Experience
Head of GIS Department
Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company · Oct. 2023 – Aug. 2026
- Led a five-person team that set the roadmap for preparing pipeline as-built maps and moving the company toward the IGN enterprise GIS: translated National Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company requirements into a standardized as-built data model (104 layers), built a 5,021 km unified geodatabase with QA/QC and acceptance standards, and trained 40 contractor staff (60 hours).
- Led a team that integrated pipeline data from multiple sources (satellite imagery, legacy maps and new maps) into the unified geodatabase, and defined the data integration standards with NIGTC.
- Initiated a needs assessment and feasibility study for deploying IGN, and led a team that identified all pipeline design data (basic and detailed design, including line and environmental data) and prepared their data model.
GIS Project Coordinator
National Iranian Gas Company · Aug. 2021 – Oct. 2023
- Managed IGN, an enterprise GIS platform and decision support system (DSS) for gas network data (10,000 users, 21 regional companies) built around gas network analysis, with modules including Web GIS Core, QGIS API, Emergency (emergency response on the gas network), BPMS and Version Control, with Agile/Scrum in Azure DevOps: ran committees, negotiated contracts, coordinated vendors and about 200 stakeholders, defined functional specifications, and kept the rollout on budget and schedule. Oversaw the open-source stack (GeoNode, GeoServer, OGC services) and led QGIS training for the 21 provincial companies, which used the QGIS API module to prepare gas-network data (pipelines, valves) to a GIS-ready standard and upload it to IGN.
- Defined the requirements of IGN's voice user interface through user interviews, and clarified the specifications for the development team as part of the team: Persian and English voice commands and semantic voice search to find areas, places and network features (e.g. valves, pipelines) by location or attribute.
- Defined the services offered in IGN's Web GIS through WMS, WFS and location services, on Google Maps and OpenStreetMap basemaps.
GIS Senior Data and Business Analyst
NIGC · Jun. 2018 – Aug. 2021
- Planned the feasibility and development of two software platforms (IGN and GPNET) and specified their requirements; IGN replaced 21 regional systems and cut response time by 60%. Scoped the Node.js REST API layer over ArcGIS Server / GeoServer.
Senior GIS Specialist
NIGC · May 2014 – Jun. 2018
- Designed spatial databases and administered ArcGIS Server / ArcGIS Pro; resolved geodatabase issues in SQL Server Spatial and Oracle Spatial and automated maintenance tasks with Python.
GIS & IT Researcher and Specialist
NIGC · Feb. 2012 – May 2014
- Led a feasibility study benchmarking Esri and GE Smallworld against GeoServer, QGIS and PostGIS (cost, interoperability, vendor lock-in); supervised external surveying, mapping and GIS consultants and quality-controlled their data.
Business and Data Analyst
Parsineh Tarhe Aatieh Company · Mar. 2010 – Feb. 2012
- Coordinated the Web GIS project for agricultural beneficiaries of Golestan Province: supervised field GPS/GNSS data collection and client communication, and developed the application.
Graduate Research Assistant
KNTU · Sep. 2008 – Mar. 2010
- Member of a KNTU research team for the assessment, feasibility study, design and implementation of GIS for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization, and the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
Three pieces of work
A 5,021 km geodatabase
Context. In her last role she was asked to move pipeline as-built mapping onto one enterprise model, including environmental data that had lived in separate files.
Her role. Led a five-person team that set the roadmap for preparing pipeline as-built maps and moving the company toward the IGN enterprise GIS. Led a team that integrated pipeline data from multiple sources (satellite imagery, legacy maps and new maps) into the unified geodatabase, and defined the data integration standards with NIGTC.
Delivered. A standardized as-built data model (104 layers), a 5,021 km unified geodatabase with QA/QC and acceptance standards, and a data model for basic and detailed design.
Scale. 5,021 km, 104 layers, 40 contractor staff trained over 60 hours.
Enterprise Web GIS for 10,000 users
Context. IGN is a platform for gas network analysis used by 10,000 users in 21 regional companies. She coordinated the programme and wrote part of the specification.
Her role. Defined the requirements of IGN's voice user interface through user interviews, and clarified the specifications for the development team as part of the team: Persian and English voice commands and semantic voice search to find areas, places and network features (e.g. valves, pipelines) by location or attribute. Defined the services offered in IGN's Web GIS through WMS, WFS and location services, on Google Maps and OpenStreetMap basemaps.
Delivered. Functional specifications for the Web GIS services and for semantic voice search, and a rollout kept on budget and schedule with the open-source stack (GeoNode, GeoServer, OGC services).
Scale. 10,000 users, 21 regional companies, about 200 stakeholders.
An open-source feasibility study
Context. From 2012 to 2014 she compared the GIS platforms the company might standardise on, before the later IGN stack was chosen.
Her role. Led a feasibility study benchmarking Esri and GE Smallworld against GeoServer, QGIS and PostGIS (cost, interoperability, vendor lock-in).
Delivered. A documented comparison of cost, interoperability, and vendor lock-in, used when the open-source stack was later adopted.
Scale. The study covered the same families of tools the prototype uses: GeoServer, QGIS, and PostGIS.