Alexandre Amorim
GIS Specialist at Agência Nacional de Águas
Federal District, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexandre Amorim is an experienced GIS specialist with eight years focused on national-scale hydrography and spatial database systems at Brazil’s National Water and Sanitation Agency. He leads technical production of Brazil’s hydrography dataset, architects spatial data models in PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and programs GIS tools using Python, SQL, GDAL/OGR, FME, QGIS and ArcGIS Pro. As founder and core developer of the PgHydro extension, he brings practical open-source contributions that streamline hydrographic workflows and data integrity. He also teaches spatial database systems at the University of Brasília, translating academic models into operational NSDI proposals and training programs. His background blends a PhD in Applied Geosciences with hands-on industry work, from startup geotech services to binational watershed harmonization projects in Canada. Colleagues value him for marrying rigorous spatial database design with pragmatic toolchains to solve complex water-resources challenges.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Database Management System, Certificate, Database Management System at Centro Universitário ICESPMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing, Diploma, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing, Diploma at Fundação Getulio VargasBritish Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)Doctor's Degree, Applied Geosciences, Doctor's Degree, Applied Geosciences at Universidade de Brasília
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (7)
database8
geospatial8
digital-elevation-model7
postgresql7
qgis7
postgis6
python4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
deamorim2/pydro
Nov 2017 - May 2020
Python code for Hydrography Terrain Analysis Using Digital Elevation Models
Contributions:3 releases, 33 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
digital-elevation-modelpython
deamorim2/sbde
Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:252 commits, 240 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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