Sergio Soria Villalva

Background

About

Senior Geospatial Analyst specialized in Earth Observation (EO), GIS and elevation data production, with extensive experience managing satellite imagery workflows, advanced image processing and large-scale elevation data & ortho imagery delivering. Proficient in data distribution workflows to deliver timely and accurate high-quality geospatial products.

Work Experience

Senior GIS & EO Expert, GAF AG
Jan, 2014 - Present
Satellite Data Production: Elevation data, Orthophoto, Data distribution, Rapid Mapping.
- TriStereoDSM & EuroMaps 3D: Technical PM. High quality DSM and derived elevation data from VHR/HR optical satellite imagery. 350+ Areas of Interest worldwide successfully produced for defense clients. Image acquisition, data processing, product generation.
- Data Distribution & brokerage for on-demand customer services: Consulting, technical support and provision of EO data and services in near-real-time. Public and defense clients. Order intake, quotation, data acquisition, product generation, delivery.
- FEP Fernerkundungsprojekt: End-to-end large area VHR orthophoto production. Georeferencing, GCP & TP search, image correlation, bundle block adjustment, orthorectification, quality control.
- Copernicus EMS (Emergency Management Service): Provision of time‑critical EO services in human crises and natural disaster events. Rapid mapping, optical and radar imagery interpretation, analysis, change detection, vector feature extraction, product delivery.
Geospatial Analyst, EOMAP
Jan, 2013 - Jan, 20141 year
Assistance in the bathymetric cartography production chain and the development of water quality products.
- QPS Fledermaus
- Bathymetry & Water Quality
GIS Assistant, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Jan, 2013 - Jan, 20141 year
Geological classification mapping via hyperspectral and multisatellite data, SW South Africa.
- Hyperspectral imagery
- MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox
- Python: Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib

Skills

Geospatial Analysis & EO data
EO data acquisition & provision

EO data distribution & brokerage

DSM, DTM, 3DFP

DEM editing

Semi-global matching

Feature extraction

Orthorectification

Bundle block adjustment

Georeferencing

Mosaiking

Pansharpening

Water maskering

Change detection
EO Sensors
ADS: Pleiades-1A/-1B, Pléiades Neo

ADS: SPOT constellation

Vantor/Maxar: Worldview 1/2/3 & Legion, GeoEye

Copernicus: Sentinel-2

IRS: Cartosat series

ICESat & ICESat-2

SIIS: Kompsat-3

ZY-3
Software
ArcGIS

QGIS

GAFMap

ERDAS Imagine

PCI Geomatica (Catalyst)

ENVI

Python

PostgreSQL / PostGIS
Languages
Spanish: Native speaker

German: C2

English: C1

Education

Master's thesis, Earth Observation Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Complex algorithms for noise reduction of hyperspectral data for images with low signal-to-noise ratio
Jan, 2013 - Jan, 2013
Professional Master of Science, University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH), Madrid, Spain, Geographical Information Technologies
Jan, 2013 - Jan, 2012
Licenciatura/Diplom, University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain / Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany, Environmental Sciences
Jan, 2011 - Jan, 2005

Certificates

Python for Everybody Specialization, Coursera
Issued on: Jan 01, 2021

Interests

Python scriptingBicycle touringLanguagesSwimming