Frontend Web GIS Engineer
JohnBen Charles Ofucho
JohnBen is a Geospatial Engineer and GIS Developer with expertise in programming, geospatial analysis, and data management. He assists in developing innovative solutions that optimize data visualization and enhance decision-making processes, with a passion for utilizing GIS as a tool for providing solutions to challenges.
Available through GeoDEVs for project delivery, technical collaboration, training, and consulting engagements.
Employment history
May 2024 – Present
Frontend Web GIS Engineer
Ramani Geosystems · Nairobi
Developing frontend interfaces for web GIS applications, using OpenLayers to display and visualize GIS data, and training clients on system interaction.
November 2023 – April 2024
GIS Developer
Geodev Kenya Limited · Nairobi
Designed and developed the Kenya Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) website and geoportal, created user training materials, reviewed project data, and conducted training for staff and stakeholders.
January 2023 – October 2023
GIS Developer
Geospatial Research International · Nairobi
Designed frontend interfaces and developed an interactive web portal for socio-economic valuation of wetlands, created spatial databases, and integrated remote sensing data into GeoServer.
January 2022 – December 2022
GIS Analyst
Geodev Kenya Limited · Nairobi
Conducted data collection, cleaning, and analysis for Road Inventory and Condition Survey (RICS), created road maps for stakeholders, and managed spatial databases with PostGIS.
Professional WebGIS projects
May 2024 – Present
Land Information Management System (LIMS)
Frontend Web GIS Engineer · Ramani Geosystems
Designed and developed an interactive user interface for the system and created a web GIS component using OpenLayers for users to interact with and visualize GIS data.
November 2023 – April 2024
Kenya Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) Website & Geoportal
GIS Developer & Designer · Geodev Kenya Limited
Used Figma to create a design compliant with ICT Authority standards, developed the website ahead of schedule, and configured GeoNode as the geoportal per client recommendations.
January 2023 – October 2023
Socio-Economic Valuation of Wetlands Web Portal
GIS Developer · Geospatial Research International
Developed a template for the user interface, collaborated in developing an interactive web portal to display wetlands, and designed a database schema for storage of vector datasets.
January 2022 – December 2022
Road Inventory and Condition Survey (RICS) for National Trunk Roads
GIS Analyst · Geodev Kenya Limited
Created a schema for a spatial database using PostGIS, configured the database for concurrent multi-user editing of vector layers, and wrote Python scripts to automate conversion of raw CSV files to shapefiles.
Selected contributions
Coastal planning · Kenya
Marine Spatial Planning Atlas
A production WebGIS atlas for exploring, managing, and communicating marine and coastal spatial information for Kwale and Lamu.
Open-source spatial intelligence
GeoDEVs WebGIS Platform
A full-featured browser GIS for data discovery, mapping, analysis, routing, weather intelligence, and export workflows.
Ecosystem intelligence · Africa
COLWED Wetland Valuation WebGIS
A regional WebGIS for exploring land-cover information and the social-economic value of wetland ecosystems.