Cristian Palacios

As a Bachelor's degree in Cadastral and Geodesy Engineering graduate, I have built a solid three years of work experience in different fields such as geographical information systems, cadastral surveying, and land surveying. With a year and a half of work experience as a public servant at the Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi, a Colombian government entity that is responsible for producing official maps and basic cartography and managing the national cadastral infrastructure.

Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi of Colombia, Bogotá — Professional in cadastral appraisal
JULY 2021 - DECEMBER 2022 (end of contract)
● Elaborate appraisals of both urban and rural assets that are required to the entity supporting the economic component in cadastral updating processes, adjusted to the parameters, regulations, methodologies, and instructions established by the IGAC.
● Support the construction of homogeneous physical and geoeconomic zones through the GIS tool.
Topography and Cadastral Pedro Cadastral, Bogotá — Professional in appraisal and GIS projects
JANUARY 2020 – NOVEMBER 2022, part-time alongside undergraduate studies till April 2021 (end of contract)
● Special appraisals and appraisals of machinery for the Engativá Local Mayor's Office.
● Production of topographic plans in CAD tools of urban and rural land, contour lines, bodies of water, and crops, using data surveyed with a total station, GPS, and orthophotographs.
INGAVAL S.A.S., Bogotá — Professional in GIS projects and land surveying
MAY 2018 - JUNE 2022, part-time alongside undergraduate studies till April 2021(end of contract)
● GIS professional for the georeferencing and cartographic location of properties for the routing of equipment shipments.
● Engineering assistant in charge of the activities of capture and monitoring of topographic information in the field, to determine volumes of different materials for the purpose of auditing the quantities of materials in stock during the Statutory Audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltda.
● Promoted from the original position (Surveyor Assistant) in December 2018.

The Distrital Francisco José de Caldas University of Bogotá — Bachelor's degree in Cadastral and Geodesy Engineering
JANUARY 2015 - APRIL 2021
● Internship topic: Assist and technical support in the execution of zones of similar value through the methodology for calculation of the property valuation index (IVP) in the city of Tunja and in the appraisals of INPEC penitentiary institutes.
● Complementary courses: Pilot (RPAS/Drone) Remotely Piloted Aircraft System - Aeronautical School of Colombia (January-June 2019).