REGINA BROWN MENSAH
Accra
Summary
GIS professional with substantial experience in spatial data management and map production. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and delivering impactful results. Reliable and adaptable, with skills in spatial analysis and database management. My strengths include spatial data analysis, data management, and data collection, and I am proficient in softwares like MS Office, ArcGIS, MapInfo, SQL, and ActivityInfo.
Overview
2022
2022
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
GIS Specialist
ACDI VOCA
- Company Overview: USAID Market Systems Resilience Project
- Create maps, graphs, and other geospatial information products related to market systems, value chain development, resilience, and other subject areas as requested
- Collect, collate, and analyze data related to GIS products and ensure quality of data
- Determine GIS needs by various audiences and incorporate design principles to effectively communicate and disseminate information
- Produce training materials and conduct training and support capacity building in the deployment and use of GIS software, applications, products and services within the MSR’s target beneficiaries and stakeholders, value chains and markets
- Maintain strategic relationships with relevant stakeholders to promote effective coordination, collaboration, and dissemination of program learning
- In collaboration with other MSR units, and led by the MEL/CLA Director, contribute to semi-annual and annual written and graphic reports
- Supported the development of logical frameworks and theories of change for 2 agricultural development projects
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to integrate geospatial data into decision-making processes
- Created data visualization maps that improved stakeholder understanding of project impacts
- USAID Market Systems Resilience Project
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Prepared project maps for the project
01.2020 - 02.2020
- Performed data collection and report writing on Women’s Learning Initiative on fisher folk in the Western, Central and Greater Accra Regions
TOUTON Processing Company
11.2019 - 12.2019
- Prepared Geographic maps for their cocoa farmers within their Zone of Influence
GIS Specialist
TechnoServe
01.2014 - 12.2018
- Company Overview: USAID – Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement
- Set up the GIS database system and integrating GIS in M&E activities
- Update the GIS database of all Value Chain actors in the project’s zones of influence
- Provide technical advice and input to the ADVANCE team for mapping of target commodities
- Coordinate GIS projects to achieve desired goals with available resources; plan and organise individual work; report on progress; make recommendations; and implement changes as needed
- Provide technical support to ADVANCE team and field GIS users, related to the project
- Develop, conduct and coordinate specialised GIS training sessions including GIS principles and use of GPS handsets to collect data to implementing partner staff, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders as needed
- Coordinate mapping efforts, data collection and analysis to ensure validity of data entered in the GIS database
- Provide GIS data quality assurance through efficient maintenance of GIS database
- Oversee first level processing of GPS points collected from the fields
- Conduct data analysis of tasks and prepare report as requested
- Produce data rich maps, reports, imagery and related GIS products and services as needed
- Develop specialized GPS collection instruments (forms) for GPS data collection
- Work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) Coordinator to collect and analyse gross margins, crop cut and other data
- Map out demonstration plots and present them on maps
- Report on all spatial activities undertaken by the project
- Design general maps and web mapping applications to illustrate the ADVANCE program’s impact
- USAID – Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement
GIS / Database Administrator
Abzu Resources Ghana Ltd
01.2012 - 12.2014
- Update and manage company database
- Ensure quality control of data stored in the database
- Backup and restore database
- Prepare Geological Base Maps with drill information
Geologist-RS and GIS Specialization
Geological Survey Dept.
01.2002 - 12.2012
- Company Overview: Accra-Ghana
- Undertake geological field mapping
- Create maps and graphs, using GIS software and related equipment
- Meet with users to define data needs, project requirements
- Conduct Research to locate and obtain existing databases
- Gather, analyze, and integrate spatial data from staff and determine how best the information can be displayed using GIS
- Compile geographic data from a variety of sources including censuses, field observation, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps
- Analyze spatial data for geographic statistics to incorporate into documents and reports
- Update database, applying additional knowledge of spatial feature representations
- Enter new map data through use of a digitizer or by direct input of coordinate information using the principles of cartography including coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales
- Analyze geographic relationships among varying types of data
- Prepare metadata and other documentation
- Operate and maintain GIS system hardware, software, plotter, digitizer, color printer, and video camera
- Assist Divisional Head with key decision analysis
- Accra-Ghana
Education
MSc. - Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation – specialization in Geo-engineering
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
01.2009
Postgraduate Diploma - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Environment
Technische Fachhochschule (TFH)
11.2003
BSc. (Hons) - Geological Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
01.2000
Skills
- ArcGIS
- QGIS
- Power BI
- EXCEL
- ActivityInfo
- Kobotoolbox
- Python
Certification
- Project Management Professional
- Monitoring and Evaluation Certificate
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
German
Beginner (A1)
Timeline
05.2021 - 07.2021
01.2020 - 02.2020
TOUTON Processing Company
11.2019 - 12.2019
GIS Specialist
TechnoServe
01.2014 - 12.2018
GIS / Database Administrator
Abzu Resources Ghana Ltd
01.2012 - 12.2014
Geologist-RS and GIS Specialization
Geological Survey Dept.
01.2002 - 12.2012
Postgraduate Diploma - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Environment
Technische Fachhochschule (TFH)
BSc. (Hons) - Geological Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
GIS Specialist
ACDI VOCA
MSc. - Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation – specialization in Geo-engineering
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
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