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Reference ID: CV-ZLJQVWS
Updated: April 26, 2008
Available: Immediately
Will Relocate: Yes
GIS Experience: >10 Years
Desired Salary: Later
Email: kjprakash@hotmail.com
Primary Phone: 91 944885257
Address: No. 45A, 14th Cross, Mahalaksmi Lay Out
Country: India
 
 
 
Prakash KJ
 
Educational Experience
Bangalore University Bangalore
Degree: Civil Engineering
 
Professional Experience
Manager GIS Applications SECON Pvt. Ltd.
July 2002 - current Bangalore
Web GIS based Asset Management for Oil & Gas pipelines (ongoing project)
Design and development of web application for client Gujarat State Petronet Limited to support activities in the area of engineering, construction, Health/Safety(HSE) and O&M of pipelines.
Role: Project Manager. Understanding pipeline design, O&M process by interacting with Domain people and Preparation of System Requirement Study, Web application & database architecture, Prototype. Monitoring & Guiding development, client interaction and timely delivery. Leading team of 8 developers.
Software: ASP C# .NET, Arc GIS Web Server, SDE and SQL Server


Web GIS based Asset Management for City Gas Distribution (ongoing project)
Design and development of web application for Management of City Gas distribution utilities for client Gujarat State Petronet Limited. The system manages city gas distribution enterprise geodatabase with functions to support Marketing, Engineering and O&M.
Role: Project Manager. Understanding Gas distribution system by interacting with Domain people and Preparation of System Requirement Study, Functional specification Document & Prototype.
Software: ASP C# .NET, Arc GIS Web Server, SDE and SQL Server


Web GIS based Asset Management for City Water supply, Sanitary and storm water network (ongoing Pilot development)
Design and development of web application for Management of City utility network for client NCB - Libya. The system manages city utility network in enterprise geodatabase with functions to support Engineering and O&M.
Role: Project Manager. Understanding city utility distribution system by interacting with Domain people and Preparation of System Requirement Study, Functional specification Document & Prototype.
Software: ASP C# .NET, Arc GIS Web Server, SDE and SQL Server


Web based Construction Progress Monitoring system
Design and development of web application for Bangalore Public Works Department (PWD) and Karnataka Road Development Corporation Ltd.
Role: Project Manager. Understanding road activities, interaction with Highway & Bridge domain experts for data formats and reports design, development of system architecture, design of s-curves/barcharts reports, guiding/monitoring development & implementation.
Software: ASP C# .NET, Manifold, and SQL Server


GIS for Irrigation Inventory Management (World Bank aided)
Design and development of Irrigation Inventory management and Analysis Application for 6,00,000 hectares to Uttar Pradesh State Irrigation Department (World Bank aided)
Role: Study of contract requirements & define suitable GIS system for client; Design of .net application prototype & geodatabase structure; Designed network analysis tools; Guided development team & defined Quality control of GIS application; Training end users on Basics of GIS, ArcGIS software and customized application
Software: VB .NET, ArcGIS and Oracle


Oil Wells Geodatabase development
Development of ArcGIS based geodatabase solution for Oil exploration wells with Routemaps, Pipeline & Wells Engineering Survey details, Cadastral/Revenue details and SPOT satellite images for client Cairn Energy who are into Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Role: ArcGIS based Route analysis, Prepared ArcGIS Thematic Maps; Defining projection parameters & georeferencing; Preparation of cartographic symbol library
Software: ArcGIS


Road Information System (RIS) of National Highway Authority of India (World Bank aided)
Carried System design, process engineering & GIS/MIS database design for RIS Inventory Collation, Analysis & Integration into DBMS for 7300 km network.
Role: System study for 10 days to understand GIS/MIS requirement of client; Design of Oracle structure for storing Road utility asset data; Define procedure for seamless integration of entire 7300 km network; Lead production team & client deliveries
Software: VB .NET, ArcGIS, AutoCAD MAP, Oracle, MS office and MS Project


GIS based Design & Maintenance System for Cross-country pipelines in Melbourne, Australia
Two months System study in Melbourne, Australia with International Design Consultants WORLEY. Preparation of System Study & Design document for developing web based GIS system. The modules include Engineering, HSE, Land Acquisition, Construction Management and Integrity management.
Role: System study and preparation SRS Documentation, High level costing & System Architecture. Application Prototype design for client approval.
Software: UML, Visio and MS office


Integrity Management for Cross country Oil & Gas Pipeline
For client Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), carried out detailed system study for development of WEB based GIS Asset Management system for Managing Integrity of Pipeline. Delivered Functional Requirement Specification, Architecture, Project Budget and Preliminary Design document.
Role: System study and preparation SRS Documentation, High level costing & System Architecture.
Software: UML, Visio and MS office

Cross country Petroleum & Gas Pipeline Inventory Management
Corridor Inventory Management System for 782 km length of utility to Gujarat State Petronet Ltd. (GSPL) involving management and maintenance of large extent of Engineering, Cadastral drawings and O&M data
Role: Design of desktop ArcGIS application & database; Creation of 3D pipeline models; Define field survey data capture procedures; Lead mapping production team; 5 days training to client on usage of ArcGIS, customized application and asset database
Software: VB .NET, ArcObjects, MS Access

Cross country Oil & Gas pipeline database
Design & Development of 10,000 km of GIS/LIS Topographical survey data and Engineering reports of cross-country pipelines to Gas Authority of India (GAIL), Reliance Infocom Ltd. (RIL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Oil India (IOL), ONGC, etc.
Role: Design of Geodatabase; ArcGIS based spatial land use analysis; Cartographic symbology library; Define Data conversion techniques between CAD & GIS formats; Developed GIS Topology creation procedures; Design of database and Project Management & implementation; Lead project team to create Enterprise geo database
Software: ArcGIS, Oracle, SDE and AutoCAD MAP


Satellite Image based Thematic Mapping
Executed Satellite Based mapping project for Entire State of Gujarat covering 2,35,000 sq. km for Gujarat State Petronet Ltd. (GSPL). Project involves Hybrid approach Image land use classification, GIS database preparation for analysis and producing 330 Topomaps at 1:50,000 scale.
Role: Satellite images procurement; Identify procedures for georeferencing; Map Lay out preparation and Thematic maps; Defined Map cartography symbols; Prepared Map Atlas, Monitored field survey updation, Handled map production team; training the team on satellite image interpretation.
Software: ArcGIS, AutoCAD MAP and MS Project


Routing Analysis
Conceived ArcGIS based Routing analysis application (shortest route analysis based on various parameters like least cost of construction, least cost of pumping, etc.) for utility alignment fixing
Role: Design
Software: VB .NET and ArcGIS


Mobile GPS development and Differential Global Positioning System
Designed & Developed GPS fitted with Pocket PC based Engineering Survey Application. Derived field methodology for efficient GIS survey. Involved in identifying new methodologies & equipments for meeting various engineering survey accuracy requirements
Role: Design
Software: ArcPAD, ArcPAD application builder & VB .NET

WEB based MIS application development
Designed Web based Production time management system. Employees update their project timing through user-friendly WEB forms. Project Managers can readily take out project’s timings analysis and performance of employees.
Role: Design & prototype development
Software: ASP .NET & Oracle
Manager GIS Genesys
Jan 1997 to Dec 20101 Bangalore
GIS-MIS application development
Developed Urban Property Management system to Government agency Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP State. Creation of GIS database of Town Planning maps & user-friendly software tools for usage by Town planners.
Role: Design of property management application & database, Project Development, Developed GIS tools in ArcView using Avenue program, Implementation and training
Software: VB, ArcGIS and Oracle

Telecom GIS
Design & Implementation of GIS database for Radio Frequency Planning to Telecom majors such as Ericsson, Motorola and Spice Telecom with details such as Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and Large scale City/Town maps
Role: Project Management which consists of Building Geodatabase from various sources such as satellite images, Survey of India Map &, Field Surveys. Dealt with data format conversion issues between MapInfo, ArcGIS and AutoCAD MAP.
Software: ArcGIS, MapInfo and AutoCAD MAP

Database development
Developed and Managed Quality control procedures and Automation tools of Kuwait city mapping work on 1:4000 during post processing of Photogrammetry data capture.
Role: Development of Quality control procedures and Data capture Automation tools
Software: AutoCAD MAP, Auto Lisp & Microstation




Watershed Management
Designed GIS based watershed management solution to Karnataka State Government Society, which also included training to end-users. Main analysis of this solution includes identifying water potential zones and action plan for recharge of water table
Role: Conceptualising of GIS solution and GIS Training

Parcel Drafting Automation Tools
Developed parcel drafting tools using survey inputs.
Role: Design & Development of Automation tools
Software: Visual Basic
GIS Engineer Kirloskar Computers
July 1989 to Dec 1996 Bangalore
Utility mapping
Executed Telephone utility Mapping conversion 6 counties in US for AT&T
Role: Mapping Production & Quality Control. Developed Data Capture & editing automation tools in Auto Lisp. Developed Telephone utility inventory.
Software: ArcView, Avenue, AutoCAD and Auto Lisp

Topographical Mapping
Digital Vector Data (DVD format) database preparation for Survey of India (SOI) using Topographical maps of 1:50,000 scale for two states of India
Role: Mapping Production & Quality Control. Map Layout preparation & Publishing of maps. Developed tools to convert maps into DVD format.
Software: AutoCAD and Auto Lisp

GIS Training
Undergone extensive training on GIS-CAD software’s from ESRI, Autodesk and Bentley

ArcGIS Development
Development of Application tools on ArcGIS platform for mapping production automation to various projects
Role: Programming in Avenue
Software: ArcView, Avenue and Visual Basic

Quality Control
Defined Quality Control procedures for CAD Mapping production processes. Handled GIS data Conversion projects as per quality standards.
Role: Quality Maintenance
 
Other Information
GIS solution provider, with experience in design and development of enterprise wide solutions for various clients in the Highways, Oil & Gas, Irrigation, City Water-Supply/Electricity/Parcel management, Telecom, Bridges, Land Management, etc. More than Eighteen years (18) of professional experience includes GIS Applications design & development; GPS, Remote Sensing and Geodatabase development

Served as GIS Expert for various utility, energy and infrastructure sectors. Major of them include
• Enterprise GIS solution & database development project for Gas Authority of India
• WEB GIS solution for City Gas Distribution operation & maintenance for Gujarat Petroleum Corporation Limited
• Building WEB based Asset Management for Cross country pipelines of Gujarat State Petronet Limited.
• GIS/LIS database development for some of major Oil & Gas clients in India such as IOCL, OIL, HPCL and Reliance
• Mumbai-Vadodra Expressway new alignment study for National Highway Authority of India (Ongoing)
• Road Information System Project carried out for National Highway Authority of India
• Canal Restructuring project Uttar Pradesh State Irrigation Project
• Watershed Development under Bellary district for Karnataka Watershed Development Society
• Urban Planning for Lucknow Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh State
• WEB based Construction Progress monitoring solutions to Karnataka Public Works Department and Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited
• Other Engineering projects



Presently ‘Manager GIS Applications’ in SECON, taken initiatives & leading role to offer best solutions to engineering/utility sectors by way of conceptualizing, designing, executing & successfully implementing the web portals, software applications, project process, GIS Database solutions, GPS & Remote Sensing solutions. In all previous experience, successfully dealt with challenges of GIS solutions, product customizations, data issues & infrastructure setup.

Seeking position: Senior GIS Consultant/Architect/Designer/Manager

Profession Summary:
• Offering GIS Technical solutions for Business support.
• Delivering Client/server, Internet/Web and components based solutions.
• Expertise in design & development of applications for diversified areas of Engineering, Environmental and Utilities sectors.
• Managing team of GIS analysts and Software Programmers by playing a prominent role to lead, co-ordinate and offer technical support.
• Managing multiple projects from its inception through system study, architecture, documentation, execution, quality maintenance, till the end.
• Ability to understand user domain knowledge, system study and simplifying the process leading to best solution
• Customizing international open standards to client specific requirements
• Expertise in Asset Management, GIS Decision support systems, Design & Analytical tools development, Progress Monitoring Systems, etc.
• Technical Presentation and client co-ordination. Scope/methodology and RFP Preparation
• Geodatabase creation and maintenance. Multiple formats conversion/ transformation between various GIS software’s. Projection systems & co-ordinate conversions.
• Development experience with ArcGIS for desktop & web solutions.
• Documentation of Software System study & Design/Architecture, RDBMS structure, Project Process and QA procedures
• Expertise in GIS Survey, GPS methodologies, mapping & data processing

Proven Personal Abilities:
• Maintaining excellent relationship with company and colleagues
• Believe in transfer of technology among team members
• Innovating thinking by adopting to latest trends
• Taking initiatives and carrying tasks independently
• Decision making, analytical and problem solving skills, project management and ability to follow up project targets


Various pilot developments successfully carried out:
o Integrity Management – An engineering application to support O&M of utilities such as Cross country pipeline, Canals, etc. The various types of O&M survey data is analyzed along length of utility in integrated & systematic way.
o Using Linear Referencing/Dynamic Segmentation in the area of Networking concepts for Irrigation Canal Maintenance and Highway Maintenance Monitoring
o Design & Development of Satellite Image Data Browser to handle viewing of 300+ satellite images
o Web Based Map Viewer through Cost effective Manifold software
o Computer Map Aided Dispatch systems
o Map based projection transformations & GRID creations
o Visual Basic Tool development for Parcel construction as per surveyed dimensions
o Development of Automatic Contour Generation using Avenue language
o Developing feature editing routines in Auto lisp language.
o Modeling in Watershed development, by assigning weightages to GIS layers and deriving water potential zones.
Keywords:  ArcGIS, ArcObjects, AutoCAD Map, .NET, GPS, Manifold
 
 
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