Mr Gavin Adcock CGeog (GIS)

Biography

I have sixteen years' experience as a specialist in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Cartography and Remote Sensing (RS) in Oil and Gas, Mining, national mapping agencies and Telematics industries. In addition to GIS analysis, extensive experience with GIS project management (contractors and team) and team leading. I have an in-depth knowledge of the ESRI GIS core product range, and ERDAS Imagine software. I have been working with GIS in various sectors of the Oil and Gas industry from 2001 until now. With upstream, downstream, design, FEED, pipelines and HSE. My areas of expertise are the creation, management and use of GIS data both for analysis and making maps. Plus providing results from investigations using this data. Also, the training with coaching/mentoring of colleagues and clients using GIS applications. This includes the processing of satellite images using an application called ERDAS Imagine. My skills are with the analysis of GIS data, management of it, managing team of technicians and I have a gift for organisation so usually end up troubleshooting and sorting out other peoples' mess. I am not a GIS programmer or developer, but can do customisation of the ESRI GIS application interface and make processing models for doing analytical work and data conversions. Extensive international experience having both lived and worked in: Canada- Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and British Columbia (10 years), Kazakhstan (4.5 years), Iceland (4 months), Egypt (1 week), Netherlands (4 days). Widely travelled to 25 countries on four continents and counting. Lots left to see and do!