antónio torres
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My name is António Torres, I'm Portuguese and I have 9 years of experience in the geospatial industry.

For the last year and a half i have worked as GIS/Topography Coordinator in a Forest and Agricultural Management company called ANSUB - Associação de Produtores Florestais do Vale do Sado.

I the past i have worked providing technical expertise to solve GIS related issues both at the Évora University - Macroecology and Conservation Unit (UMC) and at the Portuguese Geographic Institute (IGP)

 


In the following lines you'll find more accurate details about my professional and academic background.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
 

 
 

António Torres
March 2009

 
 

[+/-] Personal Data

    Surname, Name

     

    Ferreira, António Eduardo Saraiva Torres

    Address

     

    Évora, Portugal

    Mobile

     

    96 7917774

    e-mail

      atorresferreira [at] gmail [dot] com

    Nationality

      Portuguese

    Birth Date

     

    17/11/1977

[+/-] Work Experience

    March 2007 - Present

    GIS / Topographic Coordinator

    GIS / Topography Department Coordinator at ANSUB - Associação de Produtores Florestais do Vale do Sado.

    Whithin this Department i am the responsable for:

    - geospatial information management  of florestal and agricultural  data;

    - cartographic production on both small and large scale, on diferent contexts and for different porpouses;

    - high precision topographic survey using RTK GPS technology;

    - scheduling, management and budget planning for all projects within the GIS / Topography Department.

    Contract for ANSUB - Associação de Produtores Florestais do Vale do Sado
    www.ansub.pt

    October 2006 - April 2007

    GIS Technician

    I provided cartography services for the Project “Biomass Energetic Enhancement in Sintra Mountain Range” promoted by AMES - Agência Municipal de Energia de Sintra. I performed the following tasks:

    - urban and rural cadastre property digitizing;

    - acquisition and integration of cadastre property related data;

    - metadata creation;

    - cartographic production.

    Freelance Work for AMES – Agência Municipal de Energia de Sintra - Portugal
    www.ames.pt

    October 2003 / October 2005

    GIS Technician

    GIS Technician at the Macroecology & Conservation Unit at Évora University providing technical skills to solve GIS / DB  related issues regarding five ongoing Projects at the Unit:

     - Interreg-Montado: Alentejo (Portugal) and Extremadura (Spain) Montado’s Ecosystem - Environment and Economic Information System development  –  (Interreg III-A);

    - The Alqueva islands: biodiversity in a highly dynamic ecosystem;

    - Islands II - Monitoring the Biodiversity of the Alqueva Dam islands;

    - Monitoring Pedrogão Dam Natural Patrimony;

    - The Alqueva Dam: 14 projects on Wildlife Ecology and Monitoring

    In the mentioned Projects performs tasks as:

    - implementation, management and maintenance of GIS Projects;
    - acquisition and integration of spatial and tabular data;
    - spatial analysis and thematic cartography;
    - aerial photography and satellite imagery (LandSAT 7 ETM+) georeference, visual interpretation and classification;
    - intensive field work activities regarding GPS data / information collection;
    - CAD drafting;
    - Database / Metadata creation and management;
    - 3D data modelation.                                             

    Macroecology & Conservation Unit – Évora University - Portugal

    www.cea.uevora.pt/umc

    November 2002 / August 2003

    GIS / Remote Sensing Technician

    CORINE Land Cover 2000 (CLC 2000) National Team Member at the Portuguese Geographic Institute.

    Among another GIS / RS technical issues, my responsibilities were:
    - geometric / thematic errors correction on CLC 90;
    - visual interpretation and analysis of satellite imagery, both LandSat 7 ETM+ and LandSat MSS (from Portuguese Territory) in order to identify changes in land use between 1990 and 2000;
    - map those changes;
    - intensive field work validation.                    

    Portuguese Geographic Institute

    www.igeo.pt

    June 2000 / October 2002

    GIS Technician

    GIS Technician at the Biological Cartography Lab at Évora University. I provided technical skills to solve GIS / DB  related issues regarding five ongoing Projects at the Unit:

    Among the several projects i was engaged on, i outline:
    - UNIBA – Alentejo´s Biogeographic Information Unit (the most complete biological database for Southern Portugal) – (PORA)
    - Determinants of biodiversity in fallows of pseudosteppes. Implications for the definition of agri-environmental management - (FCT/PRAXIS XXI);
    - The Alqueva Dam: 14 projects on Wildlife Ecology and Monitoring – (EDIA);
    - Sat-Tagis: Modelling the habitats of primary producers, invertebrates and bird in intertidal flats of the Tagus estuary, using satellite imagery and GIS - (FCT/PRAXIS XXI);

    Biological Cartography Lab - Évora University - Portugal

    www.cea.uevora.pt/umc

    February / June 1999

    Trainee

    Training course in wich i provided technical work on classic survey methods and support to infrastructures construction.

    GAT-Évora (Technical Support Bureau – Évora Municipality - Portugal)


[+/-] Academic Education

    Present

    Post-Graduated in GIS and Information Acquisition Methods

    Atlântica University - Lisbon

    Curricular component completely finished.
    The final classification depends on the final work 

    September 1995 – July 1999

    Degree on Surveying Engineering

    Algarve University - Faro

[+/-] Professional Education

    20-22 October 2008

    Jornadas de Software Aberto para Sistemas de Informação Geográfica - SASIG 2008

    (GeoFOSS Conference and Workshops)

    attending to Openlayers, Mapserver e PostGIS workshops

    Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Águeda / CM Águeda

    -

    6 October - 11 November 2008

    e-IDE – Curso e-learning em Infra-estruturas de Dados Espaciais

    (SDI online course)

    Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain)

    enrolled

    18-19 September 2008

    Curso de Introdução aos SIG utilizando software livre: gvSIG

    (Introducing GeoFOSS: gvSIG)

    GeoInformation Lab at Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Universidade do Algarve

    Approved

    24-27 2008

    1º Curso Integrado de QGis/Grass, Software SIG Open Source e Multi-Plataforma

    (QGis/Grass course)

    Universidade de Évora / Ordem dos Biólogos

    Approved

    February / July 2004

    Professional Web Design Course (Macromedia) – 180h

    IPFEL - Instituto de Línguas e Informática

    Approved

    December 2001

    Visual Basic Course – 12h

    Évora University – NUFOR

    Approved

    October 2001

    Linux Basics Course– 12h

    Évora University - NUFOR

    Approved

    September / October 2001

    Geostatitics and GIS: Applications on Environment Sciences – 68h

    Évora University (Portugal) / Extremadura University (Spain)

    Approved

    June 1999 / March 2000

    Specialization Course in GIS – 350h

    EPRAL (Alentejo Region Professional School)

    Very Good

    March 1999

    GPS Course – 30h

    Algarve University / Geographic Sciences Professional School

    Approved

[+/-] Languages

    Mother tongue   Portuguese    
    Other language(s        
    Self-assessment

     

    Understanding

    Speaking

    Writing

    European level (*)

     

    Listening

    Reading

    Spoken interaction

    Spoken production

     

    English

     

     

    C1 – Effective Operational Proficiency

     

    C1 – Effective Operational Proficiency

     

    B2 – Vantage

     

    B2 – Vantage

     

    C1 – Effective Operational Proficiency

    French

     

     

    B1 – Threshold

     

    B1 – Threshold

     

    A2 – Waystage

     

    A2 – Waystage

     

    A2 – Waystage

    Castellano

     

     

    C1 – Effective Operational Proficiency

     

    C1 – Effective Operational Proficiency

     

    B2 – Vantage

     

    B2 – Vantage

     

    C1 – Effective Operational Proficiency

     

    (*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages


[+/-] Social skills and competences


    June 2003 - July 2007

    Cultural Volunteer at Sociedade Harmonia Eborense, an important Cultural Association of Alentejo Region, established in 1849.
    I provided volunteer work in cultural management and programming; establishment and consolidation of partnerships and protocols with others Institutions; daily basis management of internal issues, site’s Association updating and maintenance, etc.
    www.soc-harmonia.blogspot.com

     

    July - September 2006

    Youth for Florest Volunteer Program participant.

    2001 - 2003

    Cultural Production support at the Évora International Short-Film Festival - FIKE

    2001

    Organization and technical production of a scholar graduation event at the Évora's Penitentiary Institution.

[+/-] Software / Equipment skills and competences

    GIS / RS software
    - Mastery on ArcGIS 9.* and ArcView 3.*, it main extensions – 3D Analyst, Image Analyst, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst and ModelBuilder, innumerous scripts and complementary extensions.
    - Mastery on gvSIG 1.1.2
    - Experience on QGIS/GRASS  0.11.0
    - Experience on IDRISI 32
    - Experience on Bentley Image Analyst e I/RAS C
    - Experience on Microstation Geographics

    WebGIS Implementation
    - Experience on Autodesk Mapguide 6.0 + Apache Web Server
    - Basics Knowledge of ArcIMS 9.0 + Apache Web Server + Tomcat 4.1
    - Basics Knowledge of Mapserver 4.* + Apache Web Server

    Surveying Equipment and Software
    -  SOKKIA GNSS System GSR2700 ISX
    - GPS Leica SR510 and SKI-Pro software

    - Total Station Topcon TS 700 series
    - Handheld GPS Trimble GeoExplorer III
    - Experience on AutoDesk Land Desktop 2005
    Experience on SurvCE 2.02
    - Experience on GPS PathFinder Office 2.9
    - Basics on SDR Mapping and Design
    -
    Basics on CartoMAP 5.0

    CAD software
    - Experience on AutoCAD r13-2008
    - Experience on Microstation J / SE and some MDL’s
     
    Design, WebDesign and Image software
    - Experience on Adobe Freehand MX, Corel DRAW 12-X3, Photoshop CS2 e Illustrator CS2
    - Experience on Nvu 1.0, Frontpage 2003, Dreamweaver Mx 2004
    - Basics on HTML, CSS and javascript

    Produtivity Suites
    - Mastery on OpenOffice  and MS Office

[+/-] Other interests, skills and competences

 

 

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