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Bishwa Acharya. Ph.D., PGS, PGISS, PPS
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As President and CEO of Earth Mapping International
(EMI) Inc.,
Dr. Acharya has supervised geospatial research and engineering
projects covering several states
(California, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, South Carolina,
and Wisconsin). Before establishing EMI,
he worked as Adjunct Professor at the Georgia Institute of
Technology, a Technical Program Coordinator at the
University of Georgia, and an Assistant Professor at Southern
Polytechnic State University. He has supervised 100+
projects worldwide during the last 35+ years in the fields of
geodesy: gravity surveys, geoid modeling, GPS-High Accuracy
Reference
Networks, first–second-third-fourth order geodetic networks,
international boundary surveys; civil engineering: hydrologic
modeling,
water supply, irrigation, highway, power transmission line;
geospatial technology: GIS, photogrammetry, remote sensing, LiDAR;
project management, research, teaching, software development,
proposal/report writing, and publications. Dr. Acharya served as
Principal Investigator, Consultant, Advisor, Professor, Civil and
Survey Engineer, Technical Leader-Border Commission, Chief
Editor-Community News Letter, Editorial Board Member/Peer
Reviewer-ASCE Civil Engineering Journals. His current focus is on
infusing geospatial technologies for climate-change studies in
collaboration with various universities and international
business development in the same area. Dr. Acharya leads
national/international and continental research projects in
geodesy/GNSS/geoid modeling, remote sensing, GIS, cadastral surveys,
and digital photogrammetry projects. He serves as
the chairman of the board of directors.
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David J. Campagna, Ph.D.
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Dr. David J. Campagna has over 35 years of experience
in the oil and gas industry, where he  is
renowned for linking technical and economic aspects of complex projects.
He has worked globally in the USA, Canada, China,
Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Europe, India, and Southern Africa. Dr.
Campagna worked for CNOOC International, Nexen, Advanced
Resources International, and Unocal Corporation and provided technical
and management services as an independent consultant. He holds a Ph.D.
in structural geology from Purdue University and has collaborated as a
Visiting Scientist with the Rock Fracture Research Group at Stanford
University. Dr. Campagna serves as Project Advisor and on EMI’s Advisory
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Suraj Shrestha, Ph.D.
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Dr. Shrestha, with more than thirty years of
experience in forestry research and international programs, coordinates
applied research projects in the fields of impacts of climate change on
vegetation, invasive species, habitat change and degradation, nutrient
loading, overexploitation of resources or infrastructure
development/landscape changes, and atmospheric and hydrologic pollution
which are the threats to biodiversity. He received his Ph.D. in forest
operation and sociology of natural environment from Auburn University,
MS from Colorado State University in land use planning, BS from Indian
Forestry College, and BSc in physical science from Tribhuwan University
Nepal. His research interests include the impacts of climate change on
biodiversity, landscapes, vegetation, REDD+, and adaptive forest
management. Dr. Shrestha leads a team of research assistants/technicians
in REDD+ and forestry business fields
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Hem
S. Bhandari, Ph.D.
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Dr. Hem Bhandari serves as an expert on Agronomy
specializing in crop breeding and genetics. He has served as Assistant
Professor of Agronomy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, Senior Scientist on
rice and wheat research/team leader at Nepal Agriculture Research
Council, Senior Scientist at rice breeding Agriculture Research Council
Nepal, Research Scholar at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
the Philippines, and Assistant Agronomist Department of Agriculture,
Nepal. Dr. Bhandari received Ph.D. in Agronomy (alfalfa breeding and
genetics) from New Mexico State University, NM, an M.S. in plant
breeding from the University of Philippines, an M. S. in business
administration, and a B. S. in agriculture from Tribhuvan University,
Nepal. His research interests include crop genetic improvement for
changing environments, drought tolerance, forage yield and quality,
biomass and ethanol yield, and agronomic performance. Dr. Bhandari leads
a team of research assistants/technicians in agronomy (crop management)
and agribusiness.
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Georges Bellangue, Ph.D.
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Dr. Georges Bellangue is a senior Data Scientist at
Earth Mapping International; his other assignments have been with the
Georgia Department of Education, AT&T, Scientific Atlanta, and Georgia
Technology Authority. He received Ph.D. in Data Science from
Northcentral University, a Master of Civil Engineering in water
resources from Norwich University, a Master of Science in
Telecommunication Networks from Strayer University, and a B.Sc. in
Computer Science from the University of Georgia, USA. Dr. Bellangue
leads the big data management team. His research interests include data
science, big data for remote sensing, and cloud computing solutions.
Gorges leads a team of IT professionals in big data architecture and
cloud computing.
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John Rutan, PE
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Mr. Rutan is a professional engineer with over thirty
years of experience providing services to individual-commercial,
local-state-federal governments in infrastructure development and
research projects. He has a strong background in stormwater management,
county administration, research coordination, engineering-related
artwork for trademarks, and field data collection. His professional
engineering services are related to roadway design/general civil
design/land development, site planning/assessment/design, and flood
studies. Mr. Rutan provides a comprehensive spectrum of civil
engineering services, from initial strategic planning, coordination, and
consulting to final detailed design and value engineering and
construction administration. He is experienced and an expert in
providing project construction management and representation for
projects of any magnitude. Mr. Rutan is particularly experienced in
subdivision and site planning and design, design of roadway systems
design, water sanitary and storm utilities, and stormwater management
facilities and systems. He also has extensive experience in static and
dynamic hydrology and hydraulic design and modeling. John leads a civil
engineering/surveying technician team in field data collection,
branding, and engineering data modeling.
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Ashutosh Sharma
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Ashutosh Sharma is a Senior Technology Analyst (Full
Stack Developer) with experience developing and driving multiple
large-scale web and mobile application projects. He has developed
customer-facing user applications exclusively for Norfolk Sothern’s
client. He has worked on gathering and reviewing requirements,
designing, and developing database models, developing front-end UI and
backend web services, and successfully leading multiple projects in his
career. He has various experiences working with Agile and waterfall
methodology while driving the sprint and the daily scrums. With his
strong IT background, Ashutosh has understood and delivered the business
with a high-quality product, contributing much more to the team.
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