I have moved into independent consulting in order to give high-value bespoke climate and risk solutions to clients by employing adaptability and unconventional problem-solving to capacitate beyond the status quo. Work undertaken comprises technical climate change analysis addressing baseline and future additionality of disaster risk and climate vulnerability, advanced spatial analysis, and practical engagement and consultation.

David has joined C4 EcoSolutions min 2019 as a Senior Climate Change and Environmental Consultant brining a technical climate change and spatial analysis specialty bringing quantification to localised potential impacts. This analysis will serve as a baseline from which adaptation intervention and GCF investment are motivated.

Disaster Risk, Resilience and Climate Change Consultant.I have made the disaster risk analysis statically robust and given further insights into the data analysis.I've brought advanced spatial analysis techniques into the risk assessment.I've educated clients and colleagues on the impacts of climate change in a way that's understandable and applicable to them and thereby facilitate buy in from them.I've presented at Disaster Risk conferences about the adaptive assessment and presentation approaches to complex data.I've applied design lead principles to projects to give a more useful output that has practical implementation potential.I've been a consultant with a conscience.- In depth climate assessment for both historical and projected futures.- Strategy, policy and action planning building climate risk resilience.- Community, local and district municipality level risk assessment.- Community and governmental decision maker engagements.- Progressive information design to better capacitate decision makers.- Presentation of complex scientific analysis in practical local contexts.Previously engaged as a Geographic Information System (GIS) planner.Focus areas- Large-scale automated engineering project map generation.- Climate information services and analysis.- Cityengine 3D urban planning/redevelopment.- Hazard/Disaster risk analysis and mapping.- Visual impact assessments.- Data capture and verification.- Automated map production.- Remote sensed data automated land-use classification.- Research, development and training of new techniques on various topics to the GIS, environmental and water teams Other areas of focus outside of GIS and technical work- Extension officer training in Catchment Management principles- Integrated Catchment Management- Resource economics- Ecosystem inter-linkages- Community engagement

- Organisation and presentation of synoptic climatology practical sessions - Co-ordination of Tutors – task delegation and data collation- Additional teaching of course content as required- Various miscellaneous facilitation/administrative tasksContact Person: Babatunde Abiodun - Senior Lecturer – Academic supervisor - 021 650 5737 - babatunde.abiodun@uct.ac.za

Starting up and running of various heavy duty ski lifts.Various Health and Safety dutiesFriendly customer interaction

- R&D, Training & Implementation of new procedures and structures. (details on request)- Sales Ledger & Part Purchase ledger.- Raising & Authorising Invoices/Credit Notes- Credit Note/Document tracking- Customer Maintenance- Cash Allocations/Reallocations- Cheque Allocations & Queries- Ad-hoc Payment Queries/Investigations- IT support & advice for various teamsContact Person: Leisha Marson - Senior property accountant - Sales Ledger Supervisor - +44207 974 3629 - leisha.marson@camden.gov.ukReasons for leaving - Desire to study.

- Internal & External IT Helpdesk operator & Customer Liaison.- Research and development in mapping techniques and application usage.- 3D Stereoscopic Model Editing for land relief and contour generation.- Data Capture Technician & Map Production- Assistant to Project Manager.- Field Survey Assistant.Contact Person: Hal Wooding - Manager - +2731 767 4697http://www.wgsair.com/Reasons for leaving - No room for advancement.

- Algorithm Design and preliminary coding.- Performed scripting and coding for ad hoc program specifications.- Performed data entry for upgrading of companies outdated software packages.Contact Person: Bernie Pullman - Manager - +2731 764 0095 or +27800 33 66 13Reasons for leaving - Company bankruptcy.