Stephanie Saephan
GIS Manager at ACCIONA & Nordex Green Hydrogen
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephanie Saephan is a Certified GISP and seasoned GIS manager based in Portland, Oregon, with over 20 years of geospatial experience across urban, environmental, and renewable energy projects. She has led GIS strategy and hybrid ESRI/open-source platform implementations for AEC firms and currently directs GIS for green hydrogen projects while also operating an independent consultancy. Her background spans academia, government, and corporate work—from ecological research and university geoportals to precision agriculture and utility-scale energy siting—bringing a rare mix of field-driven science and enterprise GIS operations. Stephanie is skilled at translating complex spatial data into actionable plans, building cross-disciplinary GeoBIM workflows, and designing training programs that upskill non-GIS professionals. Notably, she has hands-on experience developing web mapping applications for high-stakes infrastructure decisions, reflecting both technical depth and practical impact.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography and Cartography, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography and Cartography at Clark UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Botany, Master of Science - MS, Botany at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Github Skills (5)
esri7
styles6
xml6
qgis5
python4
Github contributions (5)
StephSaephan/leaflet-map-example
Feb 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:25 commits, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
StephSaephan/QGIS-ESRI-Converted-Styles
Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
QGIS XML styles converted from ESRI styles using SLYR tool
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 22 days
pythonxmlstylesesriqgis
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