Walter Cortés

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Geographic Information Systems Manager at Ecopetrol
Bogota D.C., Colombia

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Starting at USD15/hour

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  • Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
    Geographic Information System Consultant
    Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
    Oct 2024 - Current (1 year 9 months)
    • Developed geospatial models for climate risk analysis, including routing simulations for vulnerable infrastructure. • Analyzed large-scale spatial datasets to support operational decisions in agriculture, tourism, and rural development. • Collaborated with engineers to implement scalable geospatial pipelines using Python and cloud services. • Documented methodologies and best practices to improve data processing and reproducibility of models.
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
    Geospatial Data Scientist
    Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
    Oct 2024 - Current (1 year 9 months)
  • Ecopetrol
    Geographic Information Systems Manager
    Ecopetrol
    Dec 2018 - Current (7 years 7 months)
    - Management and analysis of spatial information of oil fields and wells, and oil transport lines through programs such as ArcGIS Map and ArcGIS Pro. - Spatial analysis by integrating information levels from different and governmental sources for decision-making. - Leveraged R programming to enhance geospatial and disaster risk analytics, developing scripts to clean, transform, and visualize complex datasets related to wildfire exposure and flood risk, thereby facilitating evidence-based decision-making. - Applied advanced statistical operations and reproducible workflows in R to model climate and hazard variables, effectively integrating population, infrastructure, and environmental layers to generate comprehensive risk assessment reports.
  • UNODC
    Development GIS / Remote Sensing
    UNODC
    Sep 2017 - Aug 2018 (1 year)
    - Implementation of geographical viewers through open bookstores for decision-making. Analysis and generation of thematic cartography by Geoprocesses with Python and ArcGIS. Remote sensor image analysis - Analysis, administration, and development of the territory risk characterization model from the evidence of illicit crops
  • Bureau Veritas Group
    Profesional GIS
    Bureau Veritas Group
    Sep 2011 - Sep 2017 (6 years 1 month)
    - Implementation of databases in the management of asset information such as pipelines, facilities, and equipment. - Analysis of geographical processes through extensions of ArcGIS 3D Analysis, and Spatial Analysis. - QRA quantitative and quantitative analysis, for the generation of high consequences areas
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  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Magister en Ciencia de Datos, Ciencia de datos
    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Jun 2022 - Aug 2024 (2 years 3 months)
  • HarvardX
    Data Science
    HarvardX
    Aug 2021
  • MIT Professional Education
    Online Program, Leading Digital Transformation
    MIT Professional Education
    Jan 2020
  • edX
    IDB10x: Datos para la efectividad de las políticas públicas
    edX
    Sep 2017
  • Esri
    Python for everyone
    Esri
    Feb 2017
  • UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS
    Magister en Ciencias de la Información, Maestría en CIC Geomática
    UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS
    Jan 2016 - Jun 2021 (5 years 6 months)
  • UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS
    Especialista en Sistemas de Información Geografica, App GIS, Cartografia, Bases de datos.
    UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 (1 year 1 month)
  • UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS
    Ingeniero Topografico, Sistemas de Información Geografica
    UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS
    Jan 2006 - Jan 2012 (6 years 1 month)
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    Multi-temporary analysis through decision trees of an crude spill and its environmental impact in the Cubará Boyacá
    Dec 2014