About

I am a geospatial professional with an interest in conservation, sustainability, climate change, food security and data analytics and visualization. Over the last 14 years, I have utilized both commercial and open source geospatial technologies to support a wide range of transport, water, environmental, planning, sustainability and climate change related projects and programmes for consultancies and NGO's.

I grew up in Ipoh, a former tin mining town in northern Peninsular Malaysia. Constantly enchanted with majestic abrupt limestone hills clad with sparse vegetation, honeycombed with caves rising out of plains with patches of calm but deep waterbodies, I grew to love nature and the outdoors.

I am particularly keen on using geospatial technologies and data science to better understand the complex environmental and social issues that exist in the world today.

Most recently, I have moved into the space of data analytics and visualization to couple with my proficiency in cartography and mapping with the aim of developing more effective visualizations like dashboards and data infographics.

My hope is that this can provide data guided intelligence and actionable insights to help communities, the environment and businesses co-exist and thrive in a more sustainable world.

Skills

• ESRI ArcGIS suite - spatial data creation, editing and analysis, mapping and cartography
• QGIS - spatial data creation, editing and analysis, mapping and cartography, basic remote sensing data analysis
• R - data wrangling, data mining, web scraping, data analysis and producing visualization (ggplot)
• Python - data wrangling, data mining, web scraping, data analysis
• Google Earth Engine - spatial data processing and analysis
• Microsoft Office - word processing
• IDRISI / TerrSet - land use change analysis
• Global Mapper - data conversion, mapping
• PostgreSQL - basic database management and querying
• Inkscape - editing graphics, producing basic infographics and visualizations

Projects

• The Jason and Doug Blog - A blog I ran with Doug Beare to share insights and developments on open source software that can be used to analyze patterns and trends in in all types of data from the natural world