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Alicia Ferrer Costa

Alicia is an Esri Technical Consultant.  With qualifications including a BSc Honours in Agricultural Engineering (Spain) and MSc in Natural Resource Management (UK),  Alicia appreciates the versatility that GIS tools and platforms provide to make spatial data accessible and meaningful to a wide audience. When she is not busy working at GBS, Alicia enjoys dancing, [...]
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Jade Chow

Jade completed her Postgraduate diploma in GIS at the University of Auckland and has extensive experience in mapping, spatial data manipulation and GIS programming.  She has coded extensively using Python and Java Scripts, and is skilled in C# and Angular. Outside of work, Jade loves the NZ climate and nature, exploring new places and playing squash in [...]
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Catherine Koerber

Catherine has joined Mark Eiseman at GBS USA. Catherine's goal is to bring GIS to non-GIS users so they can make sound business decisions and provide efficiencies in their workplace. Based in Lakewood, Colorado, Catherine works closely with Mark to help support him with projects in the USA. An outdoor enthusiast keen on skiing, swimming, [...]
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David Aalbers

As a senior developer David has been responsible for the design and implementation of projects to a variety of clients, ranging from large corporates to government agencies. He has gained solid experience in a wide range of both client and server-side technologies, building on top of the ArcGIS stack. When not in front of the [...]
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Jazmine Ho

Jazmine Ho gained her BSc in Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Auckland.  She is skilled in data analysis, problem-solving and scientific communications.  Using the Agile approach with government authorities, she is passionate and experienced in Location Intelligence. During her free time Jazmine loves to challenge herself with bouldering (at a local rock [...]
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Jade Weideman

Jade's enthusiasm and bright personality, combined with her BSc Honours in Geoinformatics from Pretoria University make her the ideal candidate as an Esri Technical Consultant.  Jade is very passionate about her role, is a quick learner, and is keen to gain as much experience as she can.  Jade has always had an eye for spatial [...]
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Heath Rongo

Heath has over 20 years experience working in IT, with over half of that time in GIS. Throughout his career, he has served in a variety of roles such as computer repair technician, desktop support engineer, network administrator and software developer. These days he is primarily involved in GIS software development and GIS design and [...]
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Mark Gladstone

Mark returned to New Zealand after 8 years overseas honing his skills in various disciplines involving property, agriculture and local government.  His strengths lie in tweaking systems and pressing Esri's buttons to solve GIS and business problems - something that will come in very handy at GBS. Now living on a rural property in South [...]
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Brendon Watkiss

Brendon qualified with a MSc in GIS and Environmental Geography at Stellenbosch University and has spent the past 12 years gaining experience in various GIS and PM based roles.  He joins the GBS delivery team as a Delivery Lead/Consultant and is excited to be part of the team. Moving to New Zealand in 2020 with [...]
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Mike Ladd

Mike has over 20 years of experience in GIS and more recently Project Management and Agile methods. He has worked across many sectors from government, research and engineering/environmental consulting. These include organisations such as NIWA, WSP and the University of Auckland. This varied background allows him to quickly understand client needs. Mike is qualified with a [...]
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