Work Experiences
Senior GIS Officer (April, 2o24 – present): ACTED / IMPACT Initiatives
- Multi-sectorial need assessment (MSNA)
- Develop spatial based sampling strategy
- Data collection monitoring, quality check and clean-up
- Produce high quality cartographic works
- Build ArcGIS web map, dashboard & story-map
Remote Sensing and GIS Specialist (March, 2023 – April, 2024): Acacia Water | www.acaciawater.com
- Project based data/maps collection, organization, and database creation
- Conduct GIS and RS data processing, analysis such as overlay analysis and standard maps production
- Participate in geological and hydrogeological studies and investigations activities including field work
- Assist the senior hydrogeologist and other experts in the process of project work executions as required
- Efficiently managing geospatial database and prepare and deliver trainings sessions on GIS and RS for clients
- Participate on the design of project repository systems (Dashboards)
- Design digital maps of projects using geospatial data and analyze spatial and non-spatial information
- Perform other daily tasks of inserting/updating of various types of data into project GIS databases
- Supporting in the development and management of GIS applications
- Developing and managing control quality standards for maps productions for standard maps productions
- Maintaining up-to-date and accurate geospatial documentation for reference purposes
- Giving support in the development of proposals or work plans for projects
Remote Sensing and GIS Expert (June 2021 – March 2023): DH Consult | www.dh-consult.com
Worked on a groundwater mapping project in the different part of Ethiopia where I was responsible for handling tasks related to GIS and remote sensing. As a part of the project, I have delivered training on the application of remote sensing and GIS for groundwater potential mapping to the client experts (Ministry of Water and Energy). Among the tasks that I did carry out so far;
- Coordinate and support GIS experts
- Data capture, quality control, management and building database
- GIS data processing and visualization
- Satellite image processing and interpretation
- Production of different kinds of maps, sections and models
- Prepare groundwater potential maps using GIS overlay analysis and analytical hierarchy process (AHP)
- Interpret and identify potential target sites for further geological, hydrogeological and geophysical study
- Field validation and ground-truthing
GIS Consultant (Dec 2022 – Jul 2023): eTech, Addis Ababa | www.etechsc.com
Worked on a project of digital addressing system for the Bishoftu town in Ethiopia as a domain area expert. Closely consulted the project manager and software developer team with the aim of producing a web and mobile GIS system. Among the tasks I carry-out
- Data review and quality check
- Prepare weekly tasks, description and brief for the software developer team
- Evaluate weekly development progress
- Monitor the implementation of system design specifications and suggest for improvement
- Knowledge transfer in the form of training for the client (Space Science and Geospatial Institute -SSGI)
- Read about the project: eDAS: Ethiopian Spatial based Digital Addressing System
GIS Technical Manager (Feb 2022 – February, 2024): Open Street Map Ethiopia, Addis Ababa | www.osmethiopia.org
In charge of managing the GIS aspect for a mapping community organization in Addis Ababa. I am responsible to managing projects, outline workshop for the consecutive training, design community engagement structures. Worked on World Resources Institute – WRI sponsored project under the theme of digital transport for Africa (DT4A) called “Addis Map Transit”. In the project, I plan and monitor project activities according to the proposed outline that involves data collection, management and uploading in to the server of Open Street Map. Eventually, we will have an open-source mobile-based tracking system for the public transport routes in Addis Ababa city.
Graduate Assistant II (Dec 2016 – Aug 2018): Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia | www.amu.edu.et
Training Experiences
- Nov 13, 2023 – Nov 16, 2023 – participated on the “PanAfGeo2 project training – WP-C Artisanal and Small Scale Mining“, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- July 18, 2023 – July 22, 2023 – delivered together with Dr. Maarten Waterloo and Laurens de veries pm “Groundwater Potential Assessment Using QGIS”, Amhara Water and Energy Bureau, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
- Nov 2022 – Dec, 2022 – delivered training on “Mapping public transport routes using open source data and tools”, Open Street Map Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
- Oct 21, 2022 – Oct 23, 2022 – delivered 24 hours of training on “Principles and Practices of Geological Mapping the application of GIS and Remote Sensing”, Oromia Irrigation & Pastoral Development Bureau, Addis Ababa
- March 25, 2022 – delivered 8 hours of training on “Introduction to geological remote sensing”, Oromia Engineering Corporation, Addis Ababa
- Feb 14, 2022 – Feb 18, 2022 – delivered 40 hours of training on “Remote Sensing and GIS for groundwater potential mapping”, Ministry of Water and Energy, Addis Ababa
- Sept 14, 2021 – Sept 20, 2021 – delivered 64 hours of training on “Field based Remote Sensing & GIS training and ground truthing to Harmonize Nazareth and Akaki Beseka 1:250,000 scale geological map sheets”, the Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
- Aug 16, 2021 – Sep 03, 2021 – delivered 120 hours of training on “Remote Sensing & GIS training on 1:250,000 geological map sheets harmonization” Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
- Jan 19, 2021 – Jan 30, 2031 – delivered 80 hours of training on “On-job training of geologic remote sensing for groundwater potential assessment to geologists and hydro-geologists”, Amhara Design and Supervision Works Enterprise, Bahir Dar
Education
Jul 2018 – Aug 2020: Master of Science in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation specialization: Applied Remote Sensing for Earth Science, ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands | www.itc.nl
Modules include
| – GI Science and Modelling – Earth Observation – Data Integration – Data Analysis in Earth Sciences – Geological Remote Sensing – Spectral Geology |
– Field measurement and validation – Geophysics – imaging the unseen – Radar remote sensing – Global challenges – local actions – Academic skills – 3D modelling |
Sept 2012 – Jun 2016: Bachelor of Science in Geology, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, ww.amu.edu.et
Certificates
REACH Foundational Learning Programs
- Introduction to Research Design
- Key steps of Research Design
- Quantitative data cleaning and processing
- Quantitative data analysis
- Qualitative data processing and analysis
- Research reporting
- Introduction to the use of KOBO
- Implementing qualitative data processing and analysis
- Introduction to the Area and Settlement based Assessment approach
- Introduction to REACH MSNA
- Implementing REACH MSNAs
Certificated by Czech Academy of Sciences under MoU with Arba Minch University
- Applied Structural Geology
- Applied Geophysics
- Environmental Geochemistry
- Physical Volcanology
- Tectonics and Paleoseismology
- Geotechnics
- Seismology
Certificated by The U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network
- Fundamentals of Grant Writing
- Understanding Renewable Energy
- Management Strategies for People and Resources
- Workforce Collaboration and Development
Other certificates
2024 – Cybersecurity basics
2023 – PanAfGeo WP C training – Artisanal and Small Scale Mining
2023 – Mastering Opensource Tools for the Efficient Mapping
2022 – Certificate of participation – Ethiopian Groundwater database management system
2021 – Basics of geo-computation and geo-web services, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
2021 – Certificate of participation for the 2021 Frank Arnott Next Generation Explorers Award Association
2021 – Introduction to Mineral and Exploration Economics, University of British Colombia, Canada
Projects
- Multi-sectorial need assessment (MSNA)
- Water Harvesting Explorer for the Horn of Africa
- Groundwater Potential Assessment and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
- Groundwater sustainability indicator: groundwater age dating
- Mapping of the Dutch Development Activities in Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Digital Addressing System (Bishoftu town pilot project)
- Addis Map Transit – Mapping Public Transport Routes in Addis Ababa
- Groundwater potential assessment using remote sensing, GIS and geophysical surveys
- Analysis of rock samples of epithermal system from Indonesia to determine mineral composition and create an
inventory – using spectral and geochemical methods. - Mapping the geology and mineral composition of Broken Hill, Australia using various multispectral, hyperspectral and regional geophysics datasets.
- Dike investigation using geophysical method (electrical resistivity)
- Whole rock geochemical composition of rocks measured by portable XRF in the Harz mountain, Germany
- a case study on solid waste disposal site selection using Boolean logic.
- Using interferometric SAR (InSAR) technique to detect ground displacements in the Main Ethiopian Rift.
Voluntary activities
- June 2022 – present: Designing a Water, Data and Systems Science Network of Networks to Catalyze Trans- boundary Groundwater Resiliency Research – New Mexico State University, USA
- Dec 2021 – Sep 2023: Technical Committee Member of the World Geothermal Congress 2023 (WGC2023) – International Geothermal Association. A member of the team who have contributed for the design of the technical program for the Congress held in Beijing, China (date: September, 2023).
- Deliver free online webinars for fresh and under-professionals in the area of GIS and remote sensing
Contact information
- Email: tadelegeol@gmail.com
- Mobile/WhatsApp: +251 9 20 50 66 75
- Website: www.tadele.geo.et
- Address: Summit Condominium Gate 1, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia