PAKRAD BALABANIAN, Executive Information Systems Team Leader

PAKRAD BALABANIAN

Executive Information Systems Team Leader

Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC)

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Masters in GIS
Experience
21 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 9 Months

Executive Information Systems Team Leader at Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since November 2009

- Initiated and managed the introduction of GIS to Abu Dhabi public school’s P-12 curriculum.
- Trained more than 1500 teachers and curriculum specialists on the usage of GIS in the curriculum.
- Managed GIS road maps, projects, infrastructures and services in ADEC.
- Directed the GIS development team in design, architect, and implementation processes.
- Created new addressing system for students and achieved 95% data completeness.
- Improved ADEC’s Master Plan by set of spatial analysis and web applications.

GIS instructor (Part time) at Paris-Sorbonne University
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • June 2013 to September 2015

- Developed and mentored the “Introduction to GIS” course for Master’s program in Urban Planning.

GIS instructor (Part time) at New York University
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • September 2012 to February 2013

- Developed and mentored GIS labs for the course “Where the City Meets the Sea: Studies in Coastal Urban Environments”.

Senior Technical Support Specialist at GISTEC (ESRI Distributor)
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • May 2008 to November 2009

- Provided technical support for more than 45 clients.
- Counseled, Designed and implemented GIS systems in new businesses

Senior Product Support Executive at FUGRO MAPS (Previously MAPS geosystems)
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • November 2004 to May 2008

- Participated in the development of Esri® Image Server application.
- Developed image-processing algorithms (Radiometric-Calibration, Surface Based Image Normalization, Pan-Sharpening) for QuickBird, Landsat and MODIS datasets.

GIS Analyst at Khatib and Alami (Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company)
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • September 2003 to October 2005

 GIS analysis and modelling
 Cartographic design and production
 GeoDatabase Management, data integration, updating and conversion
 Production Automation

GIS Programmer at GeoVision
  • Lebanon
  • August 2002 to August 2003

 Developing software utilities for the GIS database of the company.
 Designing GIS Database for the GPS reports.
 Designing Algorithms for Physical Error Detecting of the GPS reports.
 Developing Search engine for the Database.
 Connecting internal Delphi Applications with ArcIMS Services.

Education

Master's degree, Masters in GIS
  • at LUND University
  • December 2016

I have been selected for the UN scholraship (Leonardo Da Vinchi program) for distance learning in Sweden. The program is equivalent to a degree of Master in Sweden and Europe. The expected date of completion is December 2009.

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Haigazian University
  • October 2002

Graduated with average of 92% and with the following honurs: Magna cum Laude (Graduation Honor) Placed on the Deans Honor List for 6 Semesters Placed on the Presidents Honor List for 1 Semester

Specialties & Skills

Research and Development
Knowledge Management
Spatial Analysis
IT Management
Programming: HTML5, Javascript, Python, Qt, Action Scripts, VBA and SQL.
GIS/RS Products: Expert in Esri® ArcMap & Extensions, CityEngine, ArcGIS Server...
Other Software: SPSS/PASW, MATLAB, Crystal Report, Toad, ORACLE, Adobe Photoshop, and Sketch Up.

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Armenian
Expert
Turkish
Intermediate