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Esad Kopru

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GIS software developer at City of Lewisville who automated OCR workflows that identified 1,000+ potential lead-pipe-free locations.

United States
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At City of Lewisville, I developed Python and R OCR workflows to extract records from scanned as-built drawings and prototyped classifiers to predict pipe material. The project identified 1,000+ potential lead-pipe-free locations and $1M+ in estimated savings.

As an independent consultant, I built Python pipelines for geospatial data and applied a pretrained deep learning model to aerial imagery to extract building footprints. I also developed GeoTIFF processing tools and automated geodatabase refreshes, reducing processing time by 80% per run.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Teaching Assistant / ERP Access Control Intern

The University of Texas at Dallas

Jan 2021 - Aug 2021 (7 months)

Reviewed submissions for GIS Programming and Spatial Optimization courses. Developed C# task-automation scripts with Telerik, saving three hours per operation.

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GIS Data Analyst

City of Lewisville

Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 11 months)

Completed remote sensing projects including land cover, tree counts, LiDAR, viewshed, and 3D buildings. Automated 50+ ETL workflows and analyzed spatio-temporal water consumption data.

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Teaching Assistant

The University of Texas at Dallas

Aug 2017 - May 2018 (9 months)

Reviewed 180+ submissions per term for GIS Programming and Spatial Optimization courses.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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Wherobots

Geospatial Data Engineering Associate, Geospatial Data Engineering

2025 - 2025

Geospatial Data Engineering Associate certification from Wherobots.

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The University of Texas at Dallas

PhD, Geospatial Information Sciences

Grade: 3.74

PhD in Geospatial Information Sciences. Dissertation research developed a novel exact method for connecting one origin to multiple destinations at minimum total cost using multi-commodity flow integer programming in Python and R.

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ESRI

ArcGIS Developer Foundation, Geographic Information Systems

2022 - 2022

ArcGIS Developer Foundation certification from ESRI.

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ESRI

ArcGIS Desktop Associate, Geographic Information Systems

2020 - 2020

ArcGIS Desktop Associate certification from ESRI.

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The University of Texas at Dallas

MS, Geospatial Information Sciences

MS in Geospatial Information Sciences from The University of Texas at Dallas.

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Erciyes University

BS, Computer Engineering

BS in Computer Engineering from Erciyes University.

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