Abiodun Iyanda
@abioduniyanda
Spatial data specialist transforming GIS and remote sensing into predictive, actionable insights for real-world decision-making.
What I'm looking for
I am a spatial data specialist with extensive experience developing, managing, and analyzing geographic data to generate predictive and actionable insights. With an M.Sc. in GIS, I keep expanding my capabilities in geospatial programming, remote sensing analysis, and interactive web mapping, always with a focus on turning multi-source datasets into proactive decision-making.
I’ve delivered impact across humanitarian and health contexts by building automated, high-integrity spatial data pipelines and rapid-response mapping tools. I used an open-source/automation stack to manage data pipelines for GRID3, built flooded-zone overlay models to guide safe humanitarian routing in Somalia, and generated high-precision microplan maps that supported 100% vaccination coverage and Nigeria’s wild polio-free milestone in 2020.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
EmONC Assessment GIS Analyst
Unfpa Nigeria
Oct 2025 - Feb 2026 (4 months)
Designed automated ODK Central validation routines and spatial audits to ensure integrity of the EmONC national health assessment dataset. Applied QGIS proximity-buffer and administrative-intersection modeling to reduce roadside bias and correct boundary misalignments, and cross-verified field coordinates against satellite imagery.
Regional Data Visualization Consultant
Unfpa GCC
Apr 2025 - Jul 2025 (3 months)
Consolidated raw statistical datasets and geospatial layers across six Gulf countries to build standard regional information assets. Developed GIS-enabled thematic maps and bilingual-ready visualizations to communicate population, health facility distribution, and program reach.
Spatial Data Systems Officer
Immap Inc.
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025 (5 months)
Built interactive web maps, operational dashboards, and ArcGIS StoryMaps to convert multi-sector rapid needs assessments into actionable spatial products. Engineered automated geoprocessing models and Python scripts (ArcGIS ModelBuilder + Python) to eliminate repetitive spatial processing tasks.
GIS & IM Officer
World Food Programme
Apr 2022 - Jul 2024 (2 years 3 months)
Monitored and analyzed surface conditions on conflict-affected main supply routes and delivered real-time geographic updates to WFP's LOGIE web-mapping application. Triangulated spatial data to produce authoritative physical access constraint maps by mapping road networks heavily impacted by seasonal flooding in line with HQ data standards.
GIS & IM Officer
World Food Programme
Oct 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 2 months)
Sourced real-time constraint data from field partners to map and track road and area impacts from heavy flooding across the Somali region. Aggregated and validated operational data to support cross-partner information sharing and kept physical access constraint maps current for the LOGIE web map.
Information Management Associate
United Nations Development Programme
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 (11 months)
Developed methodologies for calculating People in Need (PiN) and severity of needs at the LGA level to support Humanitarian Response Plans (HRP). Enhanced reporting tools (5W and KoboToolbox) and trained partners to improve data quality and reporting compliance, producing interactive dashboards and infographics for senior management updates.
Senior Analyst Nigeria Covid-19 GIS
Immap
Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 (11 months)
Consolidated and analyzed primary field datasets to produce evidence-based situational reports and spatial layers tracking emergency pandemic trends. Conducted advanced spatial analysis by overlaying crisis trend data with geographic baseline layers (including displacement tracking maps) to identify regional resource gaps.
Technical GIS Associate (GRID3)
Ehealth Africa
Jul 2013 - Feb 2020 (6 years 7 months)
Built and optimized relational PostGIS geodatabase schemas using pgAdmin to ingest, clean, and structurally transform raw field-collected data from 20+ states into a centralized national baseline registry. Automated topology rule enforcement, duplicate coordinate elimination, and OGC publishing workflows via GeoServer and FME workbenches to accelerate integration of validated settlement and road l
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of South Wales
Master of Science in Geographical Information Systems, Geographical Information Systems
M.Sc. in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Built skills aligned to spatial data and geospatial analysis.
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Bachelor of Science in Earth Sciences, Earth Sciences (Geology)
B.Sc. in Earth Sciences (Geology). Studied foundational concepts in geology and Earth sciences.
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