Roles in Past Projects (Philippines)

• GIS Consultant/Lead Systems Developer/Programmer [2013-2015] for a Web based GIS risk analysis platform for a leading Insurance company in the Philippines.


• GIS Specialist/Consultant [2012], "Philippine Mapping for IFAD FoodStart project”. Food Security Through Asian Root and Tuber Crops (FoodSTART) Project, International Potato Center (CIP), Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City. PHILIPPINES


• GIS Consultant/Specialist/GIS Team Leader [2007 – 2011], Public Assessment of Water Services (PAWS), National Engineering Center (NEC), University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City. PHILIPPINES . Performed tasks:
  
  • Provide technical support to the other components of the project and manage the activities of the GIS Team;
  • Manage the project’s GIS database of water utilities, pipelines, road network, demographic data, customer/household survey data, political boundaries etc, for project covered areas;
  • Development of tools to automate and simplify GIS related tasks


• GIS Research Engineer [2000 – 2007], Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Public Performance Assessment Project (MWSS-PPA), National Engineering Center, University of the Philippines-Diliman, QC. PHILIPPINES. Performed tasks:
  
  • Management of the project’s GIS database of water utilities, pipelines, road network, demographic data, customer survey data, etc, for Metro Manila;
  • GIS data processing, data conversion, input and creation of maps;
  • Prepare data for ready input into the customized GIS Data Viewer/Browser;
  • Customization and updating of the project’s GIS Data Viewer/Browser;
  • Development of tools to automate and simplify GIS related tasks
  • Provide technical support to the other components of the project;
  • A resource person in workshops and seminars.
  • Manage the activities of the GIS Team


• Research Fellow [1999 - 2003], Philippine Maritime Zone Mapping Project , UP System-Wide Network on Archipelagic and Oceans Policy Studies Program, UP Law Center, Institute of International Legal Studies, University of the Philippines-Diliman, QC, PHILIPPINES. Performed tasks:
  
  • Conversion of data from maps, field research and documents (guidelines, laws and proclamations) to GIS ready format; and
  • Creation of a Marine Geographic Information System (MAGIS) for Oceans Policy and Maritime boundary research


• Remote Sensing Consultant [2004-2006], Sustainable Environmental Management Project in Northern Palawan JBIC Project, ECAN Zoning Component. PHILIPPINES Performed tasks:
  
  • Production/generation of Satellite Image Maps (SIMS) and Land cover maps from SPOT 5 imagery;
  • Ground and sea validation and field work.


• Senior Remote Sensing Specialist-Team Leader [2005], Laguna Lake Development Authority, LISCOP Project, GeoMap-DARUMA, University of the Philippines, National Engineering Center, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES. Performed tasks:
  
  • Satellite image (SPOT 5) processing;
  • GPS control establishment;
  • Field work and ground validation;
  • The production and generation of Satellite Image Maps (SIMS) and Land cover maps for areas covered the the LLDA’s LISCOP Project.


• Remote Sensing/GPS/GIS Specialist [May 2006], Guinsaugon Landslide Field Study (Guinsaugon Leyte 17 February 2006, rock slide-debris avalanche), UP College of Engineering and UP National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES. Performed tasks:
  
  • field survey of the site of the February 17 Guinsaugon, St. Bernard, Southern Leyte Landslide and the Mayana, Bohol Landslide from May 1-24, 2006. This was to support the collaborative studies on landslides of the UP National Institute of Geological Sciences and the UP College of Engineering.


• Remote Sensing Specialist [2004-2006], Secondary Education Development and Improvement Project, School Mapping Exercise (SEDIP-SME). PHILIPPINES. Performed tasks:
  
  • Digital image processing satellite image data sets (SPOT 4) covering 14 provinces;
  • Conversion and editing of remote sensing classification and image interpretation data outputs to GIS ready format; and
  • Production of land use/cover data layers as ready input to GIS modeling and mapping activities.


• Remote Sensing Specialist [2001 - 2003] Fisheries and Coastal Habitats, Fisheries Resource Management Project , Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City. PHILIPPINES. Performed tasks:
  
  • Digital image processing of satellite imagery (Landsat 7ETM+/TM and SPOT 4) of the 18 covered bays and municipalities;
  • Ground validation and fieldwork;
  • Conversion and editing of remote sensing classification and image interpretation data outputs to GIS ready format; and
  • A resource person in GIS trainings and workshops


• Remote Sensing Assistant [2000-2004], PACRIM 2 Philippines-NASA AIRSAR (Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar) Project. Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City. PHILIPPINES. Performed tasks:
  
  • Processing of Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR) data;
  • Ground validation and fieldwork (participated in the NASA DC8 aircraft flights over Phil. study sites);
  • Presentation of results and provide input to the final report.