Simon Agass
Earth Observation Specialist at Satellite Applications Catapult
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Industry
- Government Administration
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Simon Agass's Overview
- Current
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- Earth Observation Specialist at Satellite Applications Catapult
- Senior Project Manager at Welsh Government
- Past
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- GIS and Remote Sensing specialist at Welsh Government
- Team Manager GI Services Rural Payments Division at Welsh Government
- Education
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- University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Connections
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122 connections
Simon Agass' Summary
Experience:
Research Programme, Management and Development:
Acquiring funding for a number of research projects. Projects range from cutting edge spatial technologies to semantic web and data analysis.
Managing a two year project to develop of a web service based Enterprise GIS, using proprietary and open source software.
Developing an INSPIRE capability using open source software and Amazon Web Services.
Spatial Data analysis, research of Remote Sensing capabilities and multi sensor analysis for vegetation identification.
Goals:
Research of National Spatial Data Infrastructure and the integration of Linked Data services.
Specialties
Managing Spatial Data Systems, Geographical Information Systems, Amazon Web Services for Spatial Data Infrastructures, Prince 2 Project Management.
Simon Agass' Experience
Earth Observation Specialist
Satellite Applications Catapult
Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry
April 2013 – Present (3 months) Harwell, Oxfordshire
Earth Observation processing, development and consultancy
Development and collaboration of research projects.
Engagement with academia and SMEs with regards to Earth Observation, Satellite Data Integration, and the Web of Things.
Senior Project Manager
Welsh Government
Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry
June 2009 – Present (4 years 1 month) Cardiff, United Kingdom
GIS and Remote Sensing specialist
Welsh Government
Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry
April 2008 – June 2009 (1 year 3 months) Aberystwyth
Team Manager GI Services Rural Payments Division
Welsh Government
Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry
December 2006 – April 2008 (1 year 5 months) Aberystwyth
Managing a team of cartographers to deliver continuous amendments and updates to the Rural Payments mapping system.
Simon Agass' Skills & Expertise
Simon Agass' Education
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
MSc, GIS and Environmental Remote Sensing
2006 – 2007
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
BSc, Physical Geography
2001 – 2005
Simon Agass' Additional Information
- Interests:
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spatial technologies, remote sensing, geography, sailing.
- Groups and Associations:
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Association of Geographical Information.
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