Michael Maina Email & Phone Number

Kenya

Juba, SS

• Strategist in the integration of GIS systems and the development of innovative web mapping services and applications for diverse users. Assess and perform analysis of data from multiple sources.
• Web Mapping Solutions: Designing and developing robust web and mobile applications using ArcGIS Server, SQL and ArcGIS Monitor while ensuring an intuitive user interface and adherence to technical specifications.
• Server Administration: Managing GIS server operations, including installation, configuration, testing and backup strategies. Collaborating with the Server Management Unit (SMU) to enhance server performance and ensure.
• Performance Monitoring: Vigilantly monitoring system performance and addressing vulnerabilities to maintain optimal GIS server functionality.
• Data Management: Archiving mission geographic data, maintaining geo databases and implementing data security measures while populating GIS data dictionaries.
• Quality Assurance: Executing quality control and assurance processes for all GIS data, ensuring accuracy and integrity.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

• Principal strategist for public health mapping in the pilot counties to enhance public health infrastructure, strengthening health systems and enhancing community well-being.
• Hub and Spoke Model: Implementation of a hub and spoke model to connect selected pharmacies with public health facilities under ARC Community Pharmacy Model, streamlining service delivery to ensure that communities.
• Comprehensive mapping of public health facilities: Created visualizations of all public health facilities in the pilot counties, paving the way for improved access and resource allocation.
• Capacity Building: Conducted training sessions on geomapping techniques to the team at ARC Kenya, thus equipping them with the necessary tools.

Nairobi, KE

• An integral member of the science and planning team to advance AWF mission, includes the process of spatially characterizing targets, identifying threats, developing threat mitigation strategies, interventions and.
• Coordinating development and implementation of spatial technologies across programs, related technical partnerships across AWF Landscapes in Africa.
• Spatial data acquisition, analysis, integration for planning, management, monitoring and evaluation.
• Raising the Geospatial analyses, building capacity of staff and partners to harness spatial tools via trainings and technical support, includes ArcGIS online, GIS Software, Global Positioning System (GPS), ArcGIS.
• Assisting landscapes managers design and execute field-mapping programs such as resource mapping and social economic surveys.
• Working with landscapes ecologists and technical advisors on conservation monitoring, and management plans.

Nairobi, KE

• Roles and Responsibility:
• Providing Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing to projects led by Landscape managers and field staff in coordination with the AWF technical thematic team.
• Leading site-level resource mapping programs.
• Implementing tools designed to streamline and improve performance of data collection protocols.
• Providing technical support to AWF’s ecological monitoring, compiling, maintaining and analyzing spatial data from various sources.
• Supporting spatial capacity development of staff and partners

Nanyuki, 10400, Laikipia, KE

• Roles and Responsibility:
• Lead resource mapping including vegetations types, water bodies, roads, buildings, fences and pipelines. Task involved gathering primary data using GPS, image interpretation and analyses using various GIS and.
• Trained staff members on the use of GPS in data capture and introduction to GIS software, data entry and presentation.
• Designed and established a GIS database management system.
• Generated various thematic maps for use in the organization.
• Contributed to any other duties involving application of GIS and Remote sensing

Nairobi, KE

• Roles and Responsibility:
• Spatial data capture and analysis of River samples for Lake Victoria basin.
• Created spatial database of hydrological info of River Nyando
• Digitizing and processing of contour lines from northern Tanzania
• Verifying and correcting road digital maps for central Kenya
• Contributed to any other duties in support of the Decision Support System Laboratory.

Msc, Master Of Science In Geo-Information Science And Earth Observation

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.)