Ashish Kumar

+ (44) 77-76-84-0975,
+(91) 95-82-85-9887
ashishkumar2287@gmail.com

An experienced Spatial Data Sceince Professional with proven track record of providing bespoke technical
solutions across India, Africa, and UK. Over 11 years of invaluable experience in domestic and international
consultancy with an additional capability of managing big teams. Highly focused with a comprehensive
knowledge and understanding of product engineering and project management, technical expertise and
financial practices. Leading a high-performance team of more than 60 members, successfully managing
ESRI suit of products. Innovating Solutions impacting more than 25 million people across the Globe. A
consistent track record of successfully delivering full lifecycle projects to the highest technical standards,
tight time scales and within budget. Approachable and able to get along with both work colleagues and
senior leadership, currently looking to work for an organization offering continued growth and
development opportunities.

Experience Key Competencies and Skills

• Project Management, Appraisal and

PRINCIPAL GIS CONSULTANT, Digital Advisory 09/2017 to Present Performance reviews
WSP Global, Noida, India -- London, UK • Business Management Tools like JIRA,
SharePoint etc.
• POCs, ROIs, and RFPs
• Project proposal assistance and project
• As a digital client lead, working within strategic advisory team interacting with status reports generation (DPRs) with
Clients for some of the biggest projects in UK and across the globe impacting Millions communication to PMCs and PMUs
such as Network Rail, Highway’s England, and National Grid to manage end to end • Ability to analyze & transform business
solutions in terms of planning, Environment and Sustainability using tools such as requirement into solutions
GIS, Data Servers and Analytical tools. • Client interaction, Demonstration,
• Working with different disciplines within organization such as Environmental, and presentation skills
renewable energy, sustainability, Transport and Net Zero to streamline and • Technical support and user training
standardize the process discussing their growth patterns and providing them GIS services
solutions as a product.
• Different Land bills such as Hybrid bills,
• Initiating and setting up process (SOPs) and delivery standards within team to DCO, CPO and TWAO.
match the market standards and competitors using Capability Statements, Skill
• Land information Management
Matrix and training needs which helped reduced the normal process time by 40%.
• Data Analytics and Insights
• Working with a team of data specialists and automation engineers to always innovate
• Enterprise Migration and Designing
our day-to-day work and provide better solution to client with the help of latest tools
and techniques in GIS domain such as ESRI Enterprise Architecture, Geodatabase
Designing, Data insights and Field Mapping using ArcGIS Field Maps, QFIELD, AGOL Technical Expertise
etc.
• Responsible for working with Bids, Proposals, POC and ROI in terms of project • Location based Product Engineering
financial and technical planning’s of the project. • ESRI Field Mapping Techniques
• Working with Project planning teams with the help of tools and processes like project • Cartography, Mapping - Facility
scrums, Agile methods, Weekly Meetings and Project planning from JIRA and management - Cadastral Mapping
SharePoint.
• Spatial Data Management of Land and
• Empowering team through effective coaching & mentoring by planning and Property datasets
organizing their tasks and activities, communicate with each team member and
• Spatial and Geostatistical
contribute to their development by providing regular feedback.
Analysis
• Evacuation Analysis, Network Analysis
• Design, Development and Maintenance
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL SPECIALIST 01/2015 to 09/2017
of GIS databases
RMSI Pvt. Ltd., Noida, India • Business and Geostastical Analysis
• 3D surface/terrain model generation
• Responsible for managing a team of Exposure Data for Environmental Risk and flight path animations
mitigation in risk and insurance team, its quality control and Assurance. Additionally, • Utility Network Analysis
managing the clients for briefing and execution which eased up standard process in • ArcGIS Enterprise and Server
only six months. • ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro
• Worked for hazard, risk and vulnerability analysis across the country’s coastline for • Arc Hydro, Hec-RAS, Hec-HMS
clients like, NDMA, SMP funded by World Bank, Asian Development Bank, JICA
across different countries such as, PNG, Africa, Nigeria, Australia, Europe etc.
• Performing spatial and data analytics using tools from ESRI as well as Open-
Source Solutions such as Open Geospatial Consortium using QGIS, GRASS, GDAL,
GeoServer, MapServer.
• Project Scrum meetings for better Updation of ongoing tasks and planning for
backlogs and upcoming tasks with different Govt Bodies
• Managing workshops for Local as well as National Govt Bodies.
Experience Certifications

• C.S.S.C – Six Sigma Certification

Navigation Product Lead 07/2010 to 01/2015 • Fellow of Royal Geographical
Society, IPG, UK (FRGS)
CE Info Systems Pvt Ltd (MapMyIndia), New Delhi, India • Associate of IEMA, UK (0138741)
(AIEMA)
• Setting up a complete new 360-degree Mobile Mapping Setup for
Navigation Surveys throughout the Country. • Getting Started with ArcGIS Pro
• Providing bespoke Demonstrations and providing insights on Location • Arcade Fundamentals
Based Analytics and Advanced Navigation. • ArcGIS Enterprise Migration
• Interpreting and communicating Technical Data to Non-Technical clients. • ArcGIS JavaScript
• Managing Navigation Product for specific OEMs.
• Managing Bugs and Tickets from Client to delegate and channel the work.
• Working with group of Surveyors, Engineers, Senior Managers, etc. on the Education
needs of the GIS projects like Mapping & Analysis.
• Creating Release Notes for every new version for Navigation Map Masters (Geoinformatics) ------Symbiosis
Product.
International University, Pune (2010)
• Formulating and organizing Project Update Meetings for both on field and
in house team mates to keep everyone on the same level. Bachelors (Geography) ------ Pune
• Conducting and coordinating surveys for Street Level Data Collection
and integrating it in our master dataset to enhance the Product.
University, Pune (2008)
• Responsible for finding new ways for the advancements of the Car
Navigation Survey System in India. Recognition & Honors
• Managing Traffic Simulations and Traffic data for OEMs as well as training
Clients for ADAS and its impact on Automotive Navigation. • Awarded as iCRC Star Team
• Involved in R&D for enhancement of panoramic data capturing and consecutively for 2 years for
maintenance, for which deeply involved with the DIY Street View Managing and delivering quality
(www.diy-streetview.com) a Germany based company. datasets and plans for Projects like
Manston Airport and Heathrow
Airport.
Software and Tools
• Appreciation for Successful Project
• Platforms: Windows 7/8/10/11, Linux Completion for Network Rail (TRU)
• Project Management Tools: JIRA (Server & Confluence), Bugzilla, • Awarded Best Player of the Year in
Microsoft Project, Trello the Inter College Cricket
• ESRI Suite: ArcGIS Pro and Desktop, ArcGIS Server and Enterprise, Competition.
• Mobile Data Collection Tools: ArcGIS Field Maps, QFIELD, QT • Awarded Several Best Photography
Designer, Collector, Survey 123 etc Award from Some of the
• Other GIS tools: QGIS, MapInfo 16/17, GRASS, AutoCAD Map 2000, Photography Websites.
Google Earth with APIs
• Open-Source Enterprise Solutions: Apache Tomcat, GeoServer,
MapServer, Leaflet etc.
• Automation: Python, Arcade, JavaScript, HTML LinkedIn Profile URL
• GPS Tools: Garmin Map source, EasyGPS, GPS Track Maker, GPS path
Finder, My tracks www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-kumar-
• GPS Receivers: Garmin Handheld – etrex vista, Trimble, Konnet, Columbus 09251128
Voice GPS
• Remote Sensing Tools: ER-Mapper, EDRAS Imagine, LPS, GDAL
• Database: Postgres and SQL Server
• Other Tools: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,
FrontPage, One Note, Power BI, Whiteboard, Sway etc) GITHUB Profile URL

Github