Mohammed Alhessi is a GIS professional and instructor who is interested in algorithms and applications of the geospatial theory. He has good experience in GIS analysis, development, and training. He has conducted numerous training courses for people from different backgrounds. The course topics include, but are not limited to, Enterprise Geodatabase Administration in MS SQL Server, spatial data analysis and modeling, and Python scripting for ArcGIS.
He worked at the University of Stuttgart as a GIS developer, programming geoprocessing tools using Java and Python. He is involved in many local GIS projects, providing consultancy for the local community. He is currently working as a lecturer at the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine. He is also an instructor at University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza.
He has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Islamic University of Gaza and a master's degree in geomatics engineering from Stuttgart University.
Nabil Allataifeh is a GIS specialist who holds a master's of engineering degree. He is a research assistant with more than 5 years of experience in GIS. He also has an experience in water resources engineering with a focus on hydrological modeling. He is currently a research assistant at the Department of Geography, working as a GIS specialist. He previously worked at the School of Engineering, University of Guelph as a research assistant/hydrological modeler. He has experience in ArcGIS 10.0 and 9.3, ArcMap, ArcScene, and ArcGlope. He also has experience in ArcGIS ModelBuilder, scripting, spatial analysis, and 3D analysis.
Edward Hughes has been working in the GIS industry since 1997. While performing professional roles at Western Power, he completed his degree in GIS at Curtin University.
He fist started data entry operations for the Western Power's Automated Mapping Facility Management (AMFM) system. Wind the clock forward to 2012 and Edward performed the role of an SME, upgrading the AMFM system to a corporate-based GIS system (Esri). Along the GIS pathway, he took up many opportunities within the GIS electrical utility sphere, as the project manager of a task force, where his work ranged from reporting bay model anomalies to automating a Vegetation Management System. He also recently played the key GIS component in implementing the Network Risk Management Tool (NRMT), which is based on Bayesian modeling.
He is a member of Mapping and Planning Support WA (MAPSWA), which provides mapping expertise to aid incident management teams at major emergency incidents, such as bushfires, urban storms, and tropical cyclones. A little coffee goes along way in these intense situations!
Tram Vu Khanh Truong is a transportation planner at the City of Greensboro and Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, North Carolina. She received her master's degree in regional and city planning from the University of Oklahoma. With more than 5 years of working experience in planning, she has experienced many facets of GIS, from using GPS to collect field data to analyzing GIS data and programming to automate processes. She possesses a strong passion for applying GIS in land use and transportation planning to support decision making.
Besides her enthusiasm for maps and numbers, she loves cooking, baking, reading, and having fun with her husband and adorable son.
Tram previously reviewed Administering ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook, both by Packt Publishing.