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Fawaz Amjad

Reston, VA, USA

WORK EXPERIENCE
Syntelligent Analytic Solutions, LLC 12/2024 - 04/2025
Project Specialist / GIS Analyst • Full-time Falls Church, Virginia (Remote)

Performed geospatial data analysis and feature editing using GIS tools to support mapping projects, ensuring data accuracy, quality control, and compliance with client and federal standards.
• Supported mobile GIS workflows by editing spatial features and validating daily data entries to maintain QA/QC standards aligned with federal and NGA guidelines.
• Met production targets of 40+ features per day while ensuring topological and attribute accuracy.
• Conducted data updates and attribute corrections for road characteristics and event layers using QGIS and ArcGIS.
• Maintained<5% error rate across all submissions; collaborated with QC analysts for final validation.
• Authored weekly progress reports and flagged blockers to support transparent contract performance

Achievements:
Performed spatial data editing and validation on 40+ features per day in QGIS for NGA-compliant projects, maintaining error rates below 5% and ensuring adherence to SDSFIE schema and topological integrity standards.

Dynamis, Inc 12/2023 - 11/2024
Junior Data Analyst • Full-time Falls Church, Virginia (Remote)
Supported data-driven decision-making by analyzing large datasets, creating interactive dashboards, and performing geospatial tasks to deliver accurate insights and meet organizational reporting and compliance needs.
● Improved reporting efficiency across departments through execution of SQL queries in SQL Developer and transformation of raw data into actionable insights using Tableau dashboards.
● Increased data accessibility for stakeholders through timely updates of Tableau Server data sources and maintenance of live connections to ensure seamless reporting and visibility.
● Enhanced decision-making tools by building intuitive dashboards and visualizations through integration of Tableau, Excel, and ArcGIS Pro for varied analytical and geospatial use cases.
● Supported legal and compliance functions through data extraction and preparation for FOIA requests assigned to analytics team, focusing on accurate and timely delivery.
● Maintained real-time operational visibility by updating daily performance metrics using Tableau Desktop and publishing refreshed datasets to Tableau Server for tracking resolved service tickets.
● Enabled accurate location-based analysis through biweekly geocoding of high-volume address records using ArcGIS Pro, covering datasets such as student residences and employer locations.

Achievements:
Created digital cartographic products and geospatial dashboards using ArcGIS Pro and Tableau, delivering actionable insights for 100+ FOIA requests and supporting emergency response and law enforcement operations.

Geo Owl 02/2023 - 03/2023
Geospatial Production Analyst • Contractor Wilmington, North Carolina (Remote)

Produced and validated high-quality geospatial data by leveraging advanced GIS tools and collaboration practices to support accurate mapping, spatial analysis, and decision-making for global intelligence projects.
• Delivered accurate geospatial datasets for high-demand global regions through collection, creation, and conditioning of high- resolution imagery tailored to client-specific geographic intelligence needs.
• Increased interoperability of spatial data through development of adaptive geospatial outputs in ArcGIS Pro that supported seamless integration into diverse analytical and mapping platforms.
• Improved team efficiency and task alignment via coordination across management and technical staff via Slack channels to address issues related to work lots and areas of interest.
• Ensured delivery of error-free geospatial products through repeated execution of GAIT validation after correcting topology in road, hydro, and cultural feature networks across all consolidated data layers.

Royce Geospatial Consultants 09/2022 - 11/2022
Associate Geospatial Analyst • Contractor Arlington, Virginia (On-Site)

Advanced geospatial data integrity and infrastructure mapping by analyzing satellite imagery, performing quality checks, and building GIS databases to enhance accuracy and usability of spatial information products.
● Increased accuracy of transportation mapping by validating and digitizing linear features such as roads and railways through analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery from multiple commercial providers.
● Strengthened data reliability by performing comprehensive QA and QC on validated grid cells using QGIS to confirm precise detection of road and rail infrastructure.
● Supported geospatial intelligence projects by constructing robust GIS databases from electro-optical, synthetic aperture radar, and digital cartographic sources tailored to client-specific operational needs.
● Improved spatial data quality by completing routine and advanced processing workflows using QGIS software to prepare, refine, and manage geospatial datasets.

Achievements:
Contributed to hazard and resiliency mapping efforts by extracting spatial features from high-resolution imagery, improving critical infrastructure accuracy across 50+ AOIs for defense and public safety applications.

1Spatial 06/2021 - 09/2021
Junior Geographic Information Systems Consultant • Contractor Vienna, Virginia (On-Site)

Facilitated geospatial data validation and transformation by leveraging GIS tools and automation platforms to enhance data quality, streamline workflows, and ensure accurate delivery of spatial information to clients.
● Delivered client-ready spatial data through execution of Data Quality Assessments on county-level and LiDAR datasets to correct markup errors using ArcMap and validate outputs in 1Integrate.
● Assured compliance with client formatting standards through application of FME Workbench translation parameters that transformed, aligned, and validated geospatial datasets for final submission.
● Diffused data integrity issues by editing failed validation rules in 1Integrate using customized action maps to improve consistency, structure, and interoperability across complex spatial layers.
● Enhanced geospatial data quality through completion of QA and QC workflows in ArcMap that included removing anomalies, correcting markup issues, and performing advanced geoprocessing tasks.
● Strengthened data reliability through analysis and continuous updates of GIS datasets in ArcMap that ensured alignment with evolving project specifications and quality standards.
● Maintained accuracy across critical data systems through application of advanced IT skills to manage and validate complex geospatial databases throughout project lifecycle.

ASRC Federal 06/2020 - 09/2020
Geographic Information Systems Technician • Full-time Suitland, Maryland (Remote)

Assisted with geospatial data integrity by editing, validating, and maintaining spatial datasets while leveraging advanced GIS tools to assure accurate mapping and alignment with project and organizational standards.

● Corrected street centerlines, hydrography, and land-use layers using proprietary GIS tools, enhancing positional accuracy.
● Increased integrity of land use records through creation, maintenance, and consistent updates of spatial databases containing geographic and environmental information.
● Enhanced data precision by reshaping misaligned road features to eliminate overlaps with hydrographic layers and assure logical spatial relationships.
● Executed iterative QC checks that reduced spatial anomalies and supported real-time operational mapping.
● Boosted location reliability through resolution of MSP and NULLS errors using GATRES to improve feature positioning and support real-time topological accuracy.

Fawaz Amjad

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