Ayo Adediran
Houston,US
Summary
- Experienced environmental and geospatial professional, with worldwide exposure in technical leadership, sustainable development, regulatory approval, and digital technology roles with significant field exposure.
- A leading expert with over 20 years experience in academia, government and industry focusing on robotics, automation, environmental management systems, digitalization, safety, geospatial data acquisition and carbon footprint reduction enterprise solutions.
- A passionate and demonstrated technology enabler and integrator with great capacity to collaborate across multiple disciplines and stakeholders.
- Shell Global Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Technical Lead for the deployment of robotics systems, earth observation technology and technology that enhances safety, enables digitization, and reduces carbon footprints.
- Growing list of expertise in green technology, renewable energy, data science & analytics (ML/AI), infrastructure and facilities drone/robotics inspection, sustainable environment, natural resource management, nature-based solutions, emissions monitoring, and situational awareness.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Remote Sensing Consultant
Shell Oil Company Houston
Houston, US
02.2020 - Current
- Provide front line Earth Observation (EO) technology consultancy, leadership, technical & analytical expertise, and project delivery across Shell's diverse portfolio of assets and projects
- Technological lead for the acquisition of spatial data and analytics to support Safety and Environment, land use and reclamation, situational awareness, nature-based solutions, emissions, field development planning, infrastructure mapping, environmental monitoring and regulatory compliance and due diligence
- Contracts and vendor management.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Spaceborne Technology
Shell International Exploration & Production Company Inc.
04.2016 - Current
- Providing expert content knowledge to Shell staff, and within legal guidelines, contractors, and JV partners globally to help resolve complex/specialist technical issues and support differentiating project delivery
- Leading Shell digitization efforts as a global technical authority for drone deployments supporting all drone projects in Shell and JV Partners including environmental monitoring, methane emissions
- Actively contributing to knowledge management repositories and custodian of Technical Specifications Promote continuous improvement, raise awareness of best practice, and accelerate learning
- Representing Shell in external bodies for standards, technology development and knowledge sharing Maintaining external intelligence to identify and promote new technological opportunities.
Geo-Spatial Information Consultant
Shell Canada Limited
Calgary, Alberta
10.2011 - 01.2020
- Responsible for the acquisition of spatial data and analytics to support Safety and Environment, land use and reclamation, situational awareness, nature-based solutions, emissions, field development planning, infrastructure mapping, environmental monitoring and regulatory compliance and due diligence
- Satellite Remote Sensing ER on-call support for the Americas and member of Canada Crisis Management Committee.
Senior Environmental Advisor
Shell Canada Limited
08.2008 - 09.2011
- Managed $USD millions capex, the biggest environmental archeological Impact Assessment and Mitigation program in Shell Oil Sands history
- In collaboration with the Government of Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) in 2010 pioneered the development of Reclamation Information System (RIS) geodatabase A digital geospatial database project that revolutionized digital submission of oil sands spatial regulatory data Established several relationships with both site stakeholders including First Nation Communities and government archeological historic resources regulator
- Improved access to up-to-date land use data by establishing guidelines for data acquisition/collection and update for various subject areas (e.g., ground water well locations, vegetation and forest management, emissions management, infrastructure monitoring, wildlife management, weed spray location etc.) including data from various external contractors
- Supervised staffs and indirectly supervised more than 35 consultants/contractors
- Updated the environmental database and reconciliation of legacy data from analogy/hard copy file to digital format
- The updated database improved the reporting obligations to various stakeholders and ensured Shell license to operate
- Managed environmental indicators reporting systems with 100% compliance.
Forest Resource Specialist
International Forestry Company (INTERFOR)
BC, Canada
11.2005 - 07.2008
- Managed and supervised the geospatial data and resource unit to support all forestry and environmental operations
- Provided expert advice on the selection of spatial data technology for landuse management
- Developed work instruction and geoprocessing scripts for the following projects: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Hydrologic Assessments for Equivalent Clear-cut Area, Landscape Modelling for Visual Quality Objective, Forest Health Harvest Priority ranking using 60cm color orthophoto.
Geomatics Research / Teaching Assistant
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
01.2002 - 03.2005
- HydroGIS Laboratory and Centre for Hydrology, Department of Geography, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Classroom tutor in Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS) – Practical applications and introduction to GIS software and creation of geospatial database Provided research support in the areas of Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing application in environmental modelling.
Lead Geomatics Technologist
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh)
Crete, Greece
07.2000 - 12.2001
- Created a digital database for agro-environmental studies in the Municipality of Archanes, Heraklio, Crete Conducted research project to discriminate water basins on small Islands of the Aegean and hydrological models for the management of wetlands
- Participated on the first project that used SPOT imagery for the landcover/landuse classification of Crete Island Developed and maintained geospatial database for the European Dimension of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments – a Contribution to GTOS – GLORIA European Union Project.
Education
Master of Science - Environmental Management
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Chania, Greece06.2001
Specialist Post-Graduate Diploma - Environment Management / Natural Resource
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
07.1999
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Physical Geography and Planning
University of Ilorin
08.1997
Certificate in University Teaching -
University of Saskatchewan, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Skills
- Project Management
- Environmental assessments
- Leadership and Planning
- Effective Communication
- Technical Leadership
- Spaceborne and Satellite Analysis
- Robotics and Drones Applications
- Report, Paper, Memo Writing
- Environmental Management
- Geospatial Database Management
- Data Science and Analytics
- Digitalization
- Emission Monitoring
- Digital Twin
- Government and Stakeholders Relationship Management
- Mentoring and Outreach
- New Technology Development, Integration and Onboarding
- Contracts and Contractors Management
- Field and Industrial Worksites Experience
- Cloud Computing and SaaS Solutions
Work Availability
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Timeline
Senior Remote Sensing Consultant
Shell Oil Company Houston
02.2020 - Current
Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Spaceborne Technology
Shell International Exploration & Production Company Inc.
04.2016 - Current
Geo-Spatial Information Consultant
Shell Canada Limited
10.2011 - 01.2020
Senior Environmental Advisor
Shell Canada Limited
08.2008 - 09.2011
Forest Resource Specialist
International Forestry Company (INTERFOR)
11.2005 - 07.2008
Geomatics Research / Teaching Assistant
University of Saskatchewan
01.2002 - 03.2005
Lead Geomatics Technologist
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh)
07.2000 - 12.2001
Master of Science - Environmental Management
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Specialist Post-Graduate Diploma - Environment Management / Natural Resource
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Physical Geography and Planning
University of Ilorin
Certificate in University Teaching -
University of Saskatchewan, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Academic Publications
Adediran, A.O., Parcharidis, I., and Poscolieri, M. 2004 Computer assisted discrimination of morphological units on north-central Crete (Greece), by applying multivariate statistics to local relief gradients. Geomorphology 58 (1-4) pp 357-370
Adediran A.O. 2003 Hydrological Modelling In: Gitas I.Z. (Ed.) Practical Manual on advanced Geographical Information System (GIS) / Remote Sensing (RS) software and techniques. MAICh, Chania, pp.53-56
Adediran, A.O, and Martz, L. W. 2003 Characterizing the spatial heterogeneity of lakes for improved land surface parameterization (Poster). In Proceedings of the 29th Annual meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, Alberta, Canada 10-14 May, 2003
I.A.Parcharidis, C.G.Karydas, A.O. Adediran, L.M. Kazi-Tani 2002 Space allocation of existing land uses and natural resources in the islaTextnd of Crete by employing GIS/RS, in: R. Eisenbeiss, R. Buerger-Arndt (eds.) Planning for Sustainability: Final International Report on Interreg IIC CADSES – Project “Natural Resources”. Kessel-Verlag, Remagen-Oberwinter, pp. 47-51
C.G.Karydas, A.O.Adediran, I.Z.Gitas, I.A.Parcharidis 2001 "Creation of 3D Land Cover Database of Western Crete, by employing RS/GIS" Poster in the annual Greek users' meeting of Arc/Info & ArcView ("Marathon Data Systems"), Athens, 8-9 Nov 2001
Adediran, A.O, Gitas, I.Z., and Roberts, S. 2000 Hydrological Model for Water Resources Management using ArcView: A case study of western part of Crete Island, Greece (Poster). In proceedings of the 10th Annual ArcInfo-ArcView User's Conference Nov 9-10, 2000