Erick Mulama Shituku

Geospatial Data Science | Monitoring Reporting and Verification | Data Analytics

Nairobi/Dar es Salaam, KE/TZ

About Me

A GIS and Remote Sensing developer, data scientist and MRV expert with over 11 years of experience in designing large scale spatial and field-based data systems across East Africa. An expert in applying vector data, raster data, field observations and temporal data in large scale logistics, environmental monitoring and operational reporting. With proven track record of managing cross border data systems between Tanzania and Rwanda and using mobile data collection tools such as Kobo Toolbox and ODK. Currently advancing my career path through an MSc. in GIS and Remote Sensing.

Skills

GIS applicationsRemote sensingMappingLogisticsBusiness insight analysisEnvironmental monitoringGoogle Earth EngineTerrain displacementLULC change detectionNDVINDWIImage analysis

Survey 123QFieldOpen Data KitKobo ToolboxMobile data collectionField observationsTemporal dataGeographical data integration

PostgreSQLPostGISSQLMongoDBData ETLQueryingWarehouse architectureData pipelines

PythonRpandasgeopandasnumpymatplotlibseabornSciPyScikit-learn

Power BITableauDashboardsManagement insight visualizationResearch insight visualization

Data validationQuality checksQuality assuranceQA/QCData governance frameworks

EnglishKiswahili

Experience

Spatial Data Scientist – Environmental Monitoring, Verification and Reporting

2021-01 - Present

Shamba • Nairobi, Kenya

Fleet Operations Manager (Cross-Border Data Systems)

2023-01 - 2025-07

RJ Motichand Transport Ltd • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Geospatial Analyst – GIS platform software development

2018-02 - 2020-12

Ababu Apps • Nairobi, Kenya

GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst

2014-06 - 2017-08

RCMRD • Nairobi, Kenya

Education

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology

2023 - Present

MSc in GIS & Remote Sensing

University of Eldoret

2010 - 2014

BSc in Forestry