enterprise level applications using OGC compliant softwares.
• Data manipulation and analysis using GDAL/OGR tools.
• Designing and publishing WMS and WFS using MapServer.
• Developing and documenting under ISO9001 specifications.
Computer Expertise
GIS
• ArcGIS Desktop 10 (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcScene, ArcGlobe)
• ArcGIS Server 10 Enterprise, ArcSDE 10 Enterprise with Oracle 10g, ArcExplorer, ArcView 3.2a, ArcPad, MapObjects
• IDRISI, ERDAS IMAGINE 9.1
• Safe Software FME, MapInfo with Map BASIC, SketchUp, MapGuide
• PostgreSQL/PostGIS, MapServer, Quantum GIS, GDAL/OGR, OpenEV
• Worked on data formats which include; Microstation Design IGDS(.DGN), Microstation GeoGraphics (.DGN/.CAD), AutoDesk DXF/DWG, AutoDesk DWF, Intergraph MGE(.DGN/.PAR), MapInfo MIF/MID, MapInfo MITAB, Geography Markup Language(GML), ER Mapper ECW, LizardTech MrSID, GeoTIFF, GPS CSV, Microsoft Access MDB, ESRI Shape, DEM/DTED, ESRI Geodatabase (File, Personal, Enterprise), FFS, XML.
Databases
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Oracle 10g, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Microsoft Access, Geodatabase (Personal and enterprise), DBF, dBase
Programming Languages
• JAVA (J2EE), .Net (C#, VB .NET), C++ , Visual Basic 6.0, Avenue, JAVA Scripting using Google API, Adobe Flex, MS Silverlight
Others
• Seagate Crystal Reports, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, SnagIt
Workshops / Seminars
• 10 days workshop on Introduction to .NET and JAVA held from 28th March, 2002 to 7th April, 2002 at UET Lahore.
• 5 days workshop by Digital Globe Inc. US on Remote Sensing held in September 2005 at Hotel Pearl Continental Rawalpindi.
• Have attended many in-house trainings organised by my current employer which included Introduction to Geoprocessing and ArcObjects in ArcGIS and Web Design and Development with JAVA (J2EE) and GIS applications.
• Have attended many pod casts on ESRI Developers Network (EDN).
References
Will be furnished on demand.