Dr. Waleed Effat is currently serving as Esri Global Technical Director, responsible for defining and executing GIS strategies for targeted clients and partners, providing technical consultancy in GIS especially Imagery, Lidar and Data Science. Dr. Waleed has a PhD in GIS and Remote Sensing focusing on the use of Hyperspectral Imagery data in GIS, MSc in GIS with a focus on GIS Metadata Standards and MBA in Global Management. He is also an active member in The Open Group of Enterprise Architecture. Dr. Waleed’s professional 28+ years of experience concentrate on GIS applications and services, worked as GIS Consultant, analyst and instructor with varying degrees of responsibility, encompassing creation of GIS databases, implementation of analytical models and GIS-based systems, cartographic modelling, technical support and staff training. He is mastering most of the ArcGIS software family especially ArcGIS Desktop, Geodatabases, Image Analyst and Image Server. Waleed Is a Certified TOGAF practitioner applied in Enterprise Architecture projects.