About
I am a Strategic Geospatial Architect with over 13 years of professional excellence in delivering high-precision solutions for 70+ global projects. Specializing in infrastructure and utility sectors, I bridge the gap between complex spatial data and actionable intelligence through enterprise-grade GIS architectures and remote sensing. I help organizations optimize their operations by transforming raw data into sophisticated decision-support tools.
Enterprise GIS Strategy: Expert in designing and managing ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, SDE) and PostgreSQL/PostGIS environments.
Automation & Engineering: Proven track record of automating 90% of manual GIS tasks using Python (ArcPy/API) and SQL.
Infrastructure Asset Management: Specialist in Roads Operations & Maintenance (O&M), utility network modeling, and master plan digitization.
Advanced Remote Sensing: Deep expertise in LULC classification, satellite imagery analytics, and LIDAR/Point Cloud processing.
Full-Stack Spatial Development: Building custom web mapping applications and interactive dashboards using JavaScript (ArcGIS Maps SDK) and Solara.
GIS Expert/Analyst & Developer.
In the following section, you will find essential details about my personal information for your consideration.
- Availability: Open for Freelance projects
- City: Riyadh, KSA
- Languages: English, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi
- Email: rawaizzkhann@gmail.com
- Freelance: Available
- Experience: 13+ Years
Facts
I have successfully completed numerous projects across various platforms, including Fiverr, Upwork, domestic, and diverse freelance endeavors, showcasing a proven track record of delivering quality work and satisfying clients' needs.
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Domestic Projects
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Upwork & Other Platforms
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Skills
Experienced GIS developer with expertise in spatial analysis, remote sensing, data management, and geospatial visualization. Proficient in web GIS, interactive dashboards, automation, and advanced GIS tools for delivering complex mapping and analysis projects.
Experience
Strategic Geospatial Architect | 13+ Years of Professional Excellence
I bridge the gap between complex spatial data and actionable intelligence by architecting high-performance geospatial systems. With a career spanning over 70+ national and international projects—including high-stakes initiatives for GEOSA, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Ministry of Defence.
I specialize in transforming raw imagery into enterprise-grade decision-support tools.
What I bring to the table:
Full-Stack Geospatial Development: Expert in building custom GIS applications using Python (ArcPy, Rasterio, Solara) and JavaScript (ArcGIS Maps SDK).
Workflow Automation: A proven track record of increasing operational efficiency, including automating 90% of manual GIS tasks for large-scale data pipelines.
Advanced Remote Sensing: Specialist in satellite imagery analytics (NDVI, SAR, Urban Expansion) utilizing Google Earth Engine and Sentinel/Landsat constellations.
Enterprise Architecture: Deep expertise in ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal/Server), PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and ArcGIS Online to manage and scale national-level spatial data infrastructures (SDI).
Sector-Specific Impact: Extensive experience in Urban Planning, Cadastral Mapping, Infrastructure Resilience, and Utility Asset Management.
Currently, at the General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GEOSA), I am focused on pushing the boundaries of automated remote sensing and 3D visualization to support Saudi Arabia's geospatial vision.
Senior GIS Developer & Remote Sensing Analyst
2024 - Present
GEOSA, Saudi Arabia
- In my current role at GEOSA, I architect and deploy enterprise-level geospatial solutions that drive national mapping and surveying initiatives in Saudi Arabia. I specialize in bridging the gap between raw spatial data and actionable intelligence through automation, custom software development, and advanced satellite imagery processing.
Key Technical & Development Contributions:
Full-Stack GIS Development: Architecting and implementing custom applications using Python (ArcPy, Rasterio) and JavaScript to streamline complex geospatial workflows and enhance operational efficiency.
Workflow Automation: Successfully automated 90% of repetitive GIS tasks, drastically reducing manual processing time and establishing high-speed data processing pipelines.
Enterprise Geodatabase Engineering: Managing and scaling enterprise geodatabases, ensuring rigorous data integrity, standardization, and multi-user concurrency for national-scale projects.
Advanced Remote Sensing Application: Developed a custom automated application for preprocessing and analyzing Sentinel and Landsat imagery, utilizing NDVI, NDWI, NDBI, and SAR analysis to monitor land cover and urban expansion.
Web GIS & Dashboards: Designing and deploying interactive spatial dashboards using ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity, and Python APIs for real-time monitoring and executive reporting.
Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT): Executing complex spatial modeling, including proximity, network, and terrain analysis, to support evidence-based national decision-making.
System Interoperability: Integrating GIS solutions with external web services and databases to facilitate seamless data sharing across government departments.
Senior Geographic Information System Officer | Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Oct 2022 - Aug 2024
ADB (Asian Development Bank), KPCIP Abbottabad
- In this key role, I directed the geospatial components of major urban development initiatives, including the KP Cities Improvement Project, focusing on infrastructure resilience and utility asset management.
I specialized in converting complex field data into strategic dashboards and high-precision digital twins for municipal stakeholders.
Key Strategic & Technical Contributions:
Utility Infrastructure Mapping: Successfully digitized and mapped over 45,000 WSSC assets and 80,000 consumer connections, achieving a 97% digitization rate using satellite imagery and ArcGIS.
Resilience & Hazard Analytics: Produced advanced resilience maps and hazard assessments to evaluate community vulnerability, providing the spatial evidence required for provincial-level decision-making.
Logistics Optimization: Engineered GIS-based spatial models to optimize solid waste management vehicle routes, significantly reducing operational costs and travel time.
Interactive Dashboard Development: Designed and launched interactive Web GIS portals and dashboards to visualize real-time project progress and asset health for executive stakeholders.
Engineering Collaboration: Acted as the geospatial lead for civil engineering teams, providing critical spatial insights for the design of road networks, drainage systems, and utility layouts.
Field Verification & Capacity Building: Led field missions for boundary demarcation and spatial analysis validation, while conducting technical training for staff on high-precision GPS data collection.
Enterprise Data Governance: Coordinated with government project partners to manage data sharing, validation, and the architecture of centralized spatial data warehouses.
Assistant Director GIS | National Digital Land Information Framework
Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
Survey of Pakistan, MOD, Islamabad
- In this strategic leadership role, I spearheaded the nationwide digital transformation of Pakistan's land records, transitioning from the traditional Patwar system to a unified, enterprise-grade Digital Cadastral Model. My work focused on enhancing national transparency, security, and governance through modernized geospatial systems.
Key Leadership & Technical Contributions:
National Digital Transformation: Directed the conversion of the conventional Patwar system into a unified digital cadastral data model, achieving 95% digitization of State Land, Forests, and Cantonment areas.
Cadastral Governance: Supervised and validated high-precision mapping processes, ensuring strict compliance with national standards and 100% data integrity for sensitive land categories.
Enterprise System Integration: Orchestrated the georeferencing, digitization, and seamless integration of land parcels, facilitating a modern GIS-based transition for national land management.
Strategic Stakeholder Management: Collaborated with cross-functional government teams and high-level stakeholders to streamline workflows and improve data accessibility for national policy formulation.
Analytical Reporting: Authored comprehensive GIS maps and technical reports to support sustainable land use planning and strategic decision-making.
Transparency & Accountability: Established a centralized spatial data system that significantly enhanced transparency and accountability in national asset management.
Senior GIS Expert | National-Scale Socio-Economic Mapping
Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
SDPI, Islamabad
- In this high-impact role at SDPI, I directed the geospatial strategy for the BISP Door-to-Door Survey, overseeing one of the largest socio-economic mapping initiatives in the region across 21 districts. I focused on engineering real-time monitoring solutions to ensure data integrity for a massive national enumeration project.
Key Strategic & Technical Contributions:
National Enumeration Management: Spearheaded GIS initiatives that achieved a 98% coverage rate, successfully listing and geocoding 10 million households.
Real-Time Monitoring Systems: Engineered and implemented live GIS monitoring dashboards to track field progress and ensure real-time data accuracy and operational efficiency.
Advanced Spatial Analytics: Executed comprehensive mapping and predictive spatial analysis to optimize resource allocation and project outcomes.
Methodological Innovation: Developed scalable and sustainable GIS methodologies that enhanced the project's long-term data usability and architectural integrity.
Cross-Functional Integration: Partnered with multi-disciplinary teams to integrate spatial solutions into broader decision-making frameworks, significantly improving data accessibility for stakeholders.
Strategic Planning: Directed the end-to-end spatial planning lifecycle, ensuring all geospatial outputs met rigorous national standards.
GIS Specialist & Field Coordinator | Enterprise Data Integration
Sep 2018 - May 2019
FINCON Services, Islamabad
- In this dual-capacity role, I led the technical integration of complex geospatial datasets and managed large-scale field operations, ensuring seamless data flow from raw survey acquisition to enterprise-grade GIS layers.
Key Technical & Leadership Contributions:
Geospatial Data Engineering: Utilized advanced GIS software to create, translate, and integrate multi-source data layers, ensuring the high-accuracy digitization of new spatial information.
Enterprise Data Management: Directed the organization and maintenance of extensive vector and raster datasets, optimizing data structures for efficient retrieval and analysis.
Property Verification: Conducted deep research into legal descriptions and survey maps to verify property units, maintaining 95%+ accuracy in urban mapping projects.
Team Leadership: Spearheaded project teams to integrate disparate geospatial data sources and managed on-site GIS data and survey teams to ensure field-to-office synchronization.
Imagery Coordination: Managed and maintained high-resolution aerial photography and satellite imagery libraries to support spatial analysis and visual reporting.
Stakeholder Engagement: Represented the technical team in high-level meetings with clients and project committees, translating complex GIS concepts into actionable project updates.
District GIS Manager | Urban Property Tax & Regional Mapping
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
The Urban Unit, Lahore
- In this managerial role, I directed the geospatial operations for high-priority urban property tax mapping and regional infrastructure projects across the Lahore District. I was responsible for the full data pipeline, from high-precision field acquisition to the development of enterprise-ready cartographic products.
Key Leadership & Technical Contributions:
Regional Project Oversight: Managed the end-to-end mapping and data monitoring for large-scale district surveys, ensuring alignment with municipal planning goals.
Geospatial Database Management: Directed the development and maintenance of robust GIS databases, integrating both raster and vector data to create comprehensive urban datasets.
Data Quality Governance: Established and enforced rigorous Quality Control (QC) and multi-tier data verification protocols to ensure 95%+ digitization accuracy.
Strategic Field Leadership: Coordinated large-scale GPS surveys and field data collection initiatives, providing technical guidance to teams on GIS best practices.
Enterprise Information Management: Engineered secure data management workflows, prioritizing data safety, systematic uploading, and historical archiving of district records.
Cartographic Development: Oversaw the creation of advanced spatial visualizations and map products derived from complex multi-source geospatial data.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with stakeholders and senior management to integrate GIS solutions that enhanced operational efficiency and informed urban policy.
GIS Manager | Urban Utility & Infrastructure Mapping
Mar 2017 - Dec 2017
FINCON Services, Islamabad
- In this leadership role, I directed the geospatial operations for the WASA Consumer Census, managing the transition of field data from mobile acquisition to centralized enterprise databases for the city of Lahore.
Key Leadership & Technical Contributions:
Utility Asset Management: Orchestrated the collection and integration of WASA consumer data using Android-based mobile survey technology.
Geospatial Monitoring: Directed the real-time mapping and data monitoring of large-scale urban surveys to ensure comprehensive spatial coverage across Lahore.
Database Administration: Managed complex field survey databases, ensuring seamless data flow between field collectors and the central GIS environment.
Rigorous Quality Assurance: Established and enforced multi-tier Quality Control (QC) and data verification protocols to maintain high-precision standards.
Information Security & Management: Engineered secure data management workflows, including the safety, uploading, and systematic archiving of municipal datasets.
Operational Oversight: Led the full lifecycle of data collection and verification, ensuring that the spatial data was accurate and ready for municipal decision-making.
GIS Field Officer | Saaf Pani Project (Rural Water Infrastructure)
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
SKAFS Pvt Ltd, Lahore
- Project: Rural Infrastructure & Water Resource Assessment
Directed the end-to-end GIS field operations for large-scale infrastructure mapping, overseeing a specialized team to ensure high-precision data collection and spatial analysis.
Key Leadership & Technical Contributions:
Team Leadership: Managed and mentored a multi-disciplinary GIS field team, coordinating daily operations and field logistics to meet strict project timelines.
Strategic Field Planning: Developed and implemented comprehensive field survey strategies, optimizing team deployment for efficient regional coverage.
Geospatial Data Management: Oversaw the systematic collection and validation of field data, ensuring the integrity of spatial databases for subsequent mapping and modeling.
Spatial Analysis: Conducted advanced GIS analysis to transform raw field observations into actionable mapping products and decision-support tools.
Quality Assurance (QA/QC): Established rigorous quality control protocols for both spatial data and physical resource samples (water) collected by surveyors to maintain a 95%+ accuracy rate.
GIS Field Manager | Infrastructure & Resource Mapping
Mar 2016 - Jul 2016
CSMS (Pvt.) Ltd
- In this role, I facilitated the spatial data foundation for the Saaf Pani Project, focusing on the mapping and assessment of rural water infrastructure across the Punjab region.
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
Geospatial Data Acquisition: Directed the collection of high-precision GPS coordinates for Rural Water Supply Systems (RWSS) across various districts.
Infrastructure Mapping: Conducted comprehensive field survey activities and utilized Google Maps for spatial plotting and infrastructure visualization.
Hydro-Spatial Sampling: Managed the collection of water samples linked to spatial coordinates to ensure accurate quality-control mapping.
Data Quality Assurance (QA/QC): Performed rigorous data verification and quality control to maintain high accuracy for municipal planning.
Information Management: Engineered data management protocols, including the secure uploading and organization of field data into centralized systems.
Site Assessments: Executed detailed data collection for village-level water systems to optimize resource allocation and sustainable development.
GIS Professional | Urban Planning & Digital Land Records
Jun 2013 - Mar 2016
The Urban Unit, Lahore
- Urban Planning & Digital Land Records
In this role, I contributed to high-impact urban development projects by managing the end-to-end geospatial lifecycle, from raw satellite imagery processing to the development of enterprise-grade geodatabases.
Key Technical Contributions:
Remote Sensing & Imagery: Executed advanced digital processing and georeferencing of satellite imagery and high-resolution scanned maps to create precise spatial foundations.
Database Development: Engineered and maintained comprehensive geodatabases within the ESRI environment, ensuring data integrity for large-scale urban projects.
Precision Mapping: Directed the high-accuracy digitization of Parcel Maps, Road Networks, and Mauza (Land Revenue) boundaries to support municipal planning.
Field Survey Support: Provided real-time technical support to field teams, facilitating accurate geo-tagging of digital assets and ensuring spatial data reflected exact field conditions.
Data Engineering & QA: Managed complex data entry workflows and database management projects, maintaining over 95% digitization accuracy.
Collaborative Support: Partnered with Senior GIS leadership to execute specialized spatial analysis tasks and meet strategic organizational objectives.
Education
"Discover a suite of tailored services designed to meet your needs. From comprehensive web and interactive mapping solutions
to advanced spatial analysis, data visualization, and cartography expertise, my offerings are crafted to deliver exceptional results.
Embrace a seamless blend of technical proficiency and creative innovation, ensuring the success of your projects in the dynamic
landscapes of mapping and related services."
BS GEOGRAPHY
2009-2013
University of the Punjab, Lahore
"Completed a BS in Geography (2009–2013) with a specialization in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Gained strong knowledge of spatial analysis, cartography, and remote sensing applications. Developed skills in GIS software, data management, and geospatial problem-solving.
GIS DIPLOMA
2015-2016
Skills Development Council Punjab, Lahore
Completed a GIS Diploma (2015–2016) from the Skills Development Council, Punjab, Lahore. Gained practical training in spatial data handling, mapping, and geodatabase management. Enhanced skills in GIS software, remote sensing, and geospatial analysis for applied projects.
Portfolio
"Explore my portfolio to witness a rich array of mapping and geospatial projects, showcasing my expertise in web and interactive mapping, spatial analysis, data visualization, and cartography. With a keen eye for detail and a robust command of programming languages, I consistently deliver impactful solutions in the realm of mapping and related domains."
- All Maps
- Web Maps
- Cartography & Maps
- Other Maps
Services
"Discover a suite of tailored services designed to meet your needs. From comprehensive web and interactive mapping solutions to advanced spatial analysis, data visualization, and cartography expertise, my offerings are crafted to deliver exceptional results. Embrace a seamless blend of technical proficiency and creative innovation, ensuring the success of your projects in the dynamic landscapes of mapping and related services."
GIS MAPPING
"Expert in GIS mapping, I provide precise spatial analysis and visualization services, leveraging advanced technologies to deliver accurate and insightful geographic information solutions tailored to your needs."
WEB/INTERACTIVE MAPPING
"Specializing in web and interactive mapping, I craft dynamic and user-friendly digital experiences that seamlessly integrate geographic data, providing visually compelling and informative platforms for enhanced engagement and understanding."
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
"Proficient in spatial analysis, I employ advanced techniques to dissect geographic data, uncover patterns, and derive meaningful insights. My expertise ensures informed decision-making through a thorough understanding of spatial relationships and trends."
DATA ANALYSIS & VISUALIZATION
"Excel in data analysis and visualization, transforming raw information into compelling visual narratives. Through innovative techniques, I distill complex data sets into clear, actionable insights, enhancing decision-making processes."
CARTOGRAPHY & MAPPING
"As a skilled cartographer, I specialize in precision mapping, combining artistry with technical expertise. My proficiency in cartography ensures the creation of visually stunning and accurate maps tailored to diverse needs."
PROGRAMING LANGUAGES
"Fluent in a range of programming languages, I bring a versatile skill set to seamlessly implement solutions in diverse technological landscapes. My proficiency extends to crafting efficient and innovative code to meet project requirements."
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Very dedicated and user focused provider, highly recommended. I really enjoy working with him, he is willing to go the extra mile and does not give up on problems. Will definitely use again.
Mbuchi
Ceo & Founder
He was very attentive and clearly understood the project. He followed the exact guidelines and requirements for the project. Expertise: (A) Data analysis (B) Big Data (C) QGIS (D) Google API (E) Python (F) Geocoding (G) Reverse geocoding (H) Mapping
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Fiverr Client
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Fiverr Client
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Fiverr Client
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heitormiguel
Fiverr Client
Contact
"For prompt communication, feel free to reach out via email, phone number, or WhatsApp. I am readily available to discuss opportunities, answer inquiries, and collaborate on exciting projects. Looking forward to connecting with you!"
Location:
Riyadh KSA
Email:
rawaizzkhann@gmail.com
Call/WhatsApp:
+966 502 253 354