Sundaran Gillespie

Overview

Sundaran Gillespie is a GIS Analyst with WRA, Inc. He is a certified Geographic Information Systems Professional, has his FAA Remote Pilot License, and is WRA’s lead for drone mapping and analysis services. Sundaran serves as a project manager and head GIS staff for several projects. His responsibilities include the creation of high-quality maps, calculations, and analysis of various geographic data sources. He has worked on a wide-range of projects dealing with wetland delineation and mitigation, watershed analysis, habitat conservation mapping, rare species impact analysis, biological resource mapping, three-dimensional modeling, sea level rise analysis, wildlife corridor mapping, and hydrologic modeling.

Through his work at WRA, Sundaran has extensive experience in several geographic applications, including ENVI, eCognition, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and ESRI GIS extensions such as Spatial Analyst and ArcGlobe.  Sundaran has a strong background in biological mapping through the use and integration of GIS, AutoCAD, and Remote Sensing platforms.   Sundaran has worked in conjunction with several engineering and architecture firms to address issues associated with data integration between multiple software platforms.  He is skilled in overcoming problems associated with data conversion through multiple coordinate systems, both local and statewide.