Hopeton Ferguson

Vice President of Strategic Solutions at Spatial Innovision Limited
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Experience

    • Jamaica
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President of Strategic Solutions
      • Jan 2018 - Present

      Job Responsibilities:Provide executive leadership and guidance in the delivery of end-to-end Geospatial Enterprise Solutions in multiple industries and sectors including Business Value Analysis, Needs Definition, Use Cases Development, System Architecture, and Design.Providing consulting services and a trusted advisor in the areas of geodatabase design, workflow management, custom application development, and system integration for projects in the water, planning, energy, electric, telecommunications vertical markets.Responsible for account management, business environment scanning technology adoption, knowledge capture and adaptation, knowledge management and dissemination.

    • Vice President, Geospatial Products
      • Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

      Job Responsibilities:Provide executive leadership and guidance for all staff working on the team.Manage and direct sales activities for Esri ArcGIS products in sixteen (16) Caribbean Islands.Coordinate GIS utilization and application in Jamaica through the Enterprise License Agreement (ELA).

    • Account Manager
      • Jan 2017 - Aug 2020

      Project Responsibilities: • Responsible for software distribution, administrative and technical support, training and expansion of GIS within the GOJ Ministries Departments and Agencies. • Improving collaboration between agencies and efficiency in executing agency mandate with major operating cost reduction achieved. Project Responsibilities: • Responsible for software distribution, administrative and technical support, training and expansion of GIS within the GOJ Ministries Departments and Agencies. • Improving collaboration between agencies and efficiency in executing agency mandate with major operating cost reduction achieved.

    • Project Manager
      • Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

      Project Responsibilities: • Prepared Request for Proposal Documents (Technical and Financial). • Awarded Project through competitive bid tender. • Managed the Designing, Implementing, Monitoring and Control of the project deliverables. • Developed and coordinated an international multidisciplinary team of stakeholders ranging from environmental scientist, urban and rural planners, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist within various Ministries Departments and Agencies and Private Sector organizations including ESRI Redlands USA. • Prepared Final project reports and analyzed the data according to the project requirements.

  • Capital Haul Road
    • Kingston, Jamaica
    • Construction Manager
      • Jan 2007 - Aug 2017

      Project Responsibilities: • Manage the surveying, design, budgeting, and implementation of all capital haul roads for Jamalco mining operation. • Create short to long term haul road plans with the appropriate budget to complete road for transporting bauxite from mine pit to stockpile. • Planned, coordinated, budgeted, and supervised construction projects of small- and medium-scale buildings, including build-out and quality. • Evaluated project blueprints, attended meetings with clients prior to construction to mitigate risks and resolve issues, and provided recommendations to enhance design • Coordinated daily logistics and interfaced with external contractors throughout construction to identify solutions to roadblocks and improve project timelines.

    • Project Manager
      • Jan 2007 - Aug 2017

      Project Responsibilities: • Manage the lifecycle of Parish road deviation projects from the planning and budgeting phases to closeout. • Analyzed scope of project based on competitive analysis, interviews with customers, and customer feature requests. • Worked with the various authorities including Government ministries to relocate Government roads on a timely basis to satisfy the mine plan. • Coordinated and collaborated with the team of project managers to work cross-functionally with other marketing team members to align marketing messaging with the project scope. • Communicated, monitored and evaluated progress and roadblocks to stakeholders including executive management, and made recommendations to remove roadblocks leading to ontime and onbudget delivery of projects in accordance with the business. • Redesigned a progress tracking system for the interns which resulted into a 30% increase for interns to employee progress.

    • Project Manager
      • Jan 2007 - Aug 2017

      Project Responsibilities: • Manage the surveying, design, budgeting, and implementation of Reclamation/Rehabilitation of mined out pits and prepare them for government certification. • Demonstrated crossfunctionality by serving as a subject expert/core team member to review proposals. • Led and managed the delivery team, managing and maintaining the progress of project relationships with stakeholders and ensuring the efficient delivery of projects • Managed opening and closing procedures and recommended changes to enhance the efficiency of daily activities. • Create short term and long-term plan with the appropriate budget to have mined out pits certified and gain best practice by the Government of Jamaica. • Established strong communication between the project leader and team with regular meetings and sessions to enhance project productivity and within successful risk management policies.

    • Jamaica
    • Mining
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Supervisor Mine Planning
      • Jun 2013 - Jun 2017

      Job Responsibilities:- Managed all daily contractor engineering surveying projects. - Managed haul road planning, Design and Construction. - Managed Parish road deviation, planning, Design and Construction. - Managed reclamation Planning, Design and Construction. - Responsible for Jamalco Mining fuel management system. - Liaise with government and statutory agencies as it relates to certification, GIS and land management and general approvals.- Construction Manager for all capital haul road projects- Managed rock fragmentation projects- Developed TOR for contractors services, preparing workplans and budgets, costing, evaluation, monitoring financial resources, monitoring project implementation, preparing progress and financial reports and stakeholder engagement with local communities.- Managed Web-Base GIS Application (Enterprise GIS) projects

    • Mine Services Supervisor
      • Feb 2007 - Jun 2013

      Job Responsibilities:- Managed all daily contractor engineering surveying projects. - Managed haul road planning, Design and Construction. - Managed Parish road deviation, planning, Design and Construction. - Managed reclamation Planning, Design and Construction. - Responsible for Jamalco Mining fuel management system. - Liaise with government and statutory agencies as it relates to certification, GIS and land management and general approvals.- Construction Manager for all capital haul road projects- Managed rock fragmentation projects- Developed TOR for contractors services, preparing workplans and budgets, costing, evaluation, monitoring financial resources, monitoring project implementation, preparing progress and financial reports and stakeholder engagement with local communities.- Managed Web-Base GIS Application (Enterprise GIS) projects

    • Geographic Information Systems Analyst
      • Feb 2005 - Feb 2007

      Job Responsibilities:- Responsible for Design and implement Web-Base GIS Application (Enterprise GIS), Mining and exploration databases, Quality control checks, test and reports for accuracy and completeness, Development and support long-range strategies that maximize standardization in hardware and software platforms. - Design, develop and manage GPS network for field mobility. Manage Lands and Mining Information systems.- Recruiting, managing and training staff to support GIS functions, Leading and coordinating a team of GIS personnel, Facilitate the integration and sharing of information in all the relevant departments in Jamalco.

    • Jamaica
    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Geographic Information Systems Specialist
      • Feb 2006 - Sep 2007

      Job Responsibilities: Contracted to coordinate the GIS design, data collection and manipulation/production, monitor field mapping, database design and update, design proposed land use and GIS training of planners for the Development Order for Portland and Trelawny project. Job Responsibilities: Contracted to coordinate the GIS design, data collection and manipulation/production, monitor field mapping, database design and update, design proposed land use and GIS training of planners for the Development Order for Portland and Trelawny project.

    • Jamaica
    • Government Administration
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Geographic Information Systems Analyst
      • Jun 1995 - Feb 2005

      Job Responsibilities: - Developed a GIS for Water Resources Management - Responsible for migration and conversion of hydrological and hydrogeological data sets to a GIS database for Water Resources Analysis and modeling. - Conducted GIS Training of staff members - Worked on Water Resources Master Plan - Developed Hydrostratigraphy Map of Jamaica Job Responsibilities: - Developed a GIS for Water Resources Management - Responsible for migration and conversion of hydrological and hydrogeological data sets to a GIS database for Water Resources Analysis and modeling. - Conducted GIS Training of staff members - Worked on Water Resources Master Plan - Developed Hydrostratigraphy Map of Jamaica

Education

  • Florida International University
    Master of Science (M.Sc.), Engineering Management (MSEM)
    2010 - 2011
  • Virtual Tech Training Services
    PMP Certificate, Project Management
    2020 - 2020
  • University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
    Master of Science (M.Sc.), Geographic Information System (GIS)
    2001 - 2002
  • University of Technology, Jamaica
    Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Integrated Planning and Environmental Resources Development
    1997 - 1998
  • University of Technology, Jamaica
    Diploma, Physical Planning Technology
    1991 - 1994

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