Geo-Informatics Specialist, Digitalization Expert

Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria

• Conducting a national geo-coded inventory of water and wastewater facilities using mobile devices.
• Creating the national water and wastewater atlas, including print layouts for jamoats, regions, and the national level.
• Designing and technical specification of the national web and GIS-based management information system for urban water supply. Specified as a web-based multi-stakeholder system with configurable access rights.
• QGIS training for staff of the Ministry of Water.

• MCC Due Diligence Consultant on remote sensing, geo-informatics, data acquisition, integration, and analysis.
• Developing the ESRI-based Project Data Management Framework including mobile data collection and AGOL-based project dashboards for the MCC “Transport & Trade” and “Water Demand and Productivity” projects.
• Developing a WebGIS interface for geo-based access to project data, environmental data, and socially relevant datasets, including an analysis platform.

• Scoping mission for the Austrian Development Agency to introduce satellite and geo-based tools for flood forecasting.
• Flood protection in the Pungwe-Save-Buzi catchment areas.

• Analyzing the existing IT system at NASFAM (National Smallholder Farmers Association).
• Specification of a new IT system to strengthen the agricultural advisory service, including product tracking.

• Identifying innovative ICT solutions for smallholder irrigation in Niger.
• Knowledge transfer, knowledge management, e-learning

• Upgrading the GIS-based evaluation tools SIG-AEP and BD-INO, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (ArcGIS Desktop AddIn development with .NET C#, MapWindow plugin development with C# .NET).
• Creating the national atlas of rural water supply.
• Data integration, structuring, storage, backup.

• Developing the WASH-MIS Rwanda (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Management Information System).
• Frontend: web GIS interface and Android app.
• Cloud hosting of the services.
• Software architect, data management, training.

• Introducing precision agriculture on three farms (macadamia, lychee, avocado) in Mozambique and Brazil.
• Using GIS, integrating drone-based remote monitoring.
• Using sensors for irrigation and soil quality.
• Developing a GIS-based in-house ERP system.
• Feasibility study for introducing barcodes to ensure product traceability.

Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria

• Developing the basin-level information system (.NET, C#).
• Incorporating Google web services.
• Developing the WebGIS-based National Digital Dam Register (ASP .NET C#, TatukGIS, Google Earth Engine).
• QGIS training for staff of catchment authorities and the Ministry of Water.

• Advising the company on geo-informatics (performance optimization of ESRI ArcGIS Server/ArcSDE-Oracle DB/ArcObjects/ArcGIS Online/GEONIS/MapApps network).
• GIS training for ESRI, SDE, QGIS.
• Oracle Spatial DB performance training for Vattenfall IS.
• Further development of the TBOME software for risk assessment and slope stability calculation in open-pit mining (C# .NET).
• Developing a prototype for a geoportal on mining legacy damage information systems, including geocoding (.NET C#, ArcGIS Runtime, Oracle).

• Developing the GIS-based Sugar Industry Management Information System (SIMIS), including database, data migration (ESRI ArcGIS Runtime, ArcGIS Desktop, .NET C#).
• Developing a GIS-based management system for the interaction of harvesting, transport, and processing of sugarcane (ESRI ArcGIS, C# .NET).
• Developing models to determine harvest timing.
• Satellite image-based land use classification.
• Data integration.
• Drone-based detection of pest infestation.
• GIS training (ESRI and QGIS) and refining existing geodata processing.

• Spatial multi-criteria analysis of 2,000 km of roads in Benin to prioritize rehabilitation or new construction (ESRI ArcGIS).
• Creating maps for environmental impact analysis, remigration, and trade flows.
• Providing geodata through web GIS applications.
• Including ultra-high-resolution UAV remote sensing data.
• Building a GIS database, data modeling (ESRI ArcGIS).
• Assessing potentials for increasing agricultural productivity, promoting women’s rights, environmental and resource protection.

• Requirements analysis and technical specification for developing a modular management information system for the regulatory authority.
• Modules for calculating water service performance indicators, tariff calculation, and benchmarking; dynamic visualization using maps and charts.

• Concept, implementation, and maintenance of geotechnical expert systems for dam licensing and management.
• Implementation of industry modules under ESRI ArcGIS and C# .NET.
• Modules for online sensors, document management, geotagged photos.
• Database development, data integration.
• Data quality assurance.
• Technical documentation and training of client staff.

• Concept and implementation of a geotechnical expert system for licensing and management of flood protection structures.
• Developing data models, database, interfaces, and migration strategies.
• Implementation under MapWindow GIS with C# .NET.
• Technical documentation and training of client staff.

• Specification of TOR for creating Burkina Faso's national water information system SNIEAU.
• Data modeling.
• Tendering and evaluation.
• Monitoring implementation.
• Needs analysis workshops, stakeholder dialogues.

• Concept and development of several WebGIS-based information systems for the five member countries of the Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin Authority:
• Fleet registry (PostgreSQL, C# ASP .NET).
• Port information system (PostgreSQL, C# ASP .NET).
• Water information system (PostgreSQL, C# ASP .NET).
• Dam and power plant information system (PostgreSQL, C# .NET).
• Online map server (MapServer, PostgreSQL).
• Creating the hydrological map, the navigation map, the hydroelectric map of the transnational basin.
• Needs analysis workshops, stakeholder dialogues.
• Training on GIS and data integration.
• Customer support.
• Leading topic-based teams to improve information management within the authority and among member country authorities (DRC, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic).

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining the ESRI GIS-based information system IS Dike Safety Dessau/Elbe.
• Implementation under C# .NET.
• Integrating online sensors (water level, soil moisture).
• Technical documentation and training of client staff.

• Designing and implementing a web-based map server application (ArcIMS) for managing flood protection structures along the Rhine and Sieg. Dike owners can send their daily observation data directly to the responsible state environmental agencies, increasing data accuracy and timeliness.
• Hosting the ArcIMS MapServer application at the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics (LDS DÜ).

Project “Eau Long Terme”:

• Analyzing the existing geo-informatics landscape at DGPRE. Developing concepts to optimize databases and GIS models for sustainable data management.
• Identifying geodata gaps in the two project regions.
• Developing a training plan for the GIS/remote sensing team at DGPRE.

Project “Water Master Plan Oranie–Chott Chergui at ABH Oran”:

• Designing and implementing the GIS-based digital water balance model for water resources and demand to create a regional water framework plan (PRE).
• Designing and implementing a regional scenario database.
• Training and client support.

University of Stuttgart:

• Designing and implementing a GIS-based rainfall interpolation model.
• Compatibility with various database types.
• Developing six kriging methods.
• Allowing user-defined additional kriging methods.

• Designing and implementing a hierarchical water information system at the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) in Manila and several local branches.
• Developing and programming a database interface with an integrated GIS viewer using Delphi 5 / MapObjects.
• Implementing routines for data synchronization among participants.
• Training at the client site.

• Designing and implementing various modules to forecast future water demand and resources in Jordan.
• Connecting to the national ORACLE water information system.
• Developing different scenarios for planning horizons up to 2040.
• Designing and implementing a GIS-based rainfall-runoff model, evapotranspiration and infiltration modeling to predict natural groundwater recharge as a resource parameter.
• Training on GIS and the modules.
• Creating a water balance model based on ARCVIEW GIS 3.x as a component of Jordan’s “Digital Water Master Plan”.
• Connecting to Oracle and MS Access planning database, interactive balance selection, and cartographic presentation of balance results.

• Guest lecture on “Applying GIS in environmental science - Case studies in Western Europe”.

• Conducting environmental impact studies using ESRI UNIX ARC/INFO GIS.
• Conducting ecological studies using ESRI UNIX ARC/INFO GIS.
• Developing an ESRI ARC/INFO terrain model for northern Tunisia.

• Planning and conducting pumping tests, tracer hydrology, time series analysis, evaluation of borehole logs.
• Developing a company database for pumping test results.