Experience

• Jul 2023 - Sep 2024
  Werkstudent Data Analyst - Hybrid
  Employer: HereWeGrow gGmbH
  Location: Hamburg, Germany
  • Developed maps for Ethiopia and Uganda using ArcGIS and FME by combining administrative layers, multiple third-party data sources and georeferenced layers to support HereWeGrow staff in project-related decision making.
  • Verified raw data of a one-year research project executed by an external service provider, the so-called Farm Diary Uganda, by using advanced Excel analysis and automated programming in R.
  • Developed a comprehensive use-case walk-through manual on ArcGIS Online for mapping and conducted a training session to support team capacity building.
  • Key Accomplishment: Automated the manual process of quarterly reviewing the status of PII for over 500 files in ArcGIS Online and Enterprise
• Jun 2018 - Sep 2022
  Mgr. GeoDevelopment Dept. - Volunteer
  Employer: Where Geospatial
  Location: Accra, Ghana
  • Developed and deployed 3 geospatial web applications using a CI/CD pipeline.
  • Managed a dedicated Linux Server for 4 years.
  • Guided 2 interns to build their capacity in GeoDevelopment.
  • Key Accomplishment: Established the Where Geospatial SDI
• Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
  Mgr. DB Dev., Modelling and Mapping - Fulltime
  Employer: International Fertilizer Development Center
  Location: Accra, Ghana
  • Led the development of a relational database and custom spatial analysis workflows.
  • Co-Supervised 2 international MSc interns' research in the application of predictive modelling to map cereals yield gaps in Morocco and Ghana.
  • Supervised 3 staff in statistical methods and crop-soil modelling, database development, and remote sensing data analysis.
  • Key Accomplishment: Successfully developed a custom workflow to automate the data preparation, crop modelling and spatial prediction of potential yields, for over 5000 data points using R Programming.
• Jun 2020 - June 2022
  DB Admin and GIS Specialist - Fulltime
  Employer: International Fertilizer Development Center
  Location: Accra, Ghana
  • Promoted to manager role after 2 years due to high performance and value of work.
  • Reduced the time-consuming steps in the modelling of large datasets using R-scripts yielding a processing time of less than 5min.
  • Co-Supervised 2 MSc interns research in geostatistical and machine learning analysis of yield response to fertilizers in Ghana.
  • Key Accomplishment: Performed a soil variability combinations spatial analysis as decision support towards FERARI field trial site selection which generated 9,000+ views with significant interests within 1 week after posting the output map on LinkedIn
• Jun 2020
  Web and Application Developer - Contract
  Employer: Results for Development
  Location: Accra, Ghana
  • Developed and implemented a Geospatial Contact Tracing mobile application for collecting COVID-19 bio-sample data which provided real-time access to 3 major labs in Ghana (Noguchi-NMIMR, National Public Reference Lab - NHPRL, Veterinary Services Department -VSD), which improved average tests per day by 55%.
  • Trained 315 officers spanning across Frontline Epidemiologists, Lab officers, regional and district supervisors with the requisite knowledge needed to use the system.
  • Produced 3 detailed self-guide user manuals on the mobile and web portals, for the short to long term capacity building.
  • Key Accomplishment: Resolved the challenge of data losses by developing a python tool to sync un-synced data, improving overall data coverage by 97%.
• Mar 2018 - May 2020
  Senior Technician - Fulltime
  Employer: University of Ghana
  Location: Accra, Ghana
  • Supported teaching and hands-on training in GIS and web based courses and assisted with the review and assessment of students' final year projects for 2 academic years.
  • Created a solution that provided the ability to visualize and make meaning of 10 Ghana demographic variables for use in taking informed decisions for policy making.
  • Administered 2 Terabytes of ArcGIS Enterprise and Microsoft SQL Server Geodatabases to ensure security, reliable data storage and availability for academic purposes.
  • Key Accomplishment: Successfully taught 205 MSc Geoinformation Science students in Geodatabase Management (GEOS 608), GIS Programming and Automation (GEOS 604) and Distributed Web GIS (GEOS 609)
• Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
  Geospatial Engineer - Contract
  Employer: Nimba Research and Consultancy Limited
  Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Designed and implemented a Geodatabase model containing 44 different utility assets for use in a GIS survey in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to establish the utility and customer base as part of a $44.4 million threshold program funded by the Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit, U.S (MCCU).
  • Automated quality assessment report generation tasks for a survey area of 81.48sqkm comprising of 73,000+ customer meters to cut down manual checks.
  • Improved data verification by configuring offline tiled maps used for on-field validation to maintain a GPS accuracy range of 1cm − 5cm.
  • Assisted with the establishment of a Geodetic GPS base station and trained 40 field engineers on the use of Collector for ArcGIS to achieve sub meter accuracy.
  • Key Accomplishment: Minimized the stress on QAQC engineers by designing a data review workflow and trained 10 engineers on the effective use of ArcGIS Pro Data Reviewer, increasing work rate by 15% a day.
• Sep 2015 - Oct 2017
  GIS Software Engineer - Freelance
  Employer: Henson Geodata Technologies
  Location: Accra, Ghana
  • Led the development of a customer location information system (CLIGIS) to serve as a location-based solution for banks.
  • Guided the data team through the handling of PostgreSQL relational database management and Geoserver, a map rendering application for displaying over 100 different features in a big data of Africa.
  • Managed a 1.6 terabytes PostgreSQL spatial database which also hosted a web map for the African continent.
  • Key Accomplishment: Landed the company a $15,000 sales with the development of a mobile banking system (Banikudi) that interfaced with the client's Core Banking System which greatly reduced the manual work and improved their revenue returns by 38%.
• Sep 2014 - Aug 2015
  Graduate Teaching Assistant - Fulltime
  Employer: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  Location: Kumasi, Ghana
  • Taught student groups from 4 departments to understand Geomatic Engineering field works.
  • Developed a program in Python and VB.Net accessible by the entire Geomatic Engineering department of 400+ students, for computing levelling and traversing data after redundant field observations.
  • Assisted 2 lecturers with the development of software programs as part of their PhD research.
  • Key Accomplishment: Led a team of 5 teaching assistants to design and develop an inventory system to track engineering instruments collection and returns.

Education

• Oct 2023 - Sep 2024
  M.Sc. Cartography
  Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
  An international Joint Master Degree in Cartography offered by a consortium of 4 European Universities (TU München, TU Wien, TU Dresden, University of Twente)
• Mar 2023 - Jun 2023
  M.Sc. Cartography
  Technische Universität Wien, Austria
  An international Joint Master Degree in Cartography offered by a consortium of 4 European Universities (TU München, TU Wien, TU Dresden, University of Twente)
• Oct 2022 - Feb 2023
  M.Sc. Cartography
  Technische Universität München, Germany
  An international Joint Master Degree in Cartography offered by a consortium of 4 European Universities (TU München, TU Wien, TU Dresden, University of Twente)
• 2010-2014
  B.Sc. Geomatic Engineering
  K.N.U.S.T, Ghana
  Includes Land Surveying, Geodesy, Cartography, Engineering Fieldworks, GIS, Remote Sensing, Computer Programming, Databases, Engineering Mathematics, Statistics, Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering, English Language

Certificates

• Apr 2023
  Crop Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Optical Remote Sensing
  By: NASA ARSET
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• Apr 2023
  Machine Learning in Weather and Climate
  By: Copernicus ECMWF
  View certificate
• Oct 2022
  Disaster Assessment Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
  By: NASA ARSET
  View certificate
• Jan 2022
  United Nations BSAFE Security Course
  By: United Nations Department of Safety and Security
  View certificate
• Jan 2022
  Using Earth Observations for Pre- and Post- Fire Monitoring
  By: NASA ARSET
  View certificate
• Aug 2021
  Species Distribution Modeling using Remote Sensing
  By: NASA ARSET
  View certificate
• Jul 2021
  Digital Earth Africa Open Data Cube Training
  By: Digital Earth Africa
  View certificate
• May 2021
  Hands-on Digital Soil Mapping
  By: ISRIC - World Soil Information
  View certificate
• Apr 2021
  Image Classification
  By: ESRI
  View certificate
• Dec 2020
  Spatial Data Science: The new Frontier in Analytics
  By: ESRI
  View certificate
• May 2019
  Cartography
  By: ESRI
  View certificate
• Apr 2019
  Python Programming
  By: ESRI
  View certificate
• Mar 2019
  Going Places with Spatial Analysis
  By: ESRI
  View certificate
• Jun 2018
  Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree
  By: Udacity, Google, Andela
  View certificate
• Mar 2016
  Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps
  By: ESRI
  View certificate
• Aug 2015
  Typing Certificate with 61wpm at 98.7% Accuracy
  By: Ratatype
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• Jan 2014
  ArcMap
  By: ESRI
  View certificate

Publications

• Dec 2022
  An integrative approach based on crop modeling and geospatial and statistical analysis to quantify and explain the maize (Zea mays) yield gap in Ghana
  Co-Author and Supervision of Geospatial Analysis.
  
  Mohamed Boullouz, Prem S. Bindraban, Isaac N. Kissiedu, Anselme K. K. Kouame, Krishna P. Devkota, Williams K. Atakora. (2022). An integrative approach based on crop modeling and geospatial and statistical analysis to quantify and explain the maize (Zea mays) yield gap in Ghana. Frontiers in Soil Science. View URL
• Dec 2021
  Design and deployment of relational geodatabase on mobile GIS platform for real-time COVID-19 contact tracing in Ghana
  Co-Author and Software Developer
  
  Seth Kwaku Afagbedzi, Alex Barimah Owusu, Isaac Newton Kissiedu, Mary Amoako Coleman, Delia Akosua Bandoh, Charles Lwanga Noora, Ben Emunah Aikins, Richmond Hinneh, Benedict Calys-Tagoe, Keziah Laurencia Malm, Ernest Kenu. (2021). Design and deployment of relational geodatabase on mobile GIS platform for real-time COVID-19 contact tracing in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography, 13(1). View URL
• Dec 2021
  Evaluation and Geospatial Analysis of Variability in Maize Yield Response to Fertilizer (NPK) Using Modeling in Ghana
  Co-Author and Supervision of Geospatial Analysis
  
  Kouame, K.K.A., P.S. Bindraban, I.N. Kissiedu, K. El Mejahed, and W.K. Atakora. (2021). Evaluation and Geospatial Analysis of Variability in Maize Yield Response to Fertilizer (NPK) Using Modeling in Ghana. FERARI Reports. View URL
• Dec 2020
  Yield Responses of Maize to Fertilizers in Ghana
  Co-Author and Supervision of Geospatial Analysis
  
  Bua, S., K. El Mejahed, D. MacCarthy, D.S. Adogoba, I.N. Kissiedu, W.K. Atakora, M. Fosu, and P.S. Bindraban. (2020). Yield Responses of Maize to Fertilizers in Ghana. FERARI Reports. View URL

Honors & Awards

• Mar 2024
  Citation of Appreciation
  By: Geomatic Engineering Department, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
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• Oct 2022
  Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
  By: European Education and Culture Executive Agency(EACEA)