Synopsis
Since my whole GIS career emphasizes on vector data development and management, I am the most experienced in:
- Digitization
- Data cleanup
- Digital maps production
- Commercial posters production
- Geo-referencing & transformation
- Data Interoperability
- Cadastral mapping
- Navigable roads digitization
- Geoprocessing techniques by using Python scripts
- Landuse maps creation
- Data quality checking
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Metadata & datasets design & creation
- Geodatabase design & maintenance
- Data correction
- Data conversions
- Address geocoding
- Spatial analysis
Professional Info
I am a versatile and analytical GIS vector data specialist having specialization in spatial data integration and development with extensive 28 years of professional experience in vector data collection, creation, manipulation, maintenance, and QC, along with practical hands-on experience in data processing techniques.
My Skills
- ArcGIS 10.8.2
- ArcMap 10.8.2
- ArcCatalog 10.8.2
- ArcGIS Explorer
- ArcView 3.x
- AutoCAD 2021
- ERDAS Imagine 8.1
- MS Office 365
- User Manual Documentation
- Photoshop CS6
- Illustrator CS6
- InDesign CS6
- Garmin 12 XL
- Magellan GPS Tracker
- Trimble GeoExplorer
- Google Earth KML
- HTML5
Work Experience
Innovation UAE, Dubai
Senior Engineer (GIS)
(Working for Etisalat as an outsourced staff)
August 2017 – Present
Etisalat, Dubai
Senior Engineer (GIS)
May 2008 – August 2017
Fugro MAPS, Sharjah
GIS Analyst
August 2003 – May 2008
Spatial Data Integrators (SDI), Dubai
GIS Technologist
June 2000 – August 2003
Engineering Consultants International Limited (ECIL), Karachi
Geographer
June 1996 – May 2000
University of Karachi
Interim
March 1993 – May 1996
Education
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geography
(Gold Medalist)
University of Karachi
1994 – 1995
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours
(2nd Position Holder)
University of Karachi
1991 – 1994
Diploma in Computer Science
Karachi Institute of Computer Technology
1992 – 1993
Academic Awards
- Gold Medal in M.Sc. (Geography)
- Merit Certificate for securing First position in M.Sc. (Geography)
- Merit Certificate for securing Second position in B.Sc. (Honours)
Project Rewards
- Honored Second place for generating LBM Business Report within Etisalat in 2014
- Special appreciation from Off-Road Explorer, Dubai, for creating off-road route maps published in its 2002 edition
- Special recognition and appreciation from the Geological Survey of Pakistan for developing digital maps of the Geological Atlas of Pakistan in 1998
Research Work
During my studies, I also worked as a Research Associate on the use of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques for the forecasting of a malarial vector in Karachi and its environs in association with the Geography Department, University of Georgia, Athens, United States, in 1998-99.
Responsibilities:
- Development of database
- Vectorization of Raster data
- Digitization of Karachi district boundaries and malarial zones
- Integration of data provided by the University
- Development of the malaria forecasting model
Detailed Resume
A detailed resume is also available. Please contact me at contact@mfarooqui.com, and I will forward my detailed resume.