Designing and developing custom geospatial software solutions for large-scale engineering project needs. Reducing latency, improving user experience, and automating workflows for various business lines. Applying modern computing, data science, and AI technologies to improve processes and outcomes for geotechnical, environmental, and civil engineering projects.

Owned features and products include:

• Enhanced the collaboration effectiveness and usability of GIS portals by developing a custom widget using the Dojo JS framework that allows users to create and publish their live session views to share with other users. Streamlined data management practice for user sessions by integrating data pipelines between frontend apps and ArcGIS server. In charge of the development process through requirements gathering, prototyping, development, and testing, as well as deployment.

• Developed various firmwide web-based tools to automate traditionally manual engineering tasks such as field data entry and update, map figure generation with layout, file format conversion, etc. Utilized Vanilla JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Bootstrap, and Git for development.

• Improved the readability and cartography of the firmwide mapping template by creating and deploying a new importable custom basemap style using ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor. Enhanced the richness of information and legibility of graphics for mapping products across multiple business lines.

• Solved a critical defect of the GIS portal for the construction management team by retrofitting a custom widget in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to allow the insertion of high-resolution imagery layers at specific layer positions and integrating custom sorting orders for smoother usability and savings in time and labor.

GIS and data specialist for various urban planning projects, geospatial analysis to address important urban problems, development of web-based mapping and analytics tools, etc. Design and development of real-time data visualization and interactive dashboards using a combination of QGIS, PowerBI, Excel, Tableau, and ArcGIS Online. Developing SQL queries and Python Scripts for automatic data processing and analysis tasks at scale. Creating analytical cartographic products supporting various project proposals, existing condition reports, GPAC meetings, community engagements, and final plan documents. Modeling a range of potential land use development scenarios on the analytics and mapping platform Urban Footprint.

Actively worked on planning and design projects: historic preservation plans, neighborhood revitalization plans and master planning of new urban districts, both in United States and Asia. Responsibilities include:

• Applying GIS techniques and data science to assist urban planning and design projects in various aspects from data collection, processing, spatial analysis, mapping and visualization, etc.

• Existing Condition Study covering topics of socioeconomic, demographic, environmental, physical design, transportation, etc.

• Preparation of community workshop, creating maps and presentations for community engagement sessions.

• Participated in community meetings as facilitators and note takers, listen to and communicate with community members about issues and planning scenarios.

• Research on planning and building codes, regulations and policies impacting projects and briefing team members.

• Creation of sketches, diagrams, illustrative plans, 3D models, renderings, animations, etc. as design project deliverables. Contributed design alternatives based on constraints and design principles.

• Making of physical massing models for various district scale urban designs, which significantly helped in-person meeting with client and discussion.

• Coordinating and communicating with international teams and consultants on projects progress on daily basis.

Led the development of the firm's innovative mapping analytics products, in domains of socioeconomic development, trade development, climate change and resiliency, etc.

Served as the sole developer for several minimum viable products of web-mapping applications in a limited time frame.

Participated in various international and regional territorial development strategy projects for clients of regional governments, international non-governmental agencies, etc.

Represented the firm in annual recruiting event and organized marketing efforts.

During the time at WRT, my major responsibilities include:

• Urban Design: Assisted design drafting and produced illustrative site plans for choice neighborhood housing projects in Shreveport, LA (90 acres, 300 units); Camden, NJ (helped win $13 Million Grant for the city); Hartford, CT (63 acre, 400 units);

• Land Use Planning: Using ArcGIS extensively, produced maps on major corridors and centers, transit coverage, ecological resources, etc. for client meetings and help create Future Land Use Map and Major Streets Plan for the City of Mobile, Alabama;

• Zoning Variance Application: Created 3D models and visual impact representation for zoning ordinance revision for Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken City, NJ;

• Community Planning: Created info-graphics and maps, as well as layout for the Transformation Plan of Brewster-Douglass Neighborhood in Chicago, MI;

• Complete Street Design: Worked with landscape architects to develop 4 streetscape design alternatives for the Four Mile Run Trail project in Arlington, VA.