Thiru Ponnusamy

Past

GIS Specialist at Department of Planning and Community Development
GIS Officer at TimberCorp
Research Student at University of Adelaide

GIS Consultant at Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre

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Education

University of Adelaide
Anna University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Thiru Ponnusamy’s Summary

GIS Consultant with strong analytical and problem solving skills.

Keen and quick learner with an ability to adapt to and imbibe new technologies with ease.

Strong leadership skills with an ability to build, develop and lead result-oriented teams.

Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.

Successfully managed and executed several projects, delivering positive results.

Thiru Ponnusamy’s Specialties:

Project management, Marketing, People management, Consulting, Training, Problem solving

Thiru Ponnusamy’s Experience

GIS Specialist

Department of Planning and Community Development

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

August 2009 — October 2009 (3 months)

Working on a short-term contract role with Urban Growth analysis and various other stuff.
GIS Officer

TimberCorp

(Public Company; Financial Services industry)

July 2007 — July 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Designing and maintaining the Enterprise GIS for Timbercorp Forestry.

Tasks include designing data models, creating and managing spatial databases, network datasets and technical support to field staff and contractors.

Making GIS productive and efficient by simplifying work flows, redesigning the data models (geodatabases) and map templates and using scripts and productivity tools.

Implementing a web GIS service to deliver maps and satellite images to our staff using Geosamba, ArcGIS Image Server and ArcMap Server.
Research Student

University of Adelaide

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

February 2005 — February 2007 (2 years 1 month)

My research topic was Knowledge-based Expert Systems for solving a geographical problem.

The 2-year full-time research involved independently developing a knowledge-based expert system “Crop Advisor” for the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation (DWLBC) using the South Australian datasets and knowledge from human land use experts. DWLBC is considering to implement the Crop Advisor as a decision support system for South Australian farmers.

Responsibilties:

Requirements gathering from experts at Department of Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation.

Developing a methodology for land evaluation, crop selection process and designing the workflow.

Liasing with other State department officials to collect data, decision-making knowledge required for the Expert system.

Analysing datasets, applying weightages with respect to physical, economic and human resources availability.

Developing the expert system with a GUI using Visual Basic and MS Access.

Presenting the research in the form of a written thesis (40,000 words).
GIS Consultant

Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2000 — November 2004 (4 years 3 months)

I was working as a GIS Analyst and later as a full-time GIS consultant at KSRSAC.

Approaching clients, gathering requirements, developing project proposals with costing, budgeting time/human/financial resources.

Conducting system requirement studies and undertaking database design, data modeling.

Managing projects that involve mapping, systems development, customization of GIS.

Imparting training and organizing workshops for users and Line Departments of State Government.

Supporting clients in their day-to-day operations with regard to usage of geographic softwares and equipments.

Hiring technical staff and motivating to get the best out of people for their own career advancement and organization’s improvement.

Delivering GIS products in appropriate formats as per the needs and requirements of users

Marketing organization’s capabilities through multi-media presentations and demos.

Liasing with clients and assisting other departments to setup their own GIS division.

Thiru Ponnusamy’s Education

University of Adelaide

2005 — 2007
Anna University

Bachelor of Engineering , Geoinformatics, GIS, Remote Sensing, GPS, Surveying, Photogrammetry , 1995 — 1999