Abidemi Elesho

Jan 2022 – July 2025 Spatial Analytics

Led end-to-end GIS delivery for environmental, landuse, and infrastructure projects, reducing spatial-workflow processing time by 35%.
Led geospatial projects for land use, infrastructure, and environmental master planning, supporting early-phase design with 3D GIS models and scenario analysis.
Designed and deployed mobile GIS data collection systems improving field accuracy by 25% and standardizing multi-team workflows.
Advised clients on enterprise GIS architecture, spatial data governance, and ETL automation to strengthen decision making capacity.
Delivered actionable geospatial intelligence for government, NGO, and private-sector clients.
Designed and implemented standardized frameworks supporting utility data capture, harmonization, and high accuracy geospatial mapping for transmission and distribution assets.

Sep 2019 – Oct 2021 Wageningen University & Research. The Netherlands

Geo-Information Research Assistant

Developed a multi-country agricultural cocoa ontology improving semantic interoperability across 11 nations and enabling standardized analytics.
Curated, digitized, validated, and harmonized cereal and cocoa datasets for large-scale remote sensing classification workflows.
Designed and implemented a data governance framework that improved long-term data integrity and compliance among international partners.
Trained global stakeholders on mobile GIS systems, enhancing data quality, reporting consistency, and operational readiness.
Performed spatial analysis, environmental monitoring, and forest-mapping tasks supporting regional agricultural sustainability programs.

Nov 2018 – Aug 2019 Wageningen University & Research. The Netherlands

Produced high-quality cartographic products and digital maps supporting forest monitoring and land-use planning initiatives.
Implemented custom data schemas and QA/QC workflows improving dataset validation compliance by 20%.
Managed multi-country spatial data collection efforts ensuring timely delivery of standardized, analysis-ready geospatial products.

Jan 2014 – Jul 2017 Polaris Digitech Limited. Nigeria

Assistant Manager GIS Data Quality & Management

Oversaw geospatial data quality, standardization, and interoperability for large enterprise clients, including Google Nigeria.
Designed GIS databases, executed spatial analyses, and optimized data management workflows to support enterprise operations.
Led enterprise-scale GIS database projects and developed 3D land use/land cover maps for national infrastructure and environmental planning.
Integrated remote sensing, GIS, and field survey data to produce spatially accurate models for planning and regulatory compliance.
Extracted features from optical and SAR imagery using remote sensing and machine learning techniques.
Led the development of a nationwide land cover and land use map (356,638 sq. miles) integrating multisource satellite imagery.
Produced a national digital elevation basemap from SAR data for terrain modeling and infrastructure planning.
Developed SOPs, training materials, and documentation to improve team productivity and knowledge transfer.
Directed multiple national-scale data acquisition and field projects, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring mission milestones were met.

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