Ahmad Aburizaiza
Senior GIS Regional Lead & Solutions Engineer at JLL
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolAhmad Aburizaiza is a Senior GIS Regional Lead and Solutions Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building and automating geospatial systems for enterprise-scale users across public and private sectors. He blends deep GIS technical expertise (ArcGIS, PostGIS, GeoPandas) with cloud and data-engineering skills—designing automated Python/SQL ETL pipelines, dashboards, and governance frameworks that serve thousands of users. His background spans Mapbox, NASA, Verizon, FCC and Bayer, where he improved data accuracy, evaluated multi-million-dollar datasets, and implemented algorithms that materially increased broadband coverage and saved millions. A practiced instructor and content creator, he has taught Python & GIS to hundreds, produced Udemy course material, and authored university-level curricula, demonstrating an unusual mix of research rigor (PhD-level GIScience work) and production delivery. Notably, he repeatedly bridges research and product: from prototyping remote-sensing methods for academic publication to deploying robust enterprise GIS automation at JLL.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.01, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.01 at University of the PacificNon degree PhD course: CSCI E-8 Web GIS, Computer Science, 4.00, Non degree PhD course: CSCI E-8 Web GIS, Computer Science, 4.00 at Harvard UniversityMaster's degree, Geographic Information Science, 3.81, Master's degree, Geographic Information Science, 3.81 at Idaho State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geographic Information Science, 3.65, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geographic Information Science, 3.65 at George Mason University
Arabic, English
Github Skills (16)
dask7
python7
pydata7
pandas6
scipy6
parallel-computing6
scikit-learn6
numpy4
geojson4
json3
data-visualization1
gis1
pirate1
geospatial1
flask1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TipsForGIS-zz/geoJSONToShpFile
Aug 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:16 commits in 1 year 8 months
jsongeojson
TipsForGIS/arabic-postgis-lectures
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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