http://www.google.com/profiles/abbas.goli?hl=en 1- WORK EXPERIENCE: (Since 2009),GIS expert in Uranus Space Information Technology Company - Project 1: Sustainable development of Tehran city based on the concept of forming civilizations along rivers, Grand Tehran Waterway Initiative - Project 2: GIS and RS training course (5-year contract) for the Exploration Directorate of Oil ministry (started on September 2010) - Project 3: preparing and updating the land cover and land use map of Iran territory using Multi-temporal MODIS images Our website: www.git-co.com (2006-2008),working as a GIS expert for the Pouyeshgaran Kavir Consulting Company (2006-2008), working as a consultant for the research center of natural resources of Semnan province on several provincial projects (2006-2008),cooperator of the Golestan province flood national project (2008-2010),cooperator of the national project on the classification of Iran’s sand dune systems, using morphology, physio-chemical and mineralogical characteristics 2-EDUCATION AND TRAINING (1999-2003) BSc, Soil engineering, Gorgan university of agriculture and natural resources 3-ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES Voluntary designing, planning and training ArcGIS, ILWIS, ArcHydro, SuperMap and GoogleEarth educational packages for academic use Founder of the free and online educational channel called “GIS4EDUCATION” on YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/user/GIS4Education ) Executer of GIS and GPS educational courses in the watershed and natural resources center of Semnan province and also Lahijan, Semnan & Garmsar universities Executor of GoogleEarth educational course for the Environment department of Tehran University. 4-TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES GIS & RS software: ArcGIS - ArcView - ILWIS - SAGA -NetCad - SuperMap - Surfer - DivaGIS - Digem - IDRISI - GMS - GoogleEarth - CatchmentSIMGIS - GlobalMapper - Google SketchUp 5-COURSES AND WORKSHOPS GIS and RS online course, SuperMap company Analyzing the groundwater course, Shahid Beheshti University Assessing the landslide natural disaster, National organization of forests and rangelands 6-PAPERS, ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS Arastoo, B., Hashemi, S.S.A., Goli Jirandeh, A., Geographic Information System Capabilities in Environmental Site Selection, MRSS2010 6th international Remote Sensing & GIS Conference and Exhibition, Malaysia, April 2010 Ghorbanian, D. and Goli Jirandeh, A., Assessing and identifying the most suitable method for flow input into the aquifer the First International Conference on Water Crisis,Iran, 2008. The application of computer science in natural resources management, published by Mazandaran National University.