Experience
Shoaib Burq is the Chief Technical Officer at Geografia, where he oversees the strategic direction and implementation of the company’s software products and projects. With over 15 years of experience as a full stack geospatial software engineer, Shoaib’s career began at Geoscience Australia as a Geoscience data manager. He later moved to Berlin, where he contributed to the development of a cloud-based geospatial database, which was eventually acquired by the Swiss company Sourcepole.
Since joining Geografia in 2014, Shoaib has led the development of innovative web applications that address real-world problems. He is also an active board member of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and has served on the board of the Australian Chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). Outside of work, Shoaib enjoys playing the sarod.