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Omar Malkawi, GIS Manager

Omar Malkawi

GIS Manager

Jordan Water Company LLC - Miyahuna

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Space Sciences / Remote Sensing & GIS
Experience
32 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :32 years, 7 Months

GIS Manager at Jordan Water Company LLC - Miyahuna
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2007 to February 2013

• Plans and administers installations, upgrades and enhancements of GIS hardware, software, and procedures; assesses user needs; evaluates new hardware and software.
• Collects and organizes data from a wide variety of sources; exercises judgment concerning conflicting/inaccurate data; such as deeds, ownership records, survey data, and reports; maintains file system of maps and other records; sorts, organizes, and files documents.
• Electronically manipulates data files by converting, importing, exporting, creating, editing, or updating data, performs detailed inspections of data for accuracy and quality during the input/edit processes and for all output formats.
• Maintains an awareness of new technologies, equipment, trends and advances in the profession; attends user group meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions as appropriate.

GIS & RS expert at MCR Technology
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2002 to November 2006

GIS & RS consultancy and projects management

Lecturer at Al-Balqa Applied University/Faculty of engineering
  • Jordan
  • January 2000 to September 2002

Lecturer of: GIS, Digital Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Remote Sensing and Map projections

Director of Planning Department at Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre (RJGC)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • February 1998 to January 2000

Planning, follow-up, pricing, quality control of all the RJGC Projects and activities

Director of Modern Applications Department at RJGC
  • Jordan - Amman
  • April 1996 to February 1998

heading the RS, GIS and Computer divisions, that execute all the RS and GIS projects and activities as well as organizing the computer network in the Centre

Project Manager at RJGC
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 1994 to April 1996

MAnaging the RJGCand United Nations - ESCWA Project entitled: "Water Resources Assessment in ESCWA Region using RS and GIS Techniques"

متفرقه بين التدريب وادارة مشاريع ورئاسة أقسام at Royal Jordanian Geographic Center
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 1980 to December 1993

ادارة مشاريع جيوديزياء وتدريب مساحي وتطبيقات كمبيوتر اضافه للإشراف على اقسام وفروع الإستشعار عن بعد ونظم المعلومات الجغرافيه والحاسوب

Education

Master's degree, Space Sciences / Remote Sensing & GIS
  • at Al al-Bayt University
  • November 1997

courses in space physics and astronomy as well as remote sensing physics and electromagnetic waves interference with different bodies. 85/100 M.Sc. Thesis: “Study of the Desertification in the Azraq Basin Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques”

Master's degree, Geomatics, Surveying, Cartography, Photogrammetry,
  • at National Geographic Institute - IGN
  • May 1980

courses in Surveying, Cartography, Photogrammetry, geodesy, geomatics, automatic cartography and remote sensing. 13/20 graduation projects: 1. Geometric Correction of satellite images 2. Photogrammetric metrology "Canal de Frejus" 3. Orthophoto

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics
  • at University of Jordan
  • February 1975

Studying pure and applied mathematics as major subject and the economics as minor subject 71.3%

Specialties & Skills

Remote Sensing
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Digital Mapping
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GIS
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Team Management
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Surveying
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1. ArcGIS-ArcInfo V10, V9 (GIS S/W)
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MS Project 2007
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ERDAS Image Processing
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GIS Management
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Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

نقابة المهندسين الأردنيين
  • عضو
  • December 1980

Training and Certifications

Training of Trainers (Training)
Training Institute:
DWA (German Water Association) and ENGICON / Amman -Jordan
Date Attended:
June 2010
Forecasting the demand for water (Training)
Training Institute:
Water Authority - USAID / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
September 2009
Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) (Training)
Training Institute:
Method center, Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
October 2008
Comprehensive plan to improve water use efficiency (Training)
Training Institute:
Miyahuna / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
January 2010
Building Geodatabases (Training)
Training Institute:
Infograph / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
March 2009
Project Management Techniques & Team Building (Training)
Training Institute:
Miyahuna - IP3 / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
September 2007
Water & Sewer Systems Analysis & Design (Training)
Training Institute:
Jordan Water company (Miyahuna) / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
August 2007
ISO 9000 Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Engineering and management consultants / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
April 1999
Space Technology (Training)
Training Institute:
UN/International Astronautical Federation (UN / IAF) / Torino - Italy
Date Attended:
October 1997
Introduction to SQL using Access database (Training)
Training Institute:
Miyahuna / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
May 2011
MS Project 2007 (Training)
Training Institute:
Palestine Center, Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
March 2008
Introduction to ArcGIS Server 9.2 (Training)
Training Institute:
Infograph / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
February 2008
MS Project 2005 (Training)
Training Institute:
Miyahuna - IP3 / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
September 2007
UNIX operating software (Training)
Training Institute:
Ideal company, Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
March 1998
Introduction to ArcGIS II (Training)
Training Institute:
Infograph / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
September 2002
Space & Landuse mapping using satellite SPOT imageries (Training)
Training Institute:
IGN - Paris - France
Date Attended:
September 1986
King Abdullah II Awards for Excellence (Private Sector) (Training)
Training Institute:
King Abdullah II Center for Excellence, Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
August 2010
Total Quality Management (TQM) (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute of Public Administration, Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
August 1998
Environmental Quality Control (ISO 14000) (Training)
Training Institute:
Ethical approach seminar
Date Attended:
August 1996
What’s new in ArcGIS 10 (Training)
Training Institute:
Infograph / Amman - Jordan
Date Attended:
January 2011
GIS Management (Training)
Training Institute:
ESRI - California - USA
Date Attended:
August 1996
Top Management in technology (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute of Public Administration, Amman-Jordan
Date Attended:
June 1996