GIS · REMOTE SENSING · AUTOMATION

I turn complex spatial data into clear, repeatable solutions.

I’m Dinesh Shrestha, a Dallas–Fort Worth–based geospatial professional with 8+ years of experience across utility infrastructure, environmental consulting, federal remote sensing, and applied research.

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10+years in GIS
90%faster mapbook production
1,200+page deliverables automated
Dinesh Shrestha
Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas

SELECTED IMPACT

Geospatial systems built for real-world decisions.

From major transmission corridors to continental-scale Earth observation products.

01

UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE

GIS for major transmission programs

Build automated workflows and decision-ready datasets spanning access, parcels, PLSS, structures, right-of-way, environmental constraints, and field data.

  • Python and ArcPy tools for migration, validation, and recurring deliverables
  • ArcGIS Online and Enterprise layers for distributed project teams
  • Schedule-driven QA/QC for client and regulatory delivery
02

WORKFLOW AUTOMATION

Mapbooks at production scale

Automated Plan of Development map series and supporting data workflows, cutting production time by approximately 90% on deliverables reaching 1,200 pages.

03

FEDERAL EARTH OBSERVATION

Environmental remote sensing

Produced and validated vegetation, phenology, land-cover, irrigated agriculture, drought, and invasive-grass datasets for USGS science and public release.

EXPERIENCE

A career connecting science, infrastructure, and delivery.

MAR 2023 — PRESENT

GIS Specialist II

Eocene Environmental Group, Inc.

Administer ArcGIS Online content, build Python/ArcPy automation, and deliver enterprise GIS, field workflows, QA/QC, and large map series for multidisciplinary infrastructure and environmental teams.

JUL 2019 — MAR 2023

GIS Analyst II / Remote Sensing Scientist II

KBR Wyle, Inc· Contractor to USGS EROS

Led geospatial production, spatial analysis, automation, metadata, and QA/QC for national ecological, vegetation, land-change, and public-facing science products.

2012 — 2017

GIS Officer · Teaching Assistant · GIS Technician

Soyan T · South Dakota State University · Mid Dakota Vegetation Management

Built a foundation in project coordination, cartography, spatial databases, teaching, field data collection, and environmental mapping.

CAPABILITIES

Tools are useful when they improve the work.

01

GIS platforms

ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, Enterprise, Field Maps, Survey123

02

Automation

Python, ArcPy, GeoPandas, pandas, ModelBuilder, SQL, custom toolboxes

03

Remote sensing

ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, Google Earth Engine, raster analytics, phenology

04

Data delivery

Geodatabases, QA/QC, metadata, KMZ/KML, map series, technical documentation

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Science that travels beyond the map.

Google Scholar ↗ORCID ↗Science Base ↗
2025Journal articleNepal’s carbon stock and biodiversity are under threat from climate-exacerbated forest fires↗ 2024USGS data releaseFractional Estimates of Multiple Exotic Annual Grass (EAG) Species in the Sagebrush Biome, USA, 2016-2024↗ 2023Journal articleExtracting exotic annual grass phenology and climate relations in western US rangeland ecoregions↗ 2023USGS data releaseEarly Estimates of Exotic Annual Grass in the Sagebrush Biome, USA↗ 2021Journal articleExploring the Regional Dynamics of U.S. Irrigated Agriculture from 2002 to 2017↗ 2019USGS data releaseModerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Irrigated Agriculture Datasets for the Conterminous United States (MIrAD-US)↗

EDUCATION

Built on engineering, geography, and data science.

2019

Certificate in Data Science

South Dakota State University

2017

M.S. in Geography

GIS specialization · South Dakota State University

2012

B.E. in Geomatics Engineering

Kathmandu University, Nepal