Sigfrido Gomez
Geographer and Geospatial Engineer
I'm a geographer with over a decade in the geospatial field, trained in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Cartography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison after a bachelor's in Geography from San Francisco State University. My career spans a range of GIS roles with a strong specialization in geospatial programming. I'm currently a GIS Developer for the Cook County Bureau of Technology's GIS Division, where I work at the seam between applied geography and modern software development.
I work across the stack, though most of my depth is on the back end: Python, data pipelines, automation, and the servers and cloud infrastructure they run on. I build web maps and front-end interfaces when a project calls for them. I've also taught an introductory GIS course, and I take the craft itself seriously.
What I work on
- Python Scripting and automation across spatial data and desktop GIS workflows. Esri Python libraries and open source as needed.
- Automating Data pipelines Extract, transform, load (ETL) work, moving data between systems without losing its meaning.
- The ESRI Stack ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcPy, ArcGIS for Python and many more including open source. Much love for Pandas!
- Cloud Migrating and running geospatial services on cloud infrastructure. Speciality in AWS.
- Web Mapping Interfaces that put spatial data in front of the people who need to use it.
- Teaching and Mentoring GIS at the graduate and community college level, plus guest lectures on programming and databases. Offer career mentoring to students and guest panels.
Some things I worked on
- UPP 461 Hub A self paced hub of labs and course materials for the introductory GIS course I taught, which I designed and built.